Making modest investments to a non-profit in order to take shelter from the negative public sentiment resulting from the massive and growing wealth inequality in America is a cheap way to diffuse heat.
Continue ReadingIan MacFarlane: Can we call this “employee ownership”?
It seems they’re doing what big capital does: take over a concept like employee ownership and make it their own in order to make more money.
Continue ReadingAre the Barbarians at the Gate?
Part 1: Can private equity be trusted to prioritize worker benefit?
Continue ReadingIs Private Equity about to Co-opt Employee Ownership?
What the launch of the nonprofit Ownership Works could mean to the employee ownership movement.
Continue ReadingIt Takes an Ecosystem to Save Manufacturing Jobs
The Urban Manufacturing Alliance, in cooperation with Common Future, launches effort to transition small manufacturing plants to employee ownership.
Continue ReadingFolience, a 100% ESOP-owned Holding Company, Eases Path to Exit
The ESOP holding company can make it easier for the founder to exit at the same time that it enables employees to take their place as owners.
Continue ReadingStates Advance Employee Ownership Legislation
Efforts to create state offices to support employee ownership transitions moving forward.
Continue ReadingEquity Funds Needed to Further Worker-to-Owner Buyouts
Using funds from the State Small Business Credit Initiative, states could accelerate transitions.
Continue ReadingIn Brief: Employee Ownership News Updates, First Quarter 2022
Capital investments and technical support helping worker cooperatives grow.
Continue ReadingFederal Appropriations Bill Includes Wins for Employee Ownership
The FY2022 federal budget includes support for the Main Street Employee Ownership Act and the Vermont Employee Ownership Center.
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