Worker cooperatives are an effective way of protecting jobs and providing more opportunities to the marginalised and local communities especially from the rural backgrounds. Referring to the case of Kerala Dinesh Beedi and workers what we understand is the capability of the worker cooperative to provide jobs to displaced employees and scale it further to provide Jobs to more and more people. At the height of its performance KDB was able to provide jobs to over 42000 people. KDB was instrumental in developing a sophisticated culture in the region. They had internal procedures such as reading the newspapers daily, having political and cultural discussions in between work hours as part of the extra-curricular activities. This helped even the least educated to gain knowledge and be updated about the current affairs. Identifying the decline of the Beedi industry and the threats faced from other states KDB diversified into other avenues to accommodate employees and keep growing. The studied the market and diversified into niche areas that provide employment for many today. Through constant skill development and training they were able to keep the employees up to date and employable in different industry avenues.
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