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The famous French newspaper Liberation published an article on its website entitled "In Scop, employees tend to feel more involved." The worker cooperatives are called "Scop" in France or "cooperative and participatory association."
The article explains that this status, which is sometimes misunderstood, has mostly done well during the crisis. It describes the cooperative principles such as employee ownership and democratic principles that govern cooperatives. The article also underlines that cooperatives are no less efficient than conventional firms. In effect, there is "the same requirement of efficiency as in conventional firms.”
Libération highlights the experience of three Cooperatives in France:
Oonops, a cooperative in the web design sector. This company directed by François Mellan was founded 8 years ago and currently employs 12 people. The particularity here is that the boss is chosen by his or her employees, and there is no real hierarchy. "We are not alone with the difficulties and success," said Francois Mellan.
Renault Scop Union, a cooperative of taxis in Paris. There are 35 employees in total and there is the potential to grow. Here, any employee who has at least two years of experience can apply to become a shareholder, the company then collects 7% of monthly salary, which is injected into the capital of the cooperative.
UTB is a construction company based in Pantin employees with 900 persons, including 300 shareholders. Its employees are convinced of the benefits of cooperatives. "In fact, it’s like dealing in the Stock Exchange a bit, but taking minimal risk. When there is a profit, it is the reward of our work, "say three staff-members of UTB.
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