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Catalyzing worker co-ops & the solidarity economy

ESOPs

Employee Stock Ownership Programs, which provide employees of a business with a portion of the ownership of that business' publicly-traded stock.

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June 14, 2021

The Government Is Here to Help Small Businesses — Unless They’re Cooperatives

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The Small Business Administration’s rules prevent it from helping most employee- and consumer-owned cooperatives, even though Congress specifically asked it to.

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December 21, 2020

All About Employee Ownership Centers

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Matt Cropp, Co-Executive Director of the Vermont Employee Ownership Center, talks with Steve Herrick about the history of the EOCs and the work that VEOC does with worker co-ops and ESOPs.