During the 2001 economic collapse in Argentina, seamstresses at Brukman's clothing factory took over the operation after the owners had abandoned them. They re-organised it based on a self-management model, without a doubt the most inspiring of many new economic experiments to have come out at the time. Thanks to large public support, they managed to overcome brutal evictions as well as lengthy legal and political struggles in order to maintain their livelihood and regain their dignity through work.