http://www.alternet.org/story/21335
--- Wojtek Sokolowski <sokol at jhu.edu> wrote:
> My 2 cents:
>
> Proposal #11 - revive the spirit and practice of
> mutualism: establish credit
> associations offering low-interest credit, home or
> education loans;
> establish resource centers helping to establish
> cooperative services (such
> as child care, health care, retail, cleaning,
> plumbing, car repair,
> catering, vacation facility networks for working
> families, etc.) that offer
> job opportunities outside the corporate sector and
> provide low cost services
> to working people; create mutual insurance
> companies operating on a
> not-for-profit basis; establish cooperative
> affordable housing for working
> families.
>
> There is no reason why unions cannot promote
> mutualism - it is not as
> adversarial in its appearance as strikes or
> lobbying, but kicks the business
> right in the balls by creating an alternative.
>
> Wojtek
>
>
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