Networks of IT worker cooperatives in Argentina and globally

This chapter details the history and development of technology-based worker cooperatives in Argentina, culminating in the formation of FACTTIC (Argentine Federation of Worker Cooperatives for Technology, Innovation and Knowledge) in 2011 and the global network https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href=" https://PATIO.COOP ">PATIO.COOP in 2019. It explores the cooperative model’s appeal to technology professionals, highlighting advantages such as participation in decision-making, professional growth opportunities, and collaborative work environments. Challenges are also addressed, including knowledge export and centralisation, rising labour costs and data concentration. Strategies implemented by FACTTIC and https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href=" https://PATIO.COOP ">PATIO.COOP to overcome these challenges includes absorbing development costs of social impact projects, investing in learning and professionalisation, and fostering collective solutions to individual problems. The chapter concludes by emphasising the global growth of https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href=" https://PATIO.COOP ">PATIO.COOP , currently encompassing over 90 cooperatives in more than 22 countries, and the potential it offers to the cooperative model for scaling technology development worldwide.