For real though I'm tired of being alienated from my labor. Does anyone here have experience working with or starting a worker coop?
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If you're in the mid-west, you're probably surrounded by coops and don't realize it. I'm actually working on a PhD in computer science, I'd be interested in looking into some kind of tech co-op as well.
Yeah, definitely seems that way. Its pretty cool that ag has so many co-ops. I was under the impression that a good amount of them aren't necessarily structured as a worker co-op (I think ive seen the term seller co-op before?), but I am very ignorant to how those actually work/how specific ag co-ops might work.
What field of CS are you doing your PhD in?
So it's pretty complex, and I am only marginally connected to these, so I may get some details wrong. But, yes, at the lowest level, it is farmers who own their land and private property forming a coop to collectively sell their harvest. But those co-ops themselves often form a tiered co-op. Land-O'-Lakes is a big brand that is a tier 3 co-op!
My specifically field is niche enough hat it's very possible to dox me from it, but it has to do with responsible AI.
Producers' co-ops, buyers co-ops, and workers' co-ops are all very distinct from each other though.