Tag Archives: ESOPs
Are We Not Owners? We Are Workers!
Last Winter, Fifty by Fifty ran a series of blog posts about the sale of the ESOP New Belgium Brewery to Kirin. It was a great series of posts of which I was honored to participate. This was and is … Continue reading
Posted in Education, worker co-ops
Tagged ESOPs, membership, Ownership, worker co-ops, worker ownership
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New Belgium Brewery Goes Flat
A couple of weeks ago, a tremor ran through the “employee ownership” establishment when New Belgium Brewing announced that it had sold itself to Kirin, a Japanese conglomerate with international holdings. New Belgium was a highly touted ESOP (Employee Stock … Continue reading
The Big (Wide) Tent of Worker Ownership
Last month, I flew to Washington DC for a day to represent the US Federation of Worker Cooperatives as a member of the organization. The event was a series of meetings on Capitol Hill sponsored by the American Sustainable Business … Continue reading
Posted in Movement, Worker Rights
Tagged asbcouncil, ESOPs, participatory management, solidarity, US Federation, worker ownership
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