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November 2017

Say hi to our new Operations Manager, Laura Smoot

Posted on November 29, 2017November 29, 2017

With Fall comes change. Our recent changes bring bittersweet news of comings and goings in our staff. On November 1st, Foresta Sieck-Hill stepped down as Operations Manager in order to […]

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Baby Boomer Retirement Means Now’s the Time for Worker-Owned Businesses

Posted on November 28, 2017November 28, 2017

While conversations and early work on converting more existing businesses into worker-owned companies are picking up in cities around the country, one group in Detroit has decided it doesn’t have […]

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Can Employee Ownership Hold Back a Tsunami of Small Business Closures?

Posted on November 28, 2017November 28, 2017

A “silver tsunami” of Baby Boom business owners, who employ 24.7 million, will retire in the next decade or two. Advocates through both policy and nonprofit technical assistance centers promote […]

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Ariel Guarco, from Argentina, elected president of the International Co-operative Alliance

Posted on November 28, 2017November 28, 2017

Ariel Guarco from Argentina has been elected president of the International Co-operative Alliance. The election took place at the International Co-operative Alliance’s General Assembly, a biennial event, held this year […]

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Open Enrollment for Health-Related Benefits: November 1st – December 15th

Posted on November 1, 2017November 7, 2017

The USFWC is dedicated to building health equity and mobilizing our membership to create better, more affordable options for health care. We’re excited to announce that we are able to […]

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