🎭 On Workplace Democracies and Industrial Republics

EO+WD Mardi Gras Newsletter, Vol. 42 ⚜️

Welcome!

Here’s a newsletter edition to start off your week and close out your Carnival season.

What We’ve Been Writing 

• Dr. Hand covers the growing impact of AI on politics – especially the upcoming presidential election and dives deeper into the political history of employee ownership

• Tiffany provides a rundown of the differences between ESOPs and ESPPs 

• Alejandro gives an update on the complicated relationship between private equity and the employee ownership movement and teams up with Dr. Hand to talk about all the different manifestations of workplace democracy 

What We’ve Been Reading 

• This article touches on the benefits of EOTs as a succession or retirement plan for small businesses 

• Check out the recent success this Scottish firm saw following its transition to employee ownership 

• This co-op group is holding a four-week class for those interested in starting worker cooperatives 

• Walmart’s increased focus on employee ownership could have big implications for the U.S. labor market 

What’s Next 

• Early bird registration for the National Center for Employee Ownership’s annual event closes on Feb 16th. Be sure to check it out and register here!

In Case You Missed It 

• Last week Megan covered (and had some questions about…) the unique TeamShares model of stock allocation

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