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The Co-operative Ideal

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' We were looking for a civilised way to work, and we found it, but how you marry this attitude to work and to society is a problem society will have to resolve.'
(ALISTAIR MACKIE
Scottish Daily News)
At the beginning of last year several workers' cooperatives were set up with Government funds. One is expected to show a profit after a year's trading; another is struggling to stay in business; and a third has gone into liquidation.
What was the philosophy behind these experiments? What lessons have been learnt from them? Is there a future for the workers' co-operative? An enquiry by Bob Houlton
Research by MAX EASTERMAN
Producer STANLEY WILLIAMSON
BBC Manchester

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Bob Houlton
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Max Easterman
Producer:
Stanley Williamson
Source: Radio Times

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