Worker-consumer hybrid
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A Worker-consumer hybrid cooperative is, as the name implies, a mix of the two more common forms of cooperatives, the worker cooperative
and the consumer cooperative. In this type of cooperative the power is divided between the workers and consumers. This could for example be achieved by a system of quotas to the cooperatives board of directors, where the consumers and workers would elect a given number of people to the board each.
An example of such a cooperative is Eroski
, a part of the Spanish Mondragon Corporation group which operates supermarkets and petrol stations around the whole nation and in particular in the Basque country from where the company originates.
Worker-consumer cooperatives are forms of multi-stakeholder cooperatives.
Worker cooperative
A worker cooperative is a cooperative owned and democratically managed by its worker-owners. This control may be exercised in a number of ways. A cooperative enterprise may mean a firm where every worker-owner participates in decision making in a democratic fashion, or it may refer to one in which...
and the consumer cooperative. In this type of cooperative the power is divided between the workers and consumers. This could for example be achieved by a system of quotas to the cooperatives board of directors, where the consumers and workers would elect a given number of people to the board each.
An example of such a cooperative is Eroski
Eroski
Eroski is a Spanish supermarket chain with nearly 1,000 outlets spread across Spain .It is run as a worker-consumer hybrid co-operative within the Mondragón Corporation group....
, a part of the Spanish Mondragon Corporation group which operates supermarkets and petrol stations around the whole nation and in particular in the Basque country from where the company originates.
Worker-consumer cooperatives are forms of multi-stakeholder cooperatives.