CorpGov.net 2025 Proxy Season Results exceeded historical averages. Won 15; lost 5. I discuss topics and future possibilities. https://www.corpgov.net/2026/01/corpgov-net-2025-proxy-season-results/
#corpgov #ESG #lobbying #RightToCure #Declass #SOK #workplace #WorkplaceDemocracy
At the Conference of Industrial Unionists in Chicago on #ThisDayInHistory in 1905, a radical idea was born that would soon become the #IWW. Its aim was to unite workers of all trades, across racial lines, into #OneBigUnion, to oppose the #WageSystem & demand #WorkplaceDemocracy.
unitedforclimate.blogspot.com/2025/01/by-e... can develop more effective, just and sustainable climate policies while addressing colonial legacies.' #LandBack #Self-Determination #DeColoniseTheCurriculum #EverybodyDeservesBetter #RightsOfNature #HumanIndigenousRights #WorkPlaceDemocracy
‘BY EMBRACING CERTAIN CLIMATE ...
Aside from quitting their job, what people in this situation can do in their out-of-workplace mode to contribute to systemic change, if in a country without #Codetermination [1] or with a weak tradition of cooperatives [2][3], is join orgs/networks that campaign for legislation for codetermination, cooperatives, other #WorkplaceDemocracy [4].
[1] codetermination: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worker_representation_on_corporate_boards_of_directors
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worker_cooperative
I'm having a new personal vendetta with #linkedin . Only posting #leftwing points there. Done by an LLM because fight fire with fire.
Example of today:
We're quick to innovate on technology, but why are we so slow to innovate on how we organize our people?
The traditional top-down corporate structure often feels like it's from a different century. I believe the future of work is more democratic, transparent, and equitable.
Imagine organizations where:
Value is shared more broadly with those who create it.
Decisions are made with input from those who are most affected by them.
Success is defined not just by a stock price, but by the health and sustainability of the entire organization—its workers, its community, and its environment.
This isn't a utopian fantasy. Co-ops, B-Corps, and forward-thinking companies are already proving that you can be both principled and profitable. They show that giving people real agency isn't a cost; it's your greatest competitive advantage.
It's time to stop seeing people as resources to be managed and start seeing them as partners in the mission. How can we start building more economic democracy within our existing systems?
Why Canada needs a law that gives workers the right to govern their workplace
#Canada #Workplace #Democracy #WorkerRights #Inequality #WorkplaceDemocracy #EconomicJustice #FairWork #LabourRights #DemocratizeWork #CanadaPolitics #RightToBuyIn
https://the-14.com/why-canada-needs-a-law-that-gives-workers-the-right-to-govern-their-workplace/
Hear Bernadette Wesley at this year's #sociocracy conference on April 24!
See the program: https://www.sociocracyforall.org/sociocracy-conference-2025/
#sociocracy #tealogs #orgdesign #purpose #conference #IFS #nvc #coop #nonprofit #workplacedemocracy #resilience #community #cohousing
Join us for our #sociocracy conference on April 24 - in exactly 8 weeks!
www.sociocracyforall.org/sociocracy-c...
#tealogs #orgdesign #purpose #conference #IFS #nvc #coop #nonprofit #workplacedemocracy #resilience #community #cohousing
"The Mondragon Cooperatives" #WorkplaceDemocracy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZoI0C1mPek
“Rather than getting the requisite training and having to fend for oneself in the job hunt and at work, unionized staffing cooperatives like AlliedUP can offer workers not only better pay and benefits, but an integrated network of resources, potential advocates for their rights and their careers, and a measure of democratic agency.”
#Labor #Healthcare #Cooperatives #Unions #UnionizedStaffingCooperatives #WorkersRights #WorkplaceDemocracy #Networking #CareerSupport
https://inthesetimes.com/article/hospitals-healthcare-understaffed-coops-allied
Save the date: 21 January 2025 - Debate on Workplace Democracy at @universityofgroningen Studium Generale, with philosopher @LisaHerzog, #FNV #union member Tuur Elzinga and Manuel Reyes (@manu)
Most people would agree that the only legitimate form of government is democracy. Yet, when most of us go to work we enter a world that is rather undemocratic. But why shouldn't the workplace also be a democracy?
Tickets: https://sggroningen.nl/index.php/nl/evenement/workplace-democracy
Former #DiscoElysium devs attempt worker/player-owned company: "We realized we weren’t going to get anywhere by trying to bargain with the rich"
https://aftermath.site/summer-eternal-interview-disco-elysium-worker-owned-cooperative
#coops #cooperatives #union #unions #ZAUM #anticapitalism #SummerEternal #DoraKlindzic #Gamechuck #ArgoTuulik #OlgaMoskvina #AleksandarGavrilovic #UrsulaLeGuin #democracy #WorkplaceDemocracy #MartinLuiga #SupergiantGames #capitalism #exploitation #ClassWar
Which way #liberal?
#meme #philosophy #liberalism #libertarian #libertarianism #Georgism #HenryGeorge #Georgist #LibertarianLeft #LeftLibertarian #DavidEllerman #leftism #leftist #EconomicDemocracy #WorkplaceDemocracy #WorkerCoops #coops #cooperatives #selfmanagement #ThomasHodgskin #ElizabethAnderson #FrankKnight #Bastiat #mutualism #capitalism #capitalist #anticapitalism #anticapitalist #postcapitalism
To the tune of "move! that! car!": "read! this! book!"
Check out my review: "Fuck “Sustainable Development Goals,” have y’all ever heard of Communism?: Reviewing Kōhei Saitō’s Slow Down: The Degrowth Manifesto" on my blog!
You can follow the blog here: @kostyn.ca
#books #BookReview #bookstodon #NonFiction #Communism #Degrowth #DegrowthCommunism #Anarchism #ClimateCrisis #Environmentalism #LeftFutures #Socialism #WorkersRights #Coops #Cooperative #Blogosphere #SustainableDevelopmentGoals #SustainableDevelopmentGoalsAreTheOpiateOfTheMasses #SDGs #SDGsAreTheOpiateaOfTheMasses #Marxism #BookRec #WorkplaceDemocracy #Democracy #DemocracyAtWork
“‘I don’t think you solve the systemic economic problems just with worker co-ops,’ [John Duda of @redemmas] says. ‘There needs to be a larger context in which worker co-ops are embedded — a larger fight. But I think there’s something really important and really precious about worker co-ops as a laboratory or a kind of learning.’”
@OsitaNwanevu writing for In These Times: https://inthesetimes.com/article/worker-cooperatives-baltimore-maryland
#cooperatives #workerCoop #workerOwnership #workplaceDemocracy #RedEmmas #Baltimore #OsitaNwanevu
#UAW victory at #Volkswagen an inspiration to create more #DemocraticWorkplaces across the world... the workplace is the forge for #democracy, from where it spreads to enrich society
https://www.ituc-csi.org/usa-historic-union-victory-vw
#WorkplaceDemocracy #unions #union #UnionStrong #ITUC #Chattanooga #MercedesBenz #capitalism #exploitation #ClassWar
Yet another argument for workplace democracy. These decisions don't need to be made by a management elite and imposed on workers. In fact, there's boatloads of evidence that companies become more resilient and productive when workers make decisions together about how our own workplaces function.
The 1993 book Maverick by Ricardo Semler offer a fantastically detailed case study. As does Companies We Keep by John Abrams.
"A large and impressive study of children’s progress into adulthood found that those who display bullying and aggressive behaviour at school are more likely to prosper at work. They land better jobs and earn more."
#GeorgeMonbiot, 2024
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/30/playground-politics-bullies-competition
Chetan Dhruve wrote a great book about exactly this, called Why Your Boss is Programmed to be a Dictator;
https://www.management-issues.com/books/98/why-your-boss-is-programmed-to-be-a-dictator/
Since someone is going to ask, here are my political beliefs.
Yes:
- Workplace Democracy & Economic Structure:
- ✔️ Champion worker collectives, cooperatives, and unions.
- ✔️ Support niche roles for private entrepreneurship within a regulated economy.
- Economic Justice:
- ✔️ Advocate for Universal Basic Income (UBI) to ensure financial security.
- Healthcare & Welfare:
- ✔️ Support a mixed healthcare system with public and private elements.
- Education:
- ✔️ Favor diverse education models and accessibility.
- ✔️ Oppose compulsory higher education requirements for employment.
- Housing Rights:
- ✔️ Assert housing as a fundamental human right.
- Criminal Justice Reform:
- ✔️ Call for significant police reform and decriminalization of drug use.
- Environmental Policy:
- ✔️ Promote sustainable practices and green energy.
- Technology, Privacy, and Digital Rights:
- ✔️ Prioritize data protection and oppose tech monopolies.
- Fair Trade and Protection of Local Industries:
- ✔️ Support fair trade and local industry protection.
- Cultural Preservation:
- ✔️ Advocate for cultural preservation amidst globalization.
- Mental Health Services:
- ✔️ Emphasize taxpayer-funded mental health care.
No
- Unregulated Capitalism:
- ❌ Oppose monopolies and unregulated markets.
- Strict Traditionalism in Social Policies:
- ❌ Reject policies enforcing traditional norms over individual rights.
- Aggressive Foreign Interventions:
- ❌ Oppose military interventions, prefer diplomatic solutions.
- Ignoring Environmental Concerns:
- ❌ Reject policies prioritizing economic growth over environmental sustainability.
- Unrestricted Globalization:
- ❌ Oppose globalization harming local industries and cultural identities.
- Privatization of Essential Services:
- ❌ Oppose full privatization of healthcare, education, and public services.
- Authoritarian Governance:
- ❌ Reject authoritarian governance and policing practices.
- Neglecting Labor Rights:
- ❌ Oppose undermining the right to organize and collective bargaining.
- Digital Monopolies and Surveillance:
- ❌ Oppose unchecked surveillance and power concentration in tech companies.
#PoliticalBeliefs #WorkplaceDemocracy #EconomicJustice #HealthcareReform #EducationForAll #HousingRights #CriminalJusticeReform #LaborRights #EnvironmentalPolicy #SocialJustice #LGBTQRights #DigitalPrivacy #ImmigrationPolicy #ForeignPolicy #Globalization #FoodSecurity #CulturalPreservation #MentalHealthAwareness #SustainableTransport #RenewableEnergy #ClimateChangeAction
