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Niki Okuk: When workers own companies, the economy is more resilient
Niki Okuk: 工人擁有公司時，經濟變得更加頑強
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另一種經濟現實係有可能嘅——一種珍惜社區、有持續性同適應性，而唔係不擇手段咁取得盈利嘅經濟現實。Niki Okuk 分享佢對合作經濟嘅主張，同分享一個勞工階層人士點樣能夠組織同擁有員工擁有制嘅企業，為自己作出決定，享受勞動成果。
Niki Okuk - Entrepreneur
Niki Okuk is working to create social and economic justice and worker dignity. Full bio
Niki Okuk is working to create social and economic justice and worker dignity. Full bio
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00:12
Are you tired of your boss?
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你憎唔憎你老細？
00:15
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
00:16
Are you tired of going to work
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你係咪好厭
00:18
and making money for other people?
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同人打工？
00:21
And who are those people anyways?
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啲老細又係咩人呢？
00:23
Those people that make
money from your work.
money from your work.
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佢哋用你嘅勞力來賺錢
00:26
Well, they're capitalists.
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佢哋就係資本家
00:28
They have capital,
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佢哋有資本
00:29
and they use your labor
to make more capital.
to make more capital.
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然後用你嘅工作成果來賺錢
00:32
So if you're tired of going to work
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所以，如果你唔想返工
00:35
and making money for other people,
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幫人賺錢
00:37
then you're probably like me --
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你可能好似我噉
00:38
just tired of capitalism.
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好憎資本主義
00:41
Which is ironic, because I'm a capitalist.
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好諷刺，因為我係資本家
00:44
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
00:46
I own a small business --
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我擁有一家小型企業
00:48
Rco Tires in Compton.
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喺康普頓嘅 Rco 車呔回收公司
00:50
A few years ago, when I read Van Jones,
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幾年前，我睇過范瓊斯寫嘅一本書
00:52
and he wrote, "Let's make
green collar jobs in the hood,"
green collar jobs in the hood,"
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裡面講：「我哋應該喺貧窮社區
創造綠領工作機會。」
00:55
I took him really seriously.
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我好認真對待佢呢番話
00:58
So I cofounded, own and operate
a tire recycling company,
a tire recycling company,
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於是我同人創立
擁有同經營一間車呔回收公司
01:01
and I'm really proud of what we've done.
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我以我哋嘅成就為傲
01:03
So far, we've recycled
a hundred million pounds of rubber.
a hundred million pounds of rubber.
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目前為止，我哋回收咗一百萬磅橡膠
01:07
That's 21 million gallons of oil
diverted from landfills
diverted from landfills
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將二千一百萬加侖嘅廢油
01:11
into new products.
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從垃圾崗回收去咗新產品度
01:13
(Cheers)
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（歡呼聲）
01:14
We also employ about 15 guys --
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我哋請咗大概十五名員工
01:16
mostly people of color,
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多數係有色人種
01:18
most of whom are felons,
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多數有案底
01:19
and we pay above the minimum wage,
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我哋俾嘅人工多過法定最低工資
01:21
and we are now proud members
of the United Steelworkers Union.
of the United Steelworkers Union.
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而且我哋好自豪
係美國鋼鐵工人聯合會嘅會員
01:24
(Applause)
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（掌聲）
01:30
Now, Rco is not a cooperative now.
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到目前為止，Rco 唔係合作社
01:33
It's a privately held company
with community-minded ownership,
with community-minded ownership,
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而係一家服務社區嘅私有公司
01:36
but I would like it to become one.
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不過，我希望佢成為一家合作社
01:38
I would like for them to fire the boss --
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仲希望佢哋會炒咗個老細
01:40
that's me.
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即係我
01:42
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
01:43
And I'm going to tell you why,
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我話俾你知點解
01:44
but first, let me tell you
how we got started.
how we got started.
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先講吓我哋係點開始
01:47
So a lot of people ask,
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有好多人問：
01:49
"How did Rco come to be?"
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「Rco 係點嚟嘅呢？」
01:50
And I have to be really honest.
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老實同你講
01:52
I leveraged my white privilege.
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我利用咗我嘅白人特權
01:54
So, here's how white privilege
worked for me and Rco.
worked for me and Rco.
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我點用白人特權呢？
01:59
My white grandmother
was born on her family's plantation
was born on her family's plantation
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我嘅白人阿婆 1918 年
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in Arkansas in 1918.
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喺阿肯色州一個家族種植園度出世
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She traveled with her white father west,
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因為石油業好旺，佢同佢爹哋
02:08
following the oil boom.
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就搬咗去西部
02:10
And he held various union oil jobs --
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太公做過各種石油工會裡邊嘅工
02:13
jobs which would have never been given
to my black great-grandfather,
to my black great-grandfather,
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係我黑人太爺仲在生時
02:17
had he lived here at the time.
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絕對冇得做嘅工
02:19
Granny became a hairdresser
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我外婆做咗一名理髮師
02:21
and then got a loan with her husband
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然後同我阿公摞到
02:25
who built their home
in West Los Angeles --
in West Los Angeles --
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當時黑人絕對摞唔到嘅貸款
02:27
a loan which would never have been
given to a black family at the time.
given to a black family at the time.
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喺羅省西部起咗間屋住
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And after my grandfather passed away,
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我阿公過咗身之後
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my granny was able to keep that house
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我外婆仲可以繼續住喺嗰度
02:36
because she had his pension
and his health care
and his health care
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因為佢有阿公嘅
02:38
from a state job which he held,
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政府撫恤金同醫療福利
02:40
which again, would have never been
given to a black man
given to a black man
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喺 20 世紀 60 年代
通過嘅反歧視法之前
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before the anti-discrimination
act of the 1960s.
act of the 1960s.
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黑人係冇相同嘅權益
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So, you fast-forward 30 years,
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之後 30 年 （即 90 年代）
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and I graduate,
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我畢咗業
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and I want to start my own business
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想自己創業
02:51
with a pile of debt and a credit card,
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即使我成身債， 得一張信用卡
02:52
and no experience in the tire industry.
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而且對車輪行業冇任何認識同經驗
02:55
But I had what most people didn't have.
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但係我有一樣好多人都冇嘅嘢
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I had a clean, safe, free place to live.
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我有個乾淨、安全、唔使錢嘅地方住
03:03
I moved in with my grandmother,
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我搬咗去同我阿婆住
03:04
and I was able to rent
our first warehouse,
our first warehouse,
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我可以租到我哋嘅第一間倉庫
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buy our first truck,
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買我哋嘅第一部貨車
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pay our first employees,
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出糧俾我哋嘅第一批員工
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because I didn't have to worry
about paying myself,
about paying myself,
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因為我唔使擔心要自己出錢
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because I didn't need to feed myself,
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因為我唔使養自己
03:14
because I am the direct beneficiary
of generations of white privilege.
of generations of white privilege.
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因為我係代代白人特權嘅直接受益人
03:18
Now, telling the story
of white privilege is important
of white privilege is important
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我講呢個白人特權嘅故事，係因為
03:22
because very often people say,
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好多人時常話
03:24
"Oh, we want more companies like yours.
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「我哋想要多啲好似你噉嘅公司。
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We want more Rco's,
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我哋想要多啲 Rco。
03:27
we want more black-owned businesses,
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我哋想要多啲黑人擁有嘅企業，
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female-led, triple bottom line,
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女人帶領嘅、三重底線嘅
03:31
Ban the Box,
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『禁止查問（有冇犯罪紀錄）』嘅
03:33
green manufacturing companies," right?
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綠色廠商。」
03:35
But the question we have to ask is,
where is the wealth?
where is the wealth?
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不過我哋要問一下
啲財富喺邊度嚟嘅呢？
03:38
Where is the money?
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啲錢喺邊度嚟嘅呢？
03:39
Where's the capital in our communities
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喺我哋嘅社區創業
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to build the types
of businesses that we want?
of businesses that we want?
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本錢喺邊度嚟嘅呢？
03:43
And in telling a story
of the white side of my family,
of the white side of my family,
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我嘅白人親戚係度賺錢時
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I needed a dozen ways
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佢哋用咗好多方法
03:47
where blacks were excluded
from the economy,
from the economy,
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包括喺經濟上排斥黑人
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whereas the white side of my family
was able to gain access and traction,
was able to gain access and traction,
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來得到創業
03:53
and build wealth ...
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同賺錢嘅機會
03:55
Primarily because racism
and capitalism are best homies, but --
and capitalism are best homies, but --
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因為種族主義同資本主義係好兄弟
03:59
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
04:01
but what that means
is that when we ask ourselves,
is that when we ask ourselves,
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既係話，我哋問：
04:04
"Why are our communities broke?" --
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「我哋嘅社區點解咁窮？」嗰時
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Like, we're not just broke
because we're broke;
because we're broke;
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我哋窮唔淨係因為我哋窮
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we're broke for a reason.
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我哋冇錢係有原因
04:10
Historical context really does matter.
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明白歷史背景真係好重要
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But our history
tells another story as well.
tells another story as well.
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我哋嘅歷史仲有另一個故事
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There's this incredible book
called "Collective Courage,"
called "Collective Courage,"
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有本好書，叫做《集體勇氣》
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which is the story of how
thousands of African Americans
thousands of African Americans
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講成千上萬嘅美國黑人係點樣
唔使用好多錢
04:21
have been able to build
businesses and schools,
businesses and schools,
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建立咗企業、學校
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hospitals, farming cooperatives,
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醫院、農業合作社
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banks, financial institutions --
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銀行、同金融機構
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entire communities
and sovereign economies,
and sovereign economies,
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一個完整嘅社區同獨立嘅經濟體系
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without a lot of capital.
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04:33
And they did it by working together
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佢哋之所以成功，係因為佢哋齊心合作
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and leveraging their community assets
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利用公有資產
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and trusting each other
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互相信任
04:38
and putting solidarity first --
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團結一致
04:40
not just profits by any means necessary.
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而唔係不擇手段咁牟利
04:44
And they didn't have to wait around
for celebrities and athletes
for celebrities and athletes
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佢哋唔使等娛樂圈同體育明星
04:47
to bring their money back to the hood.
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帶啲錢返嚟社區
04:50
However, if you are
a celebrity or an athlete,
a celebrity or an athlete,
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不過，如果你係娛樂圈或者體育明星
04:52
and you're listening to this,
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又喺度聽緊我講嘢
04:53
please feel free to bring your money.
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歡迎你隨時帶啲錢返嚟
04:55
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
04:58
But they did it
through cooperative economics,
through cooperative economics,
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佢哋成功係透過合作經濟
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because they knew
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因為佢哋知道
05:01
that capitalism was never
going to finance black liberation.
going to finance black liberation.
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資本主義永遠都唔會喺經濟上解放黑人
05:04
So, there are so many great
examples in this book,
examples in this book,
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呢本書有好多好正嘅例子
05:08
and I suggest that everybody just read it
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我建議大家讀呢本書
05:11
because it answers
the question I asked earlier,
the question I asked earlier,
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因為佢解答咗我之前嘅問題
05:13
which was where are we going
to get the wealth
to get the wealth
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就係問我哋想創立嘅理想企業
05:15
to build the types
of business that we want.
of business that we want.
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需要嘅本錢喺邊度
05:17
And the answer is going to have
to be cooperative economics.
to be cooperative economics.
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答案就係喺合作經濟嗰度
05:20
There's a lot of different
versions of cooperativism.
versions of cooperativism.
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合作經濟形式都有好多種
05:23
What I'm talking about today
is worker ownership.
is worker ownership.
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今日我淨係講工人所有制
05:26
You may not have heard
of worker ownership,
of worker ownership,
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你可能未聽講過工人所有制
05:28
but it's been an incredible tool
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佢喺近百年嘅黑人經濟解放
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for black economic liberation
for a century,
for a century,
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有好大嘅作用
05:32
and it's also working
all over the world right now.
all over the world right now.
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而且喺世界各地都有成效
05:35
You may have heard of Black Wall Street
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你可能聽過黑人華爾街
05:37
or maybe the Zapatistas,
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或者聽過薩帕塔民族解放軍
05:38
but I'll give you an example
that's a little bit closer to home.
that's a little bit closer to home.
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不過我嚟畀個近期啲，本國嘅例子
05:41
Right now, today, in South Bronx,
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宜家，喺南布朗克斯
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is the country's largest
worker-owned company.
worker-owned company.
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有全國最大嘅工人擁有公司
05:47
It's called Cooperative
Home Care Associates,
Home Care Associates,
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佢叫做居家護理夥伴合作社
05:50
and it was founded by black
and Latinx home care workers
and Latinx home care workers
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由黑人同拉丁裔人創立
05:53
who are now able
to pay themselves living wages,
to pay themselves living wages,
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出嘅糧真係夠員工生活
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they have full-time hours,
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員工個個可以做全職
05:57
they have benefits and a pension,
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佢哋作為服務行業雇員國際工會成員
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through their membership
as a unit of SEIU.
as a unit of SEIU.
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有福利同退休金
06:02
And these women owners now receive
a dividend back on their ownership
a dividend back on their ownership
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佢哋每年公司分紅
06:06
every year that the company
has been profitable,
has been profitable,
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人人有份
06:08
which has been most years.
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幾乎年年都有
06:10
So they're able to really enjoy
the fruits of their labor
the fruits of their labor
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佢哋能夠享受自己嘅工作成果
06:14
because they fired the boss.
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因為佢哋炒咗個老細
06:17
They don't have any big investors.
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冇巨額投資人
06:18
They don't have fat-cat CEOs
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冇中飽私囊嘅
06:20
or absentee owners taking
the profit out of the company.
the profit out of the company.
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行政總裁或者業主
06:24
They each pay in
about 1,000 dollars over time
about 1,000 dollars over time
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每個人要分期畀總共一千蚊
06:28
in order to gain ownership,
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先至入到股
06:29
and now they own their job.
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佢哋宜家自己做老細
06:32
Now, there's hundreds of more examples
of companies like this
of companies like this
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喺全國各地
06:35
springing up all across the country.
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有成百上千嘅例子
06:37
And I'm so inspired by what they're doing,
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我受佢哋嘅故事啟發
06:40
because it really represents
an alternative
an alternative
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因為呢個模式真係可以取代
06:43
to the type of economy we have now,
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我哋現有嘅經濟制度
06:45
which exploits all of us.
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一個剝削我哋嘅經濟制度
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It also represents an alternative
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佢又可以取代
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to waiting around for big investors
to bring chain stores,
to bring chain stores,
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巨額投資人，同喺我哋嘅社區
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or big-box stores to our communities,
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嘅連鎖店或者大商店
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because honestly,
those types of developments,
those types of developments,
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因為老實講，宜家嘅發展模式
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they steal resources from our communities.
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喺度偷我哋社區嘅資源
06:59
They put our mom-and-pop shops
out of business,
out of business,
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佢哋使家庭式小商店倒閉
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they make our entrepreneurs
into wage workers,
into wage workers,
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將可以成為企業家嘅人變成廉價工
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and they take money out of our pocket
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從我哋嘅褲袋
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and send it to their shareholders.
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攞錢去佢哋嘅股東
07:10
So, I was so inspired by all these stories
of resistance and resilience
of resistance and resilience
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所以呢啲抵抗同變通嘅故事啟發咗我
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that I got together with a few people
here in Los Angeles,
here in Los Angeles,
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我喺羅省同一班人
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and we created LUCI.
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創立咗 LUCI
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LUCI stands for the Los Angeles
Union Cooperative Initiative,
Union Cooperative Initiative,
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即係：羅省工會合作社主動計劃
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and our objective is to create
more worker-owned businesses
more worker-owned businesses
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我哋嘅目的係
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here in Los Angeles.
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喺羅省創造更多工人擁有嘅企業
07:27
So far, in the last year,
we've created two:
we've created two:
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我哋上年已經喺羅省中南部
創立咗兩間企業
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Pacific Electric, an electrical company,
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太平洋電力公司同埋
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and Vermont Gage Carwash,
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佛蒙特結志洗車場
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which is right here in South-Central,
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some of you guys
might be familiar with it.
might be familiar with it.
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在座幾位可能都聽過佢
07:36
This long-time carwash is now owned
and operated by its 20 workers,
and operated by its 20 workers,
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呢家洗車場由 20 名工人擁有同運作
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all of whom are union members as well.
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佢哋亦係工會會員
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07:48
So you might be wondering
why the focus on union-worker ownership,
why the focus on union-worker ownership,
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你可能會諗
點解將重點放喺工會工人所有制個度
07:52
but there's a lot of good reasons
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因為勞工運動同工人所有制運動
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why the labor movement is a natural ally
to the worker-ownership movement.
to the worker-ownership movement.
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相輔相承，理由有好多
07:58
To build these companies
that we want in our community,
that we want in our community,
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喺我哋嘅社區建立呢種公司
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we need a few things.
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我哋需要幾樣嘢
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We're going to need money,
people and training.
people and training.
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金錢、人手、同培訓
08:05
Unions have all of those things.
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嗰啲嘢工會都有
08:07
America's working class has been
paying union dues for decades,
paying union dues for decades,
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美國嘅工人階級已經交工會會費
交咗幾十年喇
08:10
and with it, our unions have been building
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通過收費，工會為我哋建造
08:12
dignified, decent,
and democratic workplaces for us.
and democratic workplaces for us.
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有尊嚴嘅、似樣嘅、民主嘅工作場所
08:15
However, union jobs
are on the steep decline,
are on the steep decline,
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但係，工會工宜家少咗好多
08:18
and it's time for us to start
calling on our unions
calling on our unions
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宜家係時候叫我哋嘅工會
08:20
to really bring all of their financial
and political capital
and political capital
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用佢哋所有嘅財務同政治資本
08:24
to bear in the creation of new,
union, living-wage jobs
union, living-wage jobs
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支持我哋嘅社區創建
08:28
in our communities.
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新嘅同俾夠生活工資嘅工作
08:29
Also, union halls
are full of union members
are full of union members
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仲有，好多工會
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who understand
the importance of solidarity
the importance of solidarity
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明白團結嘅重要性同埋
08:36
and the power of collective action.
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集體行動嘅力量
08:39
These are the types of folks that want
more union businesses to exist,
more union businesses to exist,
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佢哋想有多啲工會企業
08:43
so let's build them with them.
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我哋應該同佢哋合作
08:47
Learning from our unions,
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從工會
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learning from our past,
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從過去嘅歷史
08:49
learning from our peers,
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從我哋嘅同儕個度學嘢
08:50
are all going to be very
important to our success,
important to our success,
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都係我哋成功嘅關鍵
08:53
which is why I'd like to leave you
with one last example
with one last example
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所以我想送畀大家最後一個例子
08:56
and a vision for the future ...
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亦係我對未來嘅願景
08:59
and that vision is Mondragon, Spain.
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西班牙嘅蒙德拉貢
09:02
Mondragon, Spain is a community
built entirely around worker cooperatives.
built entirely around worker cooperatives.
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蒙德拉貢係一個佢所有嘅公司都係
工人合作社嘅社區
09:07
There's 260-plus businesses here,
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嗰度有 260 幾個企業
09:10
manufacturing everything from bicycles
to washing machines to transformers.
to washing machines to transformers.
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乜都生產，由單車到洗衣機到變壓器
09:16
And this group of businesses
now employs 80,000 people
now employs 80,000 people
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呢批企業現時僱用八萬人
09:19
and earns more than 12 billion euros
in revenue every year.
in revenue every year.
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每年有超過一百二十億歐元嘅收益
09:23
And all of the companies there
are owned by the people that work in them.
are owned by the people that work in them.
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嗰度所有嘅公司都係工人擁有制
09:27
They've also built universities
and hospitals and financial institutions.
and hospitals and financial institutions.
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佢哋自己起埋大學、醫院、同金融機構
09:32
I mean, imagine if we could build
something like this in South-Central.
something like this in South-Central.
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如果我哋喺羅省中南部
建立類似嘅社區，有幾咁好
09:37
The late mayor of Jackson
had a similar idea.
had a similar idea.
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已故前積臣市市長亦有噉嘅諗法
09:41
He wanted to turn his entire city
into a Mondragon-like cooperative economy,
into a Mondragon-like cooperative economy,
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佢想將成個城市變成好似蒙德拉貢咁
09:47
calling his ambitious plan
"Jackson Rising."
"Jackson Rising."
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將呢個宏偉嘅計劃叫做「積臣興起」
09:50
And when I look at Mondragon,
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我睇見蒙德拉貢時
09:52
I see really what working-class people
can do for ourselves
can do for ourselves
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我好似見到我哋工人攜手合作
09:55
when we work together
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為自己、為彼此
09:56
and make decisions
for ourselves and each other
for ourselves and each other
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為我哋嘅社區作出決定
09:58
and our communities.
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我哋能夠成功嘅
10:03
And what's really incredible
about Mondragon
about Mondragon
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蒙德拉貢最正嘅地方係
10:06
is that while we are dreaming about them,
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我哋夢想變成佢哋時
10:09
they are dreaming about us.
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佢哋有諗住我哋
10:11
This community in Spain has decided
to launch an international initiative
to launch an international initiative
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呢個西班牙嘅社區
決定推出一項國際倡議
10:16
to create more communities
like it all over the world,
like it all over the world,
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喺世界各地創立多啲類似嘅社區
10:19
by linking up with unions,
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方法包括同工會聯手
10:21
by supporting organizations like LUCI,
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支持LUCI 咁樣嘅組織
10:22
and by educating folks
about the worker-ownership model.
about the worker-ownership model.
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同埋畀更多人認識工人所有制
10:27
Now, here's what you can do
to be a part of it.
to be a part of it.
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你想參與，就應該做呢啲嘢
10:29
If you're a union member,
go to your union meetings,
go to your union meetings,
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係工會會員要去工會開會
10:32
and make sure that your union
has a worker-ownership initiative,
has a worker-ownership initiative,
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確保工會有一項工人所有制嘅倡議
10:35
and become a part of it.
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然後報名參加呢個項目
10:37
If you're an entrepreneur,
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係企業家嘅
10:38
if you have a small business,
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仲擁有小企業嘅
10:40
or you're interested in starting one,
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又或者有興趣開創業嘅人
10:41
then link up with LUCI
or another organization like us
or another organization like us
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歡迎你同 LUCI 或類似組織聯手
10:44
to help you get started
on the cooperative model.
on the cooperative model.
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嚟開間合作社
10:47
If you're a politician,
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如果你係一名政客
10:48
or you work for one,
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或者你為一名政客打工
10:49
or you just like talking to them,
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又或者你鍾意聯絡政客嘅話
10:51
please get the city, state, federal
and county legislation passed
and county legislation passed
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請支援市級、縣級、州級、同聯邦級
相關法案嘅通過
10:55
that we need in order to fund
and support worker-owned businesses.
and support worker-owned businesses.
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嚟資助同支持工人擁有嘅企業
10:59
And for everybody else,
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至於在座嘅其他人
11:01
learn about our history,
learn about our models,
learn about our models,
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多學下我哋嘅歷史同經濟模式
11:03
and seek us out so can support us,
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多揾下我哋嘅企業，多多支持我哋
11:05
you can buy from us, invest in us,
lend to us and join us,
lend to us and join us,
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你可以參加、幫襯、投資同借貸畀我哋
11:08
because it's really
going to take all of us
going to take all of us
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因為要建立一個我哋同仔女想要嘅
11:10
in order to build the more just
and sustainable and resilient economy
and sustainable and resilient economy
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更公平、更有持續性
更有適應能力嘅經濟制度
11:14
that we want for ourselves
and our children.
and our children.
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需要我哋所有人嘅力量去實現
11:17
And with that,
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講到呢度
11:19
I would like to leave you
with a quote from Arundhati Roy,
with a quote from Arundhati Roy,
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我最後想引用阿蘭達蒂．洛伊嘅文字：
11:22
and she writes ...
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11:24
"Our strategy should not be only
to confront Empire,
to confront Empire,
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「我哋嘅策略唔單只要對抗帝國，
11:28
but to lay siege to it.
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仲要包圍佢，
11:31
To deprive it of oxygen.
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使到佢冇氣唞，
11:33
To mock it.
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要諷刺佢，
11:35
To shame it.
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要羞辱佢。
11:36
With our art,
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用我哋嘅藝術、
11:38
our literature,
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我哋嘅文學、
11:39
our music,
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我哋嘅音樂、
11:40
our brilliance,
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我哋嘅才華、
11:42
our joy,
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我哋嘅喜樂、
11:44
our sheer relentlessness --
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我哋嘅鍥而不捨、
11:46
and our ability to tell our own stories.
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同我哋敘述自己故事嘅能力，
11:49
Not the stories that we're being
brainwashed to believe.
brainwashed to believe.
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而唔係重覆用來洗我哋個腦嘅故事。
11:53
The corporate revolution will collapse
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假如我哋抵制公司制度，
11:55
if we refuse to buy
what they're selling --
what they're selling --
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包括佢哋嘅主意、
11:59
their ideas,
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佢哋所篡改嘅歷史、
12:00
their version of history,
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佢哋嘅戰爭、
12:02
their wars,
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佢哋嘅武器、
12:03
their weapons,
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佢哋嘅必然感，
12:05
their sense of inevitability.
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公司制度就會崩潰。
12:07
Because know this:
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因為你要知道：
12:09
They be few and we be many.
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佢哋人少，我哋人多。
12:12
They need us more than we need them.
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佢哋需要我哋多過我哋需要佢哋。
12:15
Another world is not only possible,
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另一個世界同制度唔單只係可能，
12:17
she's on her way.
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佢都就嚟到喇。
12:19
And on a quiet day,
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冇聲嘅時候
12:21
I can hear her breathing."
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我聽到佢唞氣。」
12:23
Thank you.
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多謝大家
12:24
(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Niki Okuk - EntrepreneurNiki Okuk is working to create social and economic justice and worker dignity.
Why you should listen
Niki Okuk founded Rco Tires in 2012. They've since recycled more than 300 million pounds of rubber, diverting 70 million gallons of oil from landfills with 16 employees, making it one of southern California's largest sustainability plants. Rco creates alternative uses for trash tires, turning them into new products. Because of Okuk's progressive hiring and management practices, it provides stable jobs for local black and Latino residents who struggle to find employment because of past criminal convictions or legal status.
Okuk grew up in Los Angeles and majored in economics at Columbia University. After working in development with the office of Joseph Stiglitz and working in finance in Korea and Singapore, Okuk completed her MBA with Nanyang University in Singapore, including a sustainability certificate at Sloan School of Business at MIT.
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