Italy’s Worker Buyouts in Times of Crisis

This report focuses on Italy’s experiences with worker-recuperated enterprises as worker buyouts (WBOs). They have been facilitated by Italy’s extensive cooperative, business, and labour legislation and enabling environment, spearheaded by its Legge Marcora (Marcora Law) policy and funding framework - a unique collaboration for business rescues and saving jobs between workers, the state, and the cooperative movement. Read More

Italy 2015 Report. Introduction and summary

The analysis shows that in Italy cooperatives as a whole contribute very significantly to gross domestic product formation and employment, and that cooperatives have really responded to the crisis in a markedly different way from other forms of enterprise. Read More