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The Mondragn CooperativeExperienceSeminar in Arrasate-Mondragn, Spain

September 13-17, 2010


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Replica of Pablo Picassos famous painting depictingthe bombing of the Basque town of Gernika (nearMondragn) in 1937 by Germans allied with Francosfaschist forces during the Spanish Civil War.


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If you want todemocratize power,

you have to sharethe knowledge.

Jose Maria Arizmendiarrieta


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Mondragn Co-operative Corporation (MCC) is anentrepreneurial socioeconomic entity with deep cultural roots inthe Basque Country, created by and for the people, inspired bythe Basic Principles of our Co-operative Experience, committedto the community, to the improvement of competitiveness and to

the satisfaction of customers, to create wealth withincreate wealth withinsociety through entrepreneurialsociety

through entrepreneurialdevelopment and job creation, preferablydevelop

ment and job creation, preferablymembership-jobs in co-operatives.membership

-jobs in co-operatives.

Mission (I)


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u MCC is based on a commitment to solidarityand uses democratic methods for itsorganisation and management

u

u MCC encourages the participation andintegration of people in management,profits and ownership of their companies,to develop a joint, harmonising project

aimed at social, business and personaldevelopment.

Misin (II)


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COOPERATIVES WITHINMCC

INDUSTRIAL 87

CREDIT 1

CONSUMER 1AGRICULTURAL 4

EDUCATION 8

RESEARCH 13

SERVICES 6

TOTAL 120 cooperatives


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Structure in MCCStructure in MCCCONGRESS

Permanent Council

Training and Research Centres

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INDUSTRIAL GROUPAutomotive

Components

Construction

Industrial Equipment

Domestic Appliances

Engineering and Capital Goods

Machine-Tools

GENERAL COUNCIL


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Basic Cooperative PrinciplesBasic Cooperative Principles


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BASIC CO-OPERATIVE

PRINCIPLES1.Open Admission.2.Democratic Organization.3.Sovereignty of Labor.4.Instrumental and Subordinate Nature of Capital.

5.Participatory Management.6.Wage Solidarity.7.Inter-cooperation.8.Social Transformation.

9.Universality.10.Education


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Corporate Management ModelCorporate Management Model


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CORPORATE VALUES

OF MCC CO-OPERATION

Owners and protagonists

PARTICIPATION

Commitment to management

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Distribution of wealth based on solidarity. Involvement in the community

INNOVATION

Constant renewal


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M C CC CONVENTIONALONVENTIONALCORPORATIONORPORATION

AUTHOR

ITY

CONVICT

ION

-CO OPS(Autonomous)

MCC

ECTORIALGROUPS


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People and Capital

Conventionalcorporation

Power rests withcapital, and

whoever controlsthe capital(shareholders)

People (workers,human resources)are used as tools toserve capital

Mondragn CooperativeCorporation

Power rests with thepeople (worker

ownership andworkplacedemocracy)

Capital is used as atool to serve thepeople


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INTERCO-

OPERATION

EDUCATIONAL FINANCIAL

SOCIAL

RESEARCH ANDDEVELOPMENT (R&D)


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Mondragn CooperativeCorporation

Corporate Headquarters


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Our project is a guarantee ofOur project is a guarantee of:sustainability:sustainability

, . We are from here local, . We are from here local . We are not a subsidiary The. We are not a subsidiary The

.decisions are taken here.decisions are taken here . We cannot be taken over. We cannot be taken over

:Collective ownership the:Collective ownership the.workers.workers

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Guggenheim Museum inBilbao

built by a Mondragn ConstructionCooperative


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Alecop Youth CooperativeWork Study Program for high school anduniversity students


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Mondragn UniversityEngineering SchoolBusiness SchoolEducation and Social Work School


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IkerlanResearch and Development

Cooperative


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SaiolanNew Business Incubator


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We are each very proud of who we are. Having theright to decide is very important for workers andmotivates people to stay.

--executive who has been with the Mondragn cooperatives for 48 years


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Enjoying common spaces in Oati,near Mondragn


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San Sebastian, nearMondragn


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Lunch with participants of the PraxisPeace Institutes

Mondragn Seminar 2010


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Conference of the US Federation of

Worker Cooperatives, August 6-8 , 2010in Berkeley

Representatives from cooperatives all over the USattended, including W.A.G.E.S and Other Avenues in the

Bay Area


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Toxic Soil BustersMembers of this youth cooperative for teenagers in

Worcester, Massachussetts visit EcoVillage Farm LearningCenter in Richmond


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October 27, 2009

Steelworkers Form Collaboration with MONDRAGON, the

Worlds Largest Worker-Owned Cooperative

The United Steelworkers (USW) and MONDRAGON Internacional, S.A.today announced a framework agreement for collaboration in establishingMONDRAGON cooperatives in the manufacturing sector within theUnited States and Canada.

For More Information: Rob Witherell, 412-562-4333, [email protected] - The United Steelworkers (USW) and MONDRAGONInternacional, S.A. today announced a framework agreement for collaboration inestablishing MONDRAGON cooperatives in the manufacturing sector within theUnited States and Canada. The USW and MONDRAGON will work to establishmanufacturing cooperatives that adapt collective bargaining principles to the

MONDRAGON worker ownership model of one worker, one vote.We see todays agreement as a historic first step towards making union co-ops aviable business model that can create good jobs, empower workers, and supportcommunities in the United States and Canada, said USW International PresidentLeo W. Gerard.
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Mikel Lezamiz, Director of Cooperative Dissemination,MCC, talks with

Mayor Gayle McLaughlin about next steps for Richmond


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It is worthwhile to live and work for


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It is worthwhile to live and work forsomething besides earning moneyand accumulating things for oneself.

Community with others, peace,justice, understanding, sensitivity,sisterhood and brotherhood are

things to be sought and found, and,to attain them effectively in a worldof struggle, it is necessary to think of

another way to align the people whowork and struggle. --Jose Maria Arizmendiarrieta

N di i f


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Necessary conditions forstarting cooperatives

Feel the need

Trust each other (through

democratic process) Be realistic

Cultivate strong relationshipsand connections

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