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Select Films
"Beyond the Bottom Line" A 30 minute documentary about a little known twist on the American Dream – businesses in which workers own the stock, reap the profits and decide for themselves how the company runs.

"Democracy in the Workplace" In this half hour video, the worker-owners of three Bay Area businesses show what it's like to work collectively and deal with problems in a truly democratic way. These businesses are managed solely by their employees.

Freundlich, Fred and Mikel Lezamiz. 2009. Fred Freundlich and Mikel Lezamiz (Mondragon) PART 3 of 4 speaking at The Economics of Peace Conference in Sonoma Ca 2009. Sonoma, CA:

"The Mondragon Experiment" A BBC Docmentary from the 1980s about the origins and growth of the Basque cooperative corporation, including a short history of the Rochdale cooperatives that inspired

"The Take" A documentary film by Avi Lewis and Naomi Klein about how workers in Argentina are taking over the factories abandoned by their owners after their country is devastated by economic crisis.

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Select References
American Worker Cooperative. 2011. Occupy the Workplace: A Film Series on Worker-Owned Cooperatives.

Around 125 worker cooperatives affected by the earthquake in Spain. 2011. Unas 125 cooperativas de trabajo afectadas por el terremoto de Lorca. May 5. (Around 125 worker cooperatives have been affected by the magnitude 5.1 earthquake, which occurred Wednesday 11th May with the epicenter in the town of Lorca (Spain). According to the president of the Worker Cooperatives Union of Murcia (Ucomur), Juan Antonio Pedreño, who is also President of COCETA (Spanish Confederation of Worker Cooperatives), there is no knowledge of people injured within the cooperatives so far, although they have reported serious damage to buildings). Lorca, Spain: Spanish Confederation of Worker Cooperatives.

Pipe, Theresa and Linda Rosen (Co-Curators). 2011. Consumers Cooperative of Berkeley – A Noble Venture. Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Historical Society.

University Avenue Association, John Soloman, and Allen Stross. 2008. “How Berkeley Can You Be?” Exhibit. Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Historical Society.

Select Video and Audio
Noire, Jai Jai. 2011. This Way Out: A Step By Step Guide To Starting A Workers Cooperative. Berkeley, CA: East Bay Media Center.

Jobs

Brancaccio, David. 2010. Fixing the Future: NOW visits US communities using innovative approaches to create jobs and build prosperity. (Local, sustainable jobs and cooperatives). PBS.

Select Websites
American Worker Cooperative. http://www.american.coop/

The California Center for Cooperative Development. 2011. The California Center for Cooperative Development (CCCD) Resource Organizations. Davis, CA: CA Center for Cooperative Development.

The Network of Bay Area Worker Cooperatives - NoBAWC. 2011. The Network of Bay Area Worker Cooperatives. (The Network of Bay Area Worker Cooperatives or NoBAWC (pronounced "no boss") is a grassroots organization of democratic workplaces dedicated to building workplace democracy in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond). Oakland, CA: nobawc.org.

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