EO+WD Weekend Newsletter Vol. 24

We return to the newsletter after a brief break for the holiday weekend!

Welcome Back!

We hope you had a relaxing holiday weekend. We’re back with a new edition of the EO+WD Weekend Newsletter and apologies for the mis-emailed post last weekend. Sorry!

What We’ve Been Writing (Quite a Bit!)

• Dr. Hand covers the public’s desire for greater workplace democracy, provides a collection of case studies on purpose trusts in the U.S., and covers an important change in Texas policy.

• Tiffany writes about a unique type of purpose trust designed for… pets? and two employee ownership conferences in Oxford last week, including one where Dr. Hand presented on employee ownership trusts.

• Reid highlights how a desire for greater employee ownership is found on both sides of the aisle.

• Megan covers how the employee ownership movement is gaining steam in Scotland.

What We’ve Been Reading 

• The upcoming retirement of an entire generation offers a chance to restructure and restore the economy - with employee ownership leading the way 

• In their piece for The Hill Jeanne Wardford and Matt Helmer cover the various benefits of employee ownership as well as what must be done to see more employee owned businesses in the future 

• Hear from female entrepreneur Jill Heyward in her own words on why she chose to sell her business to employees 

• Check out some highlights from the Employee Ownership Expansion Network’s monthly newsletter

What’s Next 

• The Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing is accepting nominations for the Joyce Rothschild Book Prize celebrating a work on economic democracy - consider filling out the form and nominating a book! 

In Case You Missed It 

• Last week Megan covered a recent IRS announcement concerning ESOPs.

The Employee Ownership + Workplace Democracy Research Cluster (EO+WD) is a joint project of UT-Arlington professor Mark Hand and students at UTA and SMU.