Worker co-ops are a good alternative to regular company layouts, but I warn that plenty of LeftComms on the far left side and plenty of libs on the right side of this argument both think that worker co-ops will create paradise. It’s important to recognize that this isn’t the case. To keep workers co-ops indefinitely and undialectically would mean to continue perpetuating the capitalist system. A good workers co-op with a Union is a great place to work, not very Revolutionary tho bc after these people receive their concessions they are less likely to Revolt. On the other hand I could understand people saying it makes them more Revolutionary because their self-governance and self-reliance makes them less reliant on the capitalist state and they will have had experience with stealing away concessions from capitalists, which is something that we should support. But I feel that in the US at least, plenty of Union workers and Co-ops are vaguely liberal and not very revolutionary, also I need to mention that like Communist Wolf said it’s much tougher for these companies to succeed and compete against bigger companies or even just smaller ones that just treat employees worse, pay them worse and have lower prices. Overhead and profit margins are everything in a capitalist society and unfortunately treating employees well and giving them rights and good pay comes at a cost that many other manufacturers and retailers won’t pay for.