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The Employee Ownership Action Network (EOAN) is a free-to-join, grassroots advocacy movement for anyone with a stake in ensuring employee ownership continues to grow and thrive in the US.
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-David Kelly, CFO at Acadian Ambulance Service Inc.
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What is an ESOP?
An ESOP is a retirement plan—but also a way of living and running a company. For insights on both technical and cultural aspects of these plans—which provide benefits to employee owners, the company, the community, and exiting owners—and links to additional resources, see our web page titled What is an ESOP?
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Sep. 28
Congratulations to Hisco, which submitted the winning entry in this year’s Employee Ownership Month competition! A free copy of the poster will be mailed to all corporate members of The ESOP Association. Additional copies may be purchased in the ESOP Store.
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Sep. 22
The ESOP Association is announcing its planned schedule of events and activities that will carry the employee ownership community through the end of this year and into 2021.
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Sep. 18
Read about the exciting, expanded capabilities available for the ESOP community in the new home for TEA and the EOF; learn about a new virtual event, ESOP 2020; plan for Employee Ownership Month with our free tools, and prepare for all things ESOP by looking at our calendar of events and activities from now through summer of 2021.
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Sep. 16
State of the art facility will dramatically expand advocacy, education, and conferencing capacity in service of employee ownership mission.
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Sep. 02
Low wage earners especially need the benefits that only ESOPs can provide.
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Sep. 01
This issue brief describes common accounting practices for non-leveraged and leveraged ESOPs.
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May. 24
The Main Street Employee Ownership Act is signed into the law, as part of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019. The law makes it easier for small companies to use the Small Business Administration’s 7(a) program to finance a transition to an employee-owned business, such as an ESOP.
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Resource, Press Releases
May. 23
Congratulations to all our AACE winners and runners up - we had an incredible year for the AACE program with some of the best entries we have ever received. Thank you to our judges who took two days to fly to DC to judge the countless entries. We look forward to next year!
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Resource, Press Releases
May. 23
Washington, DC, May 23, 2019 - Janet Edmunson, founder of JME Insights in South Portland, ME, has been named the 2019 Life Service Award winner by The ESOP Association. The Life Service Award honors individuals who’ve made a significant, long-term contribution to employee ownership and the ESOP community.
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Resource, Press Releases
May. 23
Washington, DC, May 23, 2019 - Jeff Mounts, Marketing Coordinator at ESP International based in Cedar Rapids, has been named the 2019 Employee Owner of the Year by The ESOP Association. This award recognizes a non-management employee owner who provides a positive influence in the company, and who participates in the company’s employee ownership activities and in the activities of The ESOP Association.
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