#DemocratizingWork

Описание: Organizers: Dutch chapter of #DemocratizingWork

Date & Time: May 10 2022, 16.30-18.00

When it comes to discussions on democratizing work, cooperatives, and worker cooperatives in particular, are a topic that is increasingly gaining traction across countries and economic sectors. While there are clearly diverse types of cooperatives, some common characteristics define the underlying values and ideational frameworks behind the cooperative model, and in particular worker cooperatives. Cooperation, solidarity, horizontal work relations, and democratic self-governance of the workplace and the production process are the core values that can be recognised in many cooperatives. In this webinar, we set out to grapple with the question of what we can learn about democratizing work from current experiences of cooperatives and their struggles, focusing on the situation in the Netherlands. While we will discuss the ways in which worker cooperatives could democratize work by looking into concrete examples from the Dutch context, we will also address current legal and political challenges and obstacles that prevent worker cooperatives from delivering on their own democratizing goals. We will ask what systematic forces prevent worker cooperatives from establishing themselves as a more common form of organised economic activity, and how cooperatives can contribute to “greening” the economy.

Moderator: Vladimir Bogoeski (UvA)

Speakers: Speakers: Tine De Moor (Rotterdam School of Management), Thijs Spaargaren (Schoongewoon), Marijke Flamman (NCR)
-Tine De Moor is Full Professor in Social Enterprise & Institutions for Collective Action at the Rotterdam School of Management. Her work mainly focuses on the study of the internal functioning of institutions for collective action from the late medieval period to the present day, and on the external factors that lead to the formation of new institutions for collective action.
Thijs Spaargaren is coordinator and board member of Schoongewoon Netherlands, a collaboration of 10 worker cooperatives in the B2B cleaning sector. The goal of Schoongewoon is to increase the involvement and work satisfaction of employees and thereby also raise quality for clients.
Marijke Flamman is senior cooperative consultant at the National Cooperative Council (NCR). With her legal and fiscal expertise, she advises cooperative entrepreneurs on matters such as the choice for a cooperative model or the relationship between board, supervisor and members.
Vladimir Bogoeski is Postdoctoral Researcher in the N-EXTLAW project and member of the Amsterdam Centre for Transformative Private Law (University of Amsterdam Law School). His current research is situated at the intersection of private law, labour law and political economy of labour.

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