The social embeddedness of the leftist values were traditionally institutionalised (and could, in a new form, be also institutionalised these days) by the activities of two types of organisations: trade unions and co-operatives. The author of this summary makes an attempt to focus the attention of the reader on the Hungarian embeddedness of co-operatives.

Members of our virtual round-table, leading intellectuals, share their opinion about one of the most important values of the trade union movement. In order of appearance, you can read the short comments of Vilmos Csányi, Zsuzsa Ferge, Ferenc Gazsó, Attila Ágh, Erzsébet Varga and Katalin Lévai.