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Shift Change: True Stories of Dignified Jobs in Democratic Workplaces (trailer)

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Posted by Films For Action on Feb. 14, 2013
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At a time when many are disillusioned with big banks and big business, and growing inequity in our country, employee ownership offers a real solution for workers and communities. Shift Change is a new documentary  that highlights worker-owned enterprises in North America and in Mondragon, Spain.  The film couldn’t be more timely, as 2012 has been declared by the U.N. as the “International Year of the Cooperative.”

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