Inside VIO.ME, Greece’s Only Worker-Managed Factory That’s Operated For Over 10 Years

In 2011, workers at the Vio.Me factory in Thessaloniki, Greece, stopped receiving wages. Management and owners abandoned the facility shortly afterward. Instead of dispersing, the workers of Vio.Me held an assembly and voted to take over management of the factory themselves. Over the past decade, they’ve kept the factory running, jointly determining production decisions through…
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Christos Avramidis
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