This week, transitions to Shared Ownership Abound...

EO+WD Weekend Newsletter, Vol. 40

Welcome Back!

We are welcoming a new contributor this week!

What We’ve Been Writing 

• This week we are pleased to welcome a new EO+WD contributor and student at UTA- Alejandro Banda. He covered a CHI’s transition to employee ownership and its broader implications for the EO industry 

• Dr. Hand details two new databases in the field of employee ownership 

• Megan covers a revolutionary shared ownership approach in the veterinary industry 

• Tiffany takes a closer look at Textbook Rush’s transition to an ESOP structure 

What We’ve Been Reading 

• Check out this helpful step-by-step guide by John Abrams (a reader of EO+WD!) for companies considering a transition to a worker co-op 

• A case study was released by Common Trust on new EOT Text-Em-All

• Rita Kirk – a teaching professor at SMU – was nominated to review a Democracy, Governance, and Trust initiative

• Check out this video interview with two business leaders who transitioned to a perpetual purpose trust

What’s Next 

• On January 31st our friends at Transform Finance will be hosting a webinar with guest Smitha Das on how employee ownership can be used to close the racial wealth gap. Click here to sign up!

• For our readers who are students and staff at UTA - be sure to check out David de la Fuente’s January 31st lecture on how to land a job in a political campaign 

In Case You Missed It 

• Last week the Aspen Institue held an event with author Nick Romeo. You can check out his book on creating a more just economy here!

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