[1] This was based on the economic structure of Parecon, developed by Robin Hahnel and Michael Albert.
[2] Mondragon was co-founded by Winnipeg activists Paul Burrows and Sandra Drosdowech, and opened its doors on July 15, 1996 with an initial collective of ten members.
[3] Mondragon's internal structure, inspired by the participatory economic model, is part of a long tradition of workers' collectives.
[4] This paper was later published in the anthology Real Utopia: Participatory Society for the 21st Century (AK Press, 2008) under the title "Parecon and Workers' Self-Management: Reflections on Winnipeg's Mondragon Bookstore & Coffee House Collective.
"[5] Some commentators have also noted that regardless of the egalitarian workplace structure, in the final analysis, retail work is still largely menial and turn-over rates are comparable to more corporate counterparts.