EO+WD Weekend Newsletter, Vol. 33

We cover everything from new job opportunities to how workplace democracy helps promote innovation

Welcome!

Cooler weather is fast approaching..

One Thing:

• The nonprofit Texas Center for Employee Ownership is hiring a new program manager - check it out here and consider applying!

What We’ve Been Writing

• Reid ponders why – since it has been proven effective – employee ownership isn’t more widely practiced 

• Tiffany covers new research on the effectiveness of employee ownership in increasing worker productivity 

What We’ve Been Reading

• Check out a Forbes article on how businesses can stay privately owned while also being ESOPs 

• UK union reps share why limited workplace democracy limits innovation and can lead to poor health and safety outcomes 

• Another Forbes article highlights the history and recent growth of employee ownership, but more specifically EOTs (including a shoutout to our friends in Australia!)

• A New England tire firm just announced it is switching to an ESOP in order to keep the existing culture for the firm's 1,500 employees 

What’s Next 

• Australia’s annual Employee Ownership Conference is happening this month, and two new speakers were just announced

In Case You Missed It 

• Dr. Hand welcomed a new addition to the family but is looking forward to coming back to EO+WD in the coming weeks!

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