{"id":1060,"date":"2026-04-22T12:58:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T12:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iscidenetimi.net\/?p=1060"},"modified":"2026-04-22T13:20:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T13:20:13","slug":"worker-recuperated-enterprises-empresas-recuperadas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iscidenetimi.net\/?p=1060&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Worker-recovered factories (Empresas Recuperadas)*"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Definition<\/strong><br>Empresas recuperadas refer to enterprises that have been taken over and reactivated by workers following processes of bankruptcy, closure, or abandonment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Scope<\/strong><br>These enterprises are typically organised as cooperatives and aim to sustain production. Management, decision-making, and labour organisation are based on collective worker participation. In this sense, workers act both as producers and as decision-makers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Distinction<\/strong><br>Empresas recuperadas differ from other business and cooperative forms in the following ways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their origin lies in crisis, bankruptcy, or workplace closures.<br>Workers\u2019 intervention often involves occupation, resistance, and collective action.<br>Their primary objective is the preservation of employment rather than profit maximisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Historical example<br><\/strong>The empresas recuperadas movement expanded significantly in Argentina after the 2001 economic crisis, with workers reactivating hundreds of enterprises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Evaluation<\/strong><br>Empresas recuperadas can be seen as a contemporary form of worker self-management. 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