Cooperatives at Work presents a range of success stories and cases in employee ownership and worker owned-and-governed cooperatives. Throughout this book, the authors present a range of practical lessons, strategies, and resources based on their pioneering, international research.

For too long, cooperatives have been considered marginal players in the global economy, and as unrealistic venues for the aspirations of new and experienced members of the labour force. This marginalisation shows in business, municipal and legal discussions, and curricula, where cooperative structures are rarely mentioned, and seldom presented as viable options.

This latest volume in The Future of Work series has a strong ethical stream, consistent with yearnings for more inspired forms of business structure. The book is future-oriented, using contemporary as well as historical examples to teach lessons that are not necessarily time-bound. It is essential for anyone seeking a window onto the future of cooperative entrepreneurial practice and grassroots democracy.

The authors show in this book how faced with the climate emergency and the multiple interwoven crises and the need to improve productivity, worker cooperatives can contribute to the fundamental social, economic, political and cultural change that is urgently required.