EO+WD Weekend Newsletter Vol. 27

🦓 Labor unions, workplace democracy indexes, zebras--and our first guest author!

Happy Friday!

October (and Employee Ownership Month) is just around the corner…

What We’ve Been Writing 

• Dr. Hand attempts to determine whether the U.S. has more employee owners or union members, and what a workplace democracy index might look like

• Reid covers a group looking to invest in viable, socially conscious startups 

• Tiffany outlines five benefits of ESOP-based employee ownership

• Megan—and our first guest author, Alan Grieg!—detail the growing role of EOTs in the social care sector

What We’ve Been Reading 

• Zoe Schlag of Common Trust and Smitha Das of WES were two of the guests this week on ImpactAlpha’s podcast on finding the employee ownership edge

• Vernier Science Education & Technology is the newest perpetual trust in the US. H/T Natalie Reitman-White!

• Project Equity released their 2022 Annual Report on their work in the employee ownership sector 

• Forbes contributor Charles Towers-Clark offers a unique perspective on how and for what purpose companies should be tracking ‘efficiency’ 

• The Congressional Black Caucus is looking to increase Black wealth and ownership; more employee ownership might be part of the answer 

• A new report from Apis & Heritage highlights the role of employee ownership in helping to close the racial wealth gap 

What’s Next 

• On October 3rd the Vermont Center for Employee Ownership is hosting a free webinar going over the basics of employee ownership. Sign up here

• If you have an idea for a guest post, send us an email! We’d love to hear from you

In Case You Missed It 

• Last week Dr. Hand covered the unique history of America’s town halls, from colonial times to present day 

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.