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Worker ownership is distinguished from producer cooperatives in which workers may not be the member-owners.

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Martin SmithCo-Founder & CEO; Partner, The Ownership Economy · CommonShareLinkedIn ↗
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Ander Etxeberria OtaduiHead of Cooperative Dissemination · MONDRAGON CorporationLinkedIn ↗

Worker ownership is distinguished from producer cooperatives in which workers may not be the member-owners.

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Attributed contributors: Martin Smith; Ander Etxeberria Otadui. “Worker ownership is distinguished from producer cooperatives in which workers may not be the member-owners..” Ideology vs. Practice in Building the World’s Largest Federation of Cooperatives. ECOSYSTEM Summit, Barcelona, 17 September 2026. Session time 15:35–17:44. https://cs-ecosystem.commonshare.workers.dev/evidence/E-16557d7d3efc

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Worker ownership is distinguished from producer cooperatives in which workers may not be the member-owners.

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Martin SmithCo-Founder & CEO; Partner, The Ownership Economy · CommonShareLinkedIn ↗
Ander Etxeberria OtaduiHead of Cooperative Dissemination · MONDRAGON CorporationLinkedIn ↗
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Proposed mechanism: Membership ties ownership to work in the enterprise.

Limit: Hypothetical wine cooperative is an explanatory contrast.

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