PixelJones · @PixelJones
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Imagine if instead of , , laying off tens of 1000s of skilled, bright employees & paying them months of severance to not work for them anymore, they had empowered three internal skunkworks teams of "fired" employees at each company run w/ the 3 best startup ideas. They might have unleashed nine new innovations on the world & reaped the profit from them.
Instead, theu sowed personal chaos & scattered good talent.
@RBReich@twitter.com

#msft #twitter #google #layoffs #WorkerCoop #workersolidarity

Last updated 2 years ago

Note: the preview picture is of Data Systems founder Don Schramm, who is still alive and kicking. They both spoke in that section of the forum.

Also, for those interested in what Will got up to in the subsequent 35 years, 7 Days did a nice profile of him earlier this year: sevendaysvt.com/vermont/garden

#WorkerCoop

Last updated 2 years ago

Note: the preview picture of of Data Systems founder Don Schramm, who is still alive and kicking. They both spoke in that section of the forum.

Also, for those interested in what Will got up to in the subsequent 35 years, 7 Days did a nice profile of him earlier this year: sevendaysvt.com/vermont/garden

#WorkerCoop

Last updated 2 years ago

So it's not just in , this overlap between sustainable builders and .

This news from Wales: “Our company ethos is more than just about construction, it’s about creating beautiful, much needed affordable, carbon neutral homes, that help towards making an environmentally progressive culture – and so being a was key to that."

businessnewswales.com/carbon-n

#Vermont #timber #WorkerCoops #WorkerCoop

Last updated 2 years ago

Registration has just gone live for two webinars we're offering in December on and other "inside exit" ownership succession options.

These are particularly great for business owners who want to know all their exit options, including selling to employees through an or .

Webinar info:

12/13, 12:30-2pm: eventbrite.com/e/464624042017

12/15, 9-10:30am: eventbrite.com/e/464599980047

#employeeownership #Vermont #esop #WorkerCoop

Last updated 2 years ago

Hello all!

We're the Center headquartered in .

Our mission is to promote business models like and while strengthening ties among 's many existing companies.

We're all about , broad ownership of wealth, , , and thriving egalitarian communities.

#Vermont #employeeownership #btv #EmployeeOwned #WorkerCoops #ESOPs #vt #eo #cooperation #economicjustice #economicdemocracy #esop #WorkerCoop #coop #Coops #cooperatives

Last updated 2 years ago