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minus-squaresunbrrnslapper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up33arrow-down1·7 months agoHow is it that no company has union busted by handing out shares of the business to their workers?
minus-squarenickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up15·7 months agoBob’s Red Mill did something of the sort and is 100% employee-owned as of 2020. The stated intent was to avoid the investor-driven abuse of employees and customers for profit. It’s not a workers’ co-op, to be clear, but runs under an ESOP.
minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·7 months agoKroger did that as a way to defeat a hostile takeover
minus-squaresunbrrnslapper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·7 months agoGotta check that out - thanks!!
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·7 months agoOrganic Valley did that
minus-squaresunbrrnslapper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·7 months agoAmazing… I gotta go see how it practically worked out. Thanks for the example!
How is it that no company has union busted by handing out shares of the business to their workers?
Bob’s Red Mill did something of the sort and is 100% employee-owned as of 2020. The stated intent was to avoid the investor-driven abuse of employees and customers for profit. It’s not a workers’ co-op, to be clear, but runs under an ESOP.
Kroger did that as a way to defeat a hostile takeover
Gotta check that out - thanks!!
Organic Valley did that
Amazing… I gotta go see how it practically worked out. Thanks for the example!