Mondragon Corporation is founded in 1956 in Spain, and is the world’s largest worker cooperative, centered on the principles of cooperation, participation, social responsibility, and innovation. Companies throughout the world have used Mondragon’s progressive practices as a model for their own business structure and culture. In 2009, Mondragon and the United Steelworkers Union agreed to partner, and the Cincinnati Union Cooperative Initiative, which oversees Our Harvest, emerged from that historic agreement.