Grassroots Economic Organizing

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.

June 14, 2021

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

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

Consumer Cooperatives ESOPs Financing United States
December 21, 2020

All About Employee Ownership Centers

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.

Worker Cooperatives ESOPs
September 14, 2016

6 Steps to Economic Revolution

United States cooperative commonwealth solidarity economy Linking Opposition & Alternatives Solidarity Economy Organizing Strategies for Change Economic Justice Peace Building ESOPs Fair Trade Organizations & Networks Participatory Budgeting Worker Cooperatives Public Policy & Governance
September 21, 2015

Advocacy Support for Worker Cooperatives

United States cooperative economy solidarity economy Linking Opposition & Alternatives Solidarity Economy Organizing Strategies for Change Economic Justice Workplace Democracy Cooperative Financial Institutions ESOPs Worker Cooperatives Community Development Financing & Financial Services Legal Services Organizational Support & Development Public Policy & Governance
July 13, 2015

What Is Worker Cooperative Development?

United States cooperative economy Linking Opposition & Alternatives Economic Justice Workplace Democracy ESOPs Worker Cooperatives Organizational Support & Development Public Policy & Governance
October 29, 2014

Ways to Create a Democratized Economy

beyond capitalism cooperative commonwealth Solidarity Economy Organizing Strategies for Change Economic Justice Environmental Justice Workplace Democracy Community Land Trusts Credit Unions ESOPs Housing Cooperatives Worker Cooperatives
June 24, 2014

Employee Ownership Needs Worker Owners

June 3, 2014

Seizing the Moment

United States cooperative commonwealth Networking & Collaboration Workplace Democracy Cooperative Financial Institutions Credit Unions ESOPs Fair Trade Organizations & Networks Community Development Home Work (cleaning, personal care, etc.) Legal Services Organizational Support & Development Public Policy & Governance
December 15, 2011

Worker-Owners of America, Unite!

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October 7, 2010

What should our movement look like in 2040?

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