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March 2018

U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin Tours Employee-Owned Business and Meets with Workers in Stevens Point

Posted on March 30, 2018March 30, 2018

Senator Baldwin’s Worker Owned Wealth Act aims to promote employee ownership business models like Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) or worker cooperatives that give workers a seat at the table and help […]

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Commentary: Bill would help retiring business owners transfer ownership to workers

Posted on March 30, 2018April 2, 2018

As with Susanne Ward, employee ownership can often provide business owners the best chance to secure their retirement, while sustaining the jobs and economic activity our communities depend on. In […]

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USFWC Board Member Mai Nguyen named in the “Grist 50 2018” List

Posted on March 28, 2018March 28, 2018

Meet the people who are cooking up the boldest, most ambitious solutions to humanity’s biggest challenges. We like to call these forward-thinking phenoms “Fixers.” They are leaders who will actually […]

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A Child's Place

Workers to Owners: The Story of A Child’s Place

Posted on March 28, 2018April 27, 2018

The story of A Child’s Place, a childcare business in New York, produced by our sister organization, the Democracy at Work Institute

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Namasté Solar

The Namasté Solar Difference – An Employee-Owned Business as a Force for Good

Posted on March 28, 2018February 6, 2019

  Namasté Solar is a very different kind of solar company, and how we’re built from the ground up to deliver a better quality to our customers as we achieve […]

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Worker Ownership and The Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2018

Posted on March 28, 2018March 28, 2018

The report on the March 23rd Omnibus Appropriations Act includes language on worker ownership. Last Friday, President Trump signed into law the “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018“. Why is this special […]

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Quilting Co-op is First Social Enterprise Project at Thunder Valley

Posted on March 27, 2018March 27, 2018

Cooperation is at the heart of a new women-owned quilting business on the Pine Ridge Reservation through Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation. The Owíŋža Quilters Cooperative launched earlier this month and […]

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Drink Your Coffee Black-Owned

Posted on March 27, 2018March 27, 2018

ATLANTA — Ormond Ashby bounces into the unheated, under-construction home of Café ULUon a chilly January day with a bayonet saw and an air of enthusiasm. The 76-year-old retiree is […]

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Good Dog, Bad Zombie board game launched by US worker co-op

Posted on March 27, 2018March 27, 2018

Faced with a zombie apocalypse, dogs need to rescue “hoomans” from being eaten alive: this is the plot of the latest board game developed by worker co-operative Make Big Things. Based […]

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Two ESOP Bills Progress in Congress

Posted on March 27, 2018March 27, 2018

Two bills on employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) have passed without dissent in the Small Business Committees in the House and the Senate, and both have bipartisan support. By unanimous vote, the […]

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