TRNN goes inside the Vio.Me factory in Thessaloniki, Greece, which is the country’s only worker-managed factory that doesn’t have any bosses. This video is part of a special ‘Workers of the World’ series on the cost of living crisis in Europe.
Read the transcript: https://therealnews.com/inside-vio-me-greeces-only-worker-managed-factory-thats-operated-for-over-10-years
Producer: Christos Avramidis
Videography: Calliope Panagiotidou Terzopoulou
Video editor: Leo Erhardt
Translation: Danai Maltezou
Additional footage used with permission: VIOME, Aris Chatzistefanou, Carl Cizek, Fotoomada, Alterthess, Facebook Chris Avramidis, Ellinofreneia, Infolibre, Youtube Put The Kings Down, ΧÏήστος ΜανοÏκας, DiakoptesAthens, Pandiera, Teacher Dude, Haus of Proletarea, Obscura Creative Cooperative Lab
This story, with the support of the Bertha Foundation, is part of The Real News Network’s ‘Workers of the World’ series, telling the stories of workers around the globe building collective power and redefining the future of work on their own terms: https://therealnews.com/workers-of-the-world
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So this is an example of when anarchy goes the way it’s intended, in and unintended way where all the bosses left lol. This is amazing if generally true. Fascinating. This could not work at my company, a fabricator or probe cards and probes for silicon chip testing and optimization. The complexity and the various facilities around the world would need some sort of leadership to coordinate. We have cooperation and of R&D of different elements of brand new technology being developed that needs some form of oversight to make it all work. But for a single factory this seems plausible.
Workers owning the means of production? Those evil socialists! The CIA needs to give them some democracy.
What Greece has suffered during the shameless Austerity is unbelievable.
And now the CE sends money to keep a US war against Russia going on 👎
WHAT ???? I thought you need boss who leeches off your work and underpay you to make profit 😱😱😱
Who is gonna pay the Greek government if people don't work and pay taxes
Why would Greek police wish to hurt Greek citizens. Why were these workers offered no legal assistance from their government. Too many "why" questions. I don't understand why Greece is having these problems
Can I come to work with you guys ?? ðŸ˜ðŸ˜
Linux Mint 💚
They occupied and stole the factory? Wild
Will be gone in short order.
Just to geek out for a moment. These guys are using Linux!
Wow wow wow wow I want to go there
Of course you can have cooperatives in a capitalist world (and there are many across the world).
Stealing property, though, is a different question.
Nice theft advocacy, TRNN.
Pathetic botched agenda
This is bullshit created by americans (duh) for americans (super duh) … Across Spain, Italy and Portugal there are many employee owned business and factories … Mondragón from Basque country is one such great example
Workers are always fighting one type of boss or another
Awesome ✌ï¸ðŸ‘💥🤗 Way to BE the change ✊ï¸ðŸ¤People cooperating with each other and producing product more condusive to their own community function. Corporations are not needed by people to make work. There is plenty of work to do and you don't have to accept slave wages and conditions..Thanks for being a Fearless example to the rest of the world!💥💜💥 This is worth fighting for instead of Corporate Wars ✌ï¸ðŸ‘✊ï¸ðŸ’ªðŸ’¥ðŸ’«ðŸ’¦ðŸ’¨
This is what i say. Capitalism is pointless.
Right on! Wishing them nothing but the best! And that the movement spreads!
Always remember – the workers don't need capitalism but capitalism needs the workers.
Karl Marx would be so proud