Europe politics
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1 day agoSpain's Left Has a New Frontier: Democracy at Work
Spain's left aims for radical workplace democracy through worker representation and ownership, contrasting with broader European trends.
Within the workplace, the content and conditions of work are largely controlled by employers who often have an interest in degrading the quality of work, both to increase productivity and to increase their control over employees in the workplace. Outside the workplace, employers have both an incentive and the power to undermine measures that would improve the quality of work through the political process.