Employee Ownership News
Employee Ownership Catalyst Fund Preserves Local Businesses and Jobs
Project Equity and Mission-Driven Finance collaboration offers flexible capital to businesses transitioning to employee ownership.
Economic Engagement Key to a Successful ESOP
Firms with high levels of employee participation show double the profits of peers.
UK Sees Significant Growth in Employee-Owned Businesses
Ownership Hub is a collaborative initiative to scale employee ownership across the UK
Employee Ownership Centers Launch in DC and Missouri
DC embraces equity and community wealth building; Missouri receives support from SRC Holdings/Great Game of Business.
Reflections on Barriers to Growing Employee Ownership
Marjorie Kelly, co-founder of Fifty by Fifty and a leading authority on the democratic economy, talks with Bret Keisling, host of The ESOP Podcast.
Senators Introduce Employee Ownership Legislation
A brief overview of legislative proposals to lift some of the barriers to growing employee ownership
Apis & Heritage Legacy Fund Targets Racial Wealth Gap
Announcing its first close at $30 million, the fund plans to acquire about 8 firms with majority workforces of color to transition to employee ownership.
Employee Ownership and Ecological Sustainability
International Employee Ownership Organizations Endorse Corporate Responsibility
Growing momentum to put social purpose at the center of employee ownership firms.
In Brief: Employee Ownership News Updates, October 2020
Books, films, conference updates and more
ASBC Recommends “Creating an Economic System that Works for All”
New report calls for broadening employee ownership, among other recommendations.
Cities and states accelerating the employee-owned economy
Employee Ownership Centers Launch in DC and Missouri
DC embraces equity and community wealth building; Missouri receives support from SRC Holdings/Great Game of Business.
Minnesota Center for Employee Ownership Receives $50,000 Grant
New data shows Minnesotans over 55 own 52,000 local businesses.
New York City Requests Information on Shared Equity
City seeks ideas on shared ownership of businesses, housing, and land As it looks to spur economic recovery in the wake of the pandemic, New York City is searching for solutions that will address long-term economic disparities. The Brooklyn Reader reports, the City has put out a Request for Information on the Issue of Shared…
21st century models for employee ownership
Economic Engagement Key to a Successful ESOP
Firms with high levels of employee participation show double the profits of peers.
Apis & Heritage Legacy Fund Targets Racial Wealth Gap
Announcing its first close at $30 million, the fund plans to acquire about 8 firms with majority workforces of color to transition to employee ownership.
Workers at Cooperatives Report High Job Satisfaction and Community Engagement
Dataset from first national survey of co-op workers publicly available through Democracy at Work Institute by Adria Scharf Over the years, worker cooperatives have sparked the imagination and hope of many who dream of a more just alternative to the capitalist employment relationship. In a cooperative, workers own and control the business democratically—in contrast with…
Getting to fifty million: scaling employee ownership
Employee Ownership Catalyst Fund Preserves Local Businesses and Jobs
Project Equity and Mission-Driven Finance collaboration offers flexible capital to businesses transitioning to employee ownership.
UK Sees Significant Growth in Employee-Owned Businesses
Ownership Hub is a collaborative initiative to scale employee ownership across the UK
Employee Ownership Centers Launch in DC and Missouri
DC embraces equity and community wealth building; Missouri receives support from SRC Holdings/Great Game of Business.
Dick May and Chris Mackin: A $100 billion loan guarantee program for employee ownership would be transformational
A federal loan guarantee program of $100 billion per year would permit policymakers to grasp how employee ownership could truly address the problem of economic inequality on a national level.
International Employee Ownership Organizations Endorse Corporate Responsibility
Growing momentum to put social purpose at the center of employee ownership firms.
Workers at Cooperatives Report High Job Satisfaction and Community Engagement
Dataset from first national survey of co-op workers publicly available through Democracy at Work Institute by Adria Scharf Over the years, worker cooperatives have sparked the imagination and hope of many who dream of a more just alternative to the capitalist employment relationship. In a cooperative, workers own and control the business democratically—in contrast with…
Bruce Dobb & Tomás Durán: Overcoming the “Equity Injection” Obstacle to Employee Ownership
The reauthorization of the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) could offer a timely answer to the down payment dilemma.
SSBCI Technical Assistance Funds Could Support Outreach & Education
State Centers for Employee Ownership could ramp up their education and outreach to business owners, business service providers, and state leaders with SSBCI technical assistance funds.
The State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI): An Opportunity to Grow Employee Ownership?
Could SSBCI 2.0 provide the capital to begin to significantly redistribute business ownership?
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