"Italian workers occupy the factory where they used to work and run it as a cooperative recycling electronic components."
Itโs from 2013, but it is a positive story of workers taking over the factory and turning it into something with positive environmental and social impact. And while I canโt read Italian from what I can understand they are still active, despite some attempts to shut them down.
http://www.workerscontrol.net/authors/when-workers-takeover-redundancy-ri-maflow