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The word "collective" is not so often used because it has been basically used by socialists and communists and has a different history. The word "cooperative" means the workplace itself is organized cooperatively, rather than in the conventional capitalistic, hierarchical form.

Richard D. Wolff
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"The Progressive Interview". Interview with Ed Rampell, www.democracyatwork.info. April 10, 2014.
The word collective is not so often used because it has been basically used by socialists and communists and has a different history. The word cooperative means the workplace itself is organized cooperatively, rather