Unionization is on the rise. So is participation in employee stock option plans, or ESOPs. What gives? Isn’t trade unionism incompatible with employee ownership? That’s a myth. What’s increasingly cle...
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Just Two Cheers For Patagonia’s Chouinard: Why Ignore An ESOP?
As a business advisor and outdoors enthusiast, I’ve long admired Yvon Chouinard. Protecting nature is one of four core values of Patagonia, the global outdoor apparel and equipment company he founded ...
Communities Benefit When Employee-Owned Companies Make Them Their Homes
One of the key impacts of the pandemic and the societal events of the past two years has been the rise of purpose-led companies. The keynote address at the recent 2022 National Center for Employee Own...
KKR Sells Minnesota Company And Blue-Collar Workers Get A Piece Of The Pie In Employee-Ownership Program
Marv Dupre, shift supervisor at Minnesota Rubber and Plastics’ Litchfield, Minnesota, plant, high-fives as he learns what the sale means for him. Courtesy of KKR P rivate-equity giant KKR made a...