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<blockquote data-quote="rickyb" data-source="post: 3103533" data-attributes="member: 56035"><p>from that mondragon worker coop democracy now interview. you can see that they make stuff...something which america used to do in its heyday.</p><p></p><p><strong>IKEL LEZAMIZ:</strong> Yes. After three years—that was in 1959—so, they started the first cooperatives in 1956, and after, they create another three cooperatives. And Father Arizmendiarrieta had the idea that we have to set up the cooperative bank in order to create new cooperatives and to support the cooperatives with financial support. But not only with the financial, most very clever, creating the entrepreneurial division inside that cooperative bank in order to research the market and to decide, OK, which kind of jobs we can create, which kind of product we can produce. And after that, from this entrepreneurial division, we help—or, they help to create new cooperatives. And after the bank, the entrepreneurial—no, the bank division support financially, but it was a very good idea to create the bank with this entrepreneurial division to create new cooperatives.</p><p></p><p><strong>AMY GOODMAN:</strong> Now explain, in these first years, what were the Mondragon cooperatives? What were they making? What were the products they were coming out with?</p><p></p><p><strong>MIKEL LEZAMIZ:</strong> Yes, in Fagor, domestic appliances, they produced domestic appliances. But the first one was a cook. And—</p><p></p><p><strong>AMY GOODMAN:</strong> A stove?</p><p></p><p><strong>MIKEL LEZAMIZ:</strong> A stove, a stove. And after that, they start producing the refrigerator, the washing machine and water central heatings.</p><p></p><p>....</p><p>amy goodman:You are making products. Can you talk about how you came to be on the cutting edge of technology? It wasn’t just people working in a good-natured way, in a cooperative way together.</p><p></p><p><strong>MIKEL LEZAMIZ:</strong> Yes. In fact, we have at this moment 14 research and development centers, in order to help to the different sectors that we are producing different goods or our products. Innovation was a very important value for us, and today it is. And today maybe it’s more than before also, in order to be profitable and [inaudible]. But always we have this idea that, OK, education is very important for people, and as [inaudible] for enterprise and for the community. But after the education, innovation is very important. Social responsibility is another value. And cooperation and solidarity with the community is very, very important. But innovation, it’s a very important feature inside Mondragon.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rickyb, post: 3103533, member: 56035"] from that mondragon worker coop democracy now interview. you can see that they make stuff...something which america used to do in its heyday. [B]IKEL LEZAMIZ:[/B] Yes. After three years—that was in 1959—so, they started the first cooperatives in 1956, and after, they create another three cooperatives. And Father Arizmendiarrieta had the idea that we have to set up the cooperative bank in order to create new cooperatives and to support the cooperatives with financial support. But not only with the financial, most very clever, creating the entrepreneurial division inside that cooperative bank in order to research the market and to decide, OK, which kind of jobs we can create, which kind of product we can produce. And after that, from this entrepreneurial division, we help—or, they help to create new cooperatives. And after the bank, the entrepreneurial—no, the bank division support financially, but it was a very good idea to create the bank with this entrepreneurial division to create new cooperatives. [B]AMY GOODMAN:[/B] Now explain, in these first years, what were the Mondragon cooperatives? What were they making? What were the products they were coming out with? [B]MIKEL LEZAMIZ:[/B] Yes, in Fagor, domestic appliances, they produced domestic appliances. But the first one was a cook. And— [B]AMY GOODMAN:[/B] A stove? [B]MIKEL LEZAMIZ:[/B] A stove, a stove. And after that, they start producing the refrigerator, the washing machine and water central heatings. .... amy goodman:You are making products. Can you talk about how you came to be on the cutting edge of technology? It wasn’t just people working in a good-natured way, in a cooperative way together. [B]MIKEL LEZAMIZ:[/B] Yes. In fact, we have at this moment 14 research and development centers, in order to help to the different sectors that we are producing different goods or our products. Innovation was a very important value for us, and today it is. And today maybe it’s more than before also, in order to be profitable and [inaudible]. But always we have this idea that, OK, education is very important for people, and as [inaudible] for enterprise and for the community. But after the education, innovation is very important. Social responsibility is another value. And cooperation and solidarity with the community is very, very important. But innovation, it’s a very important feature inside Mondragon. [/QUOTE]
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