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    A hypothesis worth testing is whether unions as a sort of legitimate opposition help avoid free riding on management accountability.

    Having a voice in your group: Increasing productivity through group participation

    https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/vm4hu

    When worker coops fail, it is from institutional design flaws not inherent to cooperatives such as
    - excessive direct democracy
    - insufficient emphasis on representative democracy and delegation
    - lack of independent board members