Economic democracy, enterprise democracy, funds and cooperative activities
The study examines the relationship between the cooperative movement and the wage-earner funds in Sweden, a discussion that was at its most intense from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s.
The wage-earner funds raised fundamental questions about the cooperative movement’s role in society: which forces it should align itself with, how employee influence should be organised in cooperative activities, and how capital from the funds could be channelled into cooperative development. The final funds that parliament decided upon were, however, a shadow of the original proposals, and the concept is today largely regarded as politically dead.
The report nonetheless justifies a renewed examination of the issue for two reasons: the underlying objectives — economic democracy and employee influence — remain relevant, and the dimensions that characterised the relationship between the cooperative movement and wage-earner funds recur in similar approaches. The report analyses four main perspectives: economic democracy, employee influence, capital formation, and profit sharing and ownership. (AI translation)
- ISSN: 0358-5980
- ISBN: 951-9282-26-2
