When worker-owned cooperatives trade goods and services at market prices they tend to
reproduce differences in payments to members of more advantaged co-ops compared to
members of less advantaged co-ops. Members of worker-owned cooperatives who believe
this violates ‘‘cooperative principles’’ requiring that co-op members be compensated
fairly could reduce inequities among co-ops by forming a cooperative mutual aid
association which adopts redistributive pricing rules. This article proposes redistributive
pricing rules that (1) reduce inequities among co-ops and (2) leave members of more
advantaged co-ops absolutely better off, but (3) do not introduce inefficiencies in the
distribution of capital among co-ops.