workers control

Vio.Me: Self-organisation in Greece (video)

The workers at the Vio.Me. Factory in Thessaloniki, Greece have quickly grown into a symbol of self-management internationally. After going on strike and occupying their factory, on February 12, 2013 they re-opened the factory and started production under worker's control.

Nationalisation and the new boss class - Tom Brown

Submitted by wojtek on Apr 20 2013 11:51

A pamphlet by Tom Brown discussing nationalisation, its theoretical roots and whether it is a working-class gain (1958).

Anarchy #040: The unions and workers' control

Issue 40 of Anarchy magazine from June 1964 on the unions and workers control.

Self-management of misery or the miseries of self-management - Terra Cremada

A critical look at co-ops, worker-owned and collective businesses, ethical banking, the entrepreneurial spirit, competition, and “independent” contract work and the limitations of the concept and practice of self-management in the context of the totalitarian logic of capitalist society.

Sparks #21

Issue of anarcho-syndicalist public transport workers' bulletin Sparks from January 1990. Importantly this was a special issue produced during the Melbourne tram lockout, where anarcho-syndicalist-influenced workers took over the tram system before bosses cut the power.

Factory in Greece resumes production under workers' control

Submitted by Steven. on Feb 25 2013 18:13

Production at the bankrupt Vio.Me building supplies firm has resumed under control of the workers.

Factory in Greece starts production under workers' control

Submitted by Steven. on Feb 11 2013 11:40

Striking workers at the Vio.Me factory in Thessaloniki, Greece who have not been paid since May 2011 have decided to restart production under workers' control on 12 February 2013.

South London Women’s Hospital occupation 1984-85 - Past Tense

Submitted by Jim Clarke on Feb 6 2013 10:10
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Past Tense tell the inside story of the work-in and occupation of a women's hospital in South London faced with closure.

Chicago factory occupiers form worker cooperative

Submitted by working class s... on Jan 15 2013 23:31

First, they occupied the factory to get their wages from the bosses that owned the machinery. Then, they occupied their factory to keep the second bosses from shutting down their machinery. And, now, they are on their way to owning and running the machinery.

Conflict and repression in an Argentinean car factory: a cycle of resistance from a worker’s perspective

Maurizio Atzeni presents a worker’s account of two factory occupations in Argentina during the mid-1990s. This reconstruction, rather than focusing on the role of specific agents, allows an unveiling of the dynamics through which the clash between the employer’s drive for profitability and workers’ interests in defence of their salaries developed.