ABSTRACT
This chapter explores how worker co-operatives sometimes struggle in their pursuit for a just workplace at which all members are equal. It discusses how women cab drivers fared in the predominantly male Co-op Cab and how working-class and non-white members fared in the mostly middle-class white Organix Co-op. As businesses owned and managed by their workers, worker co-operatives strive for inclusiveness and equality. At Co-op Cab all the worker-managers, except one, were men. Since the men at the cab company socialized with other male co-workers and the women socialized with other female co-workers, the men developed informal connections to the worker-managers. While both men and women at Co-op Cab voiced appreciation for the grievance procedures, women more frequently anticipated bringing formal grievances. Another woman's experience with the Workers' Council came from serving as a member of the Council, rather than raising a grievance. The labels 'heterosexual' and 'lesbian' implied certain types or stereotypes of women.
