New Worker Co-operatives

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  • Name Government intervention exc legislation & regulation
  • Name Worker / employee ownership, co-partnership, profit sharing, etc

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Comprises eight essays contributed by scholars and others, all social activists, dealing with the creation in the early 1970s with Labour government support led by minister Tony Benn, of three worker co-operatives based on failed businesses, Meriden, Scottish Daily News and Kirkby Manufacturing. Describes the creation and early operation of all three businesses and provides contextual material and considers future opportunities/possibilities. Some essays polemic. For relevant individual chapters see separate BHE entries