Mondragon Corporation Cooperative Federation, Worker Cooperative, Kerosene Heater, Basque Country (autonomous Community), Anarcho- Syndicalism, Distributism, Horizontalidad, José María Arizmendiarrieta.

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The MONDRAGON Corporation is a federation of worker cooperatives based in Spain. Set up in the Basque town of Mondragón in 1956, its origin is linked to the activity of a modest technical college and a small workshop producing paraffin heaters. Currently it is the seventh largest Spanish company in terms of turnover and the leading business group in the Basque Country. At the end of 2008 it was providing employment for 92,773 people working in 256 companies in four areas of activity: Finance, Industry, Retail and Knowledge. The MONDRAGON Co-operatives operate in accordance with a business model based on People and the Sovereignty of Labour, which has made it possible to develop highly participative companies rooted in solidarity, with a strong social dimension but without neglecting business excellence.