EstablishedCLM-0049 · checked 2026-10-23
Mondragon began in 1956 with a cooperative founded in Mondragón (Arrasate) by graduates of a technical school set up by the priest José María Arizmendiarrieta.[1]
OperatingCooperative
Mondragon cooperatives
A federation of worker cooperatives that grew from a single cooperative founded in 1956 in Mondragón (Arrasate), Basque Country.
43.06° N · 2.49° W · Basque Country, Spain
- Location
- Basque Country, Spain
- Operating since
- 1956
- Governance
- Cooperative
- Legal status
- Recognised
- Economy
- Cooperative
- Autonomy level
- Program within an existing state
- Uses AI in governance
- No
Worker-members own and govern their cooperatives on a one-member-one-vote basis. The federation has survived for decades, though not without failures — notably the 2013 bankruptcy of Fagor Electrodomésticos.
Timeline
- 1956First cooperative founded in Mondragón. [S1]Established
- 2013Fagor Electrodomésticos, a major member cooperative, files for bankruptcy.Established