Episode 29: Part 3 of 3, Worker Ownership and the Solidarity Economy, By Errol Schweizer

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Worker ownership is what it’s all about. This episode covers different models of worker ownership and cooperative enterprises, with an eye towards creating a solidarity economy that meets the needs of all.

Dedicated to MF DOOM and Riley Gale, whose music continues to inspire.

Sources for all information are available upon request. Major sources:

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/09/millennials-own-less-than-5percent-of-all-us-wealth.html

https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2020/02/03/seeking-a-more-worker-friendly-economy-some-states-push-employee-ownership

https://project-equity.org/learn-about-employee-ownership-options/

https://www.nceo.org/what-is-employee-ownership

https://www.ica.coop/en/cooperatives/cooperative-identity

https://institute.coop/what-worker-cooperative

https://www.usworker.coop/what-is-a-worker-cooperative/

https://geo.coop/blog/door-door-interview-jessica-gordon-nembhard

https://www.ownershipeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/employee_ownership_and_economic_wellbeing_2017.pdf

https://institute.app.box.com/s/28pe2jpxvowxjvqralw6e778k5npavx9

https://institute.coop/examples-worker-cooperatives

https://thenextsystem.org/learn/stories/role-worker-ownership-raising-incomes

https://thenextsystem.org/learn/stories/role-worker-ownership-raising-incomes

https://www.mutualinterest.coop/2020/12/how-socialists-created-a-co-operative-commonwealth-in-the-american-midwest

https://geo.coop/articles/esteban-kelly-usfwc

https://www.mutualinterest.coop/2021/01/the-future-of-tech-will-be-an-old-model-the-co-op

https://platform.coop

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0896920519870577?journalCode=crsb

https://geo.coop/articles/how-platform-co-ops-transform-gig-economy

https://www.fiftybyfifty.org/2019/12/melissa-hoover-employee-ownership-often-helps-to-shape-and-build-hot-new-markets-then-what/

https://www.fiftybyfifty.org/2020/01/hazel-corcoran-what-if-we-had-an-antidote-to-worker-co-ops-selling-out/

https://www.fiftybyfifty.org/2020/01/hazel-corcoran-what-if-we-had-an-antidote-to-worker-co-ops-selling-out/

https://www.fiftybyfifty.org/2020/01/christopher-mackin-new-belgium-brewing-and-the-future-of-american-esops/

https://www.fiftybyfifty.org/2019/12/christopher-michael-could-the-employee-ownership-trust-better-sustain-perpetual-employee-ownership/

https://www.fiftybyfifty.org/2019/12/erbin-crowell-and-sonja-novkovic-esops-or-co-ops-depends-on-the-long-term-goal/

https://www.fiftybyfifty.org/2019/12/camille-kerr-new-belgium-point-is-systems-change/

https://u.osu.edu/coopmastery/history/mondragon/
https://www.shareable.net/mondragon-corporation-a-manufacturer-of-equality/

https://www.mondragon-corporation.com/en/about-us/

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/29/business/cooperatives-basque-spain-economy.html?referringSource=articleShare

https://medium.com/fifty-by-fifty/mondragon-through-a-critical-lens-b29de8c6049

https://icic.org/cooperatives/works-leveraging-union-support-business-growth-mondragon-usa-model/

https://coopcincy.org/history

http://unioncoops.org

https://thenextsystem.org/learn/stories/multi-stakeholder-cooperative

https://www.alternativeownershipadvisors.com/blog/legislation

https://neweconomy.net/solidarity-economy/

https://ussen.org

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