Are there consumer unions?
from sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz to nostupidquestions@lemmy.ca on 21 Dec 17:43
https://sopuli.xyz/post/38462513

Closest thing I can think of very loosely is Costco membership lol

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[deleted] on 21 Dec 18:08 next collapse
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deegeese@sopuli.xyz on 21 Dec 18:08 next collapse

Consumer Reports.

m4xie@lemmy.ca on 21 Dec 18:14 next collapse

There are consumer cooperatives. Customers become members and can not only use the services but also vote on the co-ops direction.

adespoton@lemmy.ca on 22 Dec 03:03 collapse

An example of this is Costco

IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world on 22 Dec 05:00 next collapse

wait. do Costco members get to vote on company decisions?

adespoton@lemmy.ca on 22 Dec 05:31 collapse

They used to… not sure if this is still a thing though.

LowKeyLooker@lemmy.world on 22 Dec 05:46 collapse

Costco has never been a coop

[deleted] on 21 Dec 18:49 next collapse
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BCsven@lemmy.ca on 22 Dec 06:08 collapse

Co-op. Our credit union is a coop, we vote on policy changes and other things.

MEC (mountain equipment company outdoors store) used to be a CO-OP., you got to vote for the board and if there were profits they were split amongst the members via cheques. But something later happened around covid and the store was failing and sold out to an investor. Now it sucks and is super overpriced.