4 Feb
2014
4 Feb
'14
11:19 a.m.
Looks like they give investors a 3% return, which is considerably lower than what would be
sought by venture capitalist crowd. I am a huge supporter of cooperatives and worker
ownership but there has to be room for financial engagement with the broader community who
have other trades. Alot of cooperatives have to secure loans (from chase bank et al in
many cases!) in the form of mortgages or to provide working capital. I think if in
reshaping the economic landscape we have to wait for people who are going to be doing the
entry level manual tasks to throw down their share of the working capital, we will die
waiting. I don't really know much about this organization in detail, just had been
looking over their site and wanted to put in my 0.02
I also recognize a few of these evil capitalists
http://peoplescommunitymarket.com/testimonials/
Anybody have info on what they pay their workers?
cheers
Feb 4, 2014 11:04:22 AM, jwentwistle(a)cryptolab.net wrote:
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I support everybody who provides food to Oakland, as we definitely
don't have enough grocery stores in the area, but these stores
shouldn't be referred to as being the same thing.
While it's called the People's Community Market, it is not owned by
the people, it's owned by a corporation. It's capitalistic and profits
that are made by the corporation will go to the owners of it, not the
people working there. The worker's wages will always be seen as a cost
to the owners and the profits created by the workers will be stolen
from them. Meanwhile, the workers at the Mandela Food Cooperative are
the owners and the profits made by the workers will go to them.
I understand that we need more grocery stores with fresh produce in
the area, but I don't see that as an excuse to exploit the workers.
Take care,
Jeremy
On 02/04/2014 06:26 AM, Marina Kukso wrote:
you might want to just talk to them to learn more
about the other
activities they do and ways that you can contribute. that might be
the best way to learn about ways to contribute that might be useful
to them.
also, have you heard of the people's community market?
http://peoplescommunitymarket.com/
On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 3:14 AM, Romy Snowyla romy(a)snowyla.com
mailto:romy@snowyla.com>> wrote:
http://www.american.coop/content/video-mandela-foods-cooperative-and-west-o…
I was at west Oakland Bart and shopped at a worker run and owned
cooperative Mandela foods.
It's amazing ! I enjoyed the mass effect night of collectives at
sudoroom.
What are ways sudoroom and or I can help support Mandela foods
besides shopping there?
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