Here's the chocolate factory, but where has Willy Wonka gone?
No bosses in sight at plants taken over by ex-employees in new workers' revolutionBy Rory Carroll and Oliver Balch in Buenos Aires, The Guardian
Friday May 11, 2007
From the outside it is a nondescript industrial site in a drab suburb of Buenos Aires, the firm's logo barely visible. Inside, the first thing you notice is the smell of chocolate, honey, caramel, ice cream, cakes and jam. Machines hum while cheerful men in green overalls pack crates of confectionary.
The second thing you notice is the absence of bosses. There are no people in suits giving orders. They do not exist. Nor is there an official owner. Ghelco is run as a cooperative along democratic lines, with an equal say and equal pay.
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