Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Innovative Collaboration Creates Largest Online Library Of University Teaching Materials on Employee Ownership

The following press release was sent out this morning by Employee Ownership Foundation, the Aspen Institute Center for Business Education and the Foundation for Enterprise Development. Innovative Collaboration Creates Largest Online LibraryOf University Teaching Materials on Employee Ownership   October 29, 2008 (Washington, DC) – The Employee Ownership Foundation (EOF), Aspen Institute Center for Business Education (Aspen CBE), the Foundation for Enterprise Development (FED)...

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Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Government Relations Activities

Yes, we know you know, but are you DOING?   It’s an election year, and we realize you might well be sick and tired of us talking about this, but we are going to say it one more time – get out there and talk to your members of Congress!   We need an army of employee owners to interact continuously with elected officials to prove that pro-active positions for employee ownership and ESOP laws will improve America’s economy in a way that is fair to all wage earners.   Many...

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Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Four ESOP Association Members Named 2008 Top Small Workplaces

Four members of The ESOP Association, ATA Engineering Inc., San Diego, CA; Jackson’s Hardware Inc., San Rafael, CA; King Arthur Flour Company, Norwich, VT; and New Belgium Brewing Co., Fort Collins, CO have been named among the Top 15 Small Workplaces. This is the second annual list of the best small businesses in the U.S. which was compiled by The Wall Street Journal and Winning Workplaces, a nonprofit group which provides consulting services to small businesses.   “It...

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Wednesday, October 08, 2008

There Is No Silver Bullet

It is human nature to look for the “big” fix, the “settled once and for all time” solution, or as they say in the software world the “killer app.”   Advocates for employee ownership through ESOPs are no different. Often people submit to the discussion about how to ensure ESOPs remain favored in law that “if only we had the research, or data, that would prove once and fall that ESOP participants have more retirement income than employees in...

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Thursday, October 02, 2008

ESOP Community Celebrates Employee Ownership Month!

This October, The ESOP Association and the employee ownership community will celebrate Employee Ownership Month, which is a tribute to the incredible spirit of employee ownership.   Employee Ownership Month is an opportunity for ESOP companies across the U.S. to educate employee owners and the public about the tremendous benefits of ESOPs. Companies celebrate with picnics for employee owners, roundtable discussions with local public officials, and award ceremonies to honor outstanding...

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