Worker Recuperation refers to workers taking over their former workplaces and running them as worker cooperatives within a capitalist economy. This usually happens after a workplace goes bankrupt, as opposed to a work-in which employs temporary self-management as a strike tactic.
Examples
- 1975: Whyalla Glove Factory (Australia)
- 1981: Pantelemidis Factory (Greece)
- 1983: Koulistanidis Textile Factory (Greece)
- 1985: Pascual Boing (Mexico)
- 2001: Argentinazo
- FaSinPat
- Hotel Bauen
- Brukman Factory
- Commerce and Justice
- 2003: Flasko (Brazil)
- 2006: Jugoremedija (Serbia)
- 2007: PT Istana Takeover (Indonesia)
- 2012: New Era Windows (USA)
- 2012: Ri-Maflow (Italy)
- 2012: Kilkis Hospital Takeover (Greece)
- 2013: Viome Takeover (Greece)
- 2013: ERT radio station takeover (Greece)
- 2014: Kazova Textile Factory takeover (Turkey)
- 2015: Dita Detergent Factory Takeover (Bosnia and Herzegovina)