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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-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!
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!!
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.
Organic Valley did that
Amazing… I gotta go see how it practically worked out. Thanks for the example!
Kroger did that as a way to defeat a hostile takeover
Gotta check that out - thanks!!