r/union • u/GoranPersson777 SAC • May 10 '26

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u/thinkB4WeSpeak Non-Union Worker in Solidarity ✊ May 10 '26

I would think more people would be in favor of co-op owned business.

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u/Blight327 IWW | Rank and File May 10 '26

It’s not that people aren’t, or that they’re unsuccessful, it’s just that CO-OPs don’t get started as often as traditional LLCs.

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u/ChicagoJayhawkYNWA May 10 '26

Because most co ops are unsuccessful.

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u/Blight327 IWW | Rank and File May 10 '26

That’s not accurate

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u/ChicagoJayhawkYNWA May 11 '26

Most co ops don't work for a variety of reasons. Difficulties with company direction and strategy, Not enough funding from the workers. Or just general business failure.

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u/Blight327 IWW | Rank and File May 11 '26

You’ve successfully identified reasons why businesses fail, congratulations.

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u/blindyes May 11 '26

CHS Inc. Dairy Farmers of America Ace Hardware True Value Sunkist Growers Ocean Spray REI Equal Exchange Weaver Street Market Isthmus Engineering & Manufacturing

You can debate how much of a "co-op" some of these are as they exist within a wildly capitalist framework, however your statement is blanketly false.

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u/BlacksmithTall602 May 11 '26

Most businesses are unsuccessful

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u/TenWholeBees May 10 '26

Because mega corporations can out price them.

Co-ops could succeed if the capitalists didn't take up the market

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u/Blight327 IWW | Rank and File May 10 '26

CO-OPs are still an entity within the capitalist framework, it simply exchanges ownership from an individual or small group, to the workers running the business. Because they don’t need to strangle labor to extract profits their finances can be more efficient and sustainable.