Democratic Hiring Process

Democratic Hiring & Dispatching Service

The Democratic Hiring and Dispatching Service at Centro Laboral de Graton is a worker-led system that ensures fair, transparent, and equitable access to job opportunities.

Workers come to the center seeking employment and participate in a democratic assembly, where they collectively establish the rules, priorities, and processes that guide how jobs are dispatched. Through this shared decision-making, workers shape a system rooted in dignity, accountability, and mutual respect.

Job dispatching is based on the guidelines set by the workers themselves—such as fairness, rotation, skills, and reliability—rather than favoritism or exclusion. This democratic process helps ensure that work opportunities are distributed justly and that every worker has a voice.

By organizing collectively, workers build leadership, strengthen solidarity, and protect one another from exploitation. The Democratic Hiring and Dispatching Service not only connects workers to employment—it builds power, fosters trust, and models an alternative labor system centered on worker self-determination.

At its core, this service reflects CLG’s commitment to economic justice, worker rights, and community-driven solutions—where workers are not just participants, but leaders.