**Pattern Name:**
ReLocalize Cooperatives
**Introduction:**
Smallish worker cooperatives are more resilient to downturns in the economy. They are more able to adapt to local needs and changes.
**Illustration:**
**CONTEXT:** Few businesses are sufficiently responsive to the needs of the workers or the customers.
**PROBLEM:**
**Many communities do not have the goods and services that they desire or need at prices they can afford.**
And
**Many people do not find their work meaningful or fulfilling.**
And
**Many people are at the mercy of their employers. **
**Forces:**
**THEREFORE (SOLUTION):**
**Form local worker cooperatives or local hybrid worker-consumer cooperatives whenever feasible, and then quit working for others.**
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