In the U.S., businesses converting to cooperative workplace models are
the functional equivalent of those runaway serfs. Around 10 cities
across the U.S. have, in recent years, launched initiatives specifically
to support the development of worker co-ops, which have been especially
beneficial in creating job and wage stability in low-income
neighborhoods. Because workers are beholden to themselves and each
other, rather than a CEO and a board of directors, the model parts ways
with the capitalist structure and advances something that more closely
resembles a true democratic system.
