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Last week, 1,300 workers and their families marched from the factory of Spanish electrical appliances manufacturer Fagor Electrodomésticos in Basauri in the Basque region of Spain to the town centre, ...

The Mondragón Cooperative Corporation (MCC), the largest consortium of worker-owned companies, has developed a different way of doing business —a way that puts workers, not shareholders, first. Here’s ...

In a sleek, modern building nestled between green mountains in Spain’s northern Basque region, 21-year-old student Xabi Igoa and his business faculty classmates lounge on comfy chairs in a circle and ...

THESE are difficult times for the Fagor appliance factory in Mondragón, in northern Spain. Sales have seized up, as at many other white-goods companies. Workers had four weeks' pay docked at Christmas ...

Mondragon Group, the world’s largest workers’ cooperative, has grown out of its historical Basque roots to comprise an organisation with global presence. It is also a significant player in the ...

A work-to-rule strike in underway in Wroclaw's FagorMastercook factory. Despite exceptionally good output, increased exports and a healthy profit, most workers are still taking home a meager 350 euros ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. For the curious executives and academics who make pilgrimages to Mondragón, a small Basque town with a ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In a world where bankers and executives often argue that high pay is directly correlated with success and ...