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Catalyzing worker co-ops & the solidarity economy

UK Worker Co-ops 1970s-90s

From the 1970s -1990s there was an increased interest in working co-operatively, with a huge wave of workers’ co-operatives set up across the UK.

Although preceeded by the co-operative productive societies of the 19th and early 20th cenuries, the workers’ co-operatives of the 1970s-1990s developed due to factors including: oppressive economic conditions, high unemployment and people looking for a fairer and more equal society.

Many workers’ co-operatives were set up in evolving industries that complemented the ideals of the movement. These included sale and distribution of wholefoods, radical bookshops, and printers.

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