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WORKER OWNERSHIP LINKS
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001 Argentina

Buenos Aires WWB / OSP Workers Without Bosses / Obreras Sin Patron
Argentina's occupied factories and you

A global network of people organizing assistance for Argentina's occupied factories and spefically the Brukman workers' struggle
002 Belgium

Brussels EFES European Federation of Employee Share Ownership
The umbrella organization of employee owners, companies, persons, trade unions, experts, researchers, and institutions in Europe.

Promoting the international exchange of information on employee ownership and participation
003 Canada AB
Calgary CWCF Canadian Worker Co-operative Federation FCCT Fédération canadienne des coopératives de travail

Develops, finances and links employee-owned co-operatives.RRSP program, Developers Network, EI information, lobbying, training,
004 Canada MB
Winnipeg
Mondragon Bookstore And Coffeehouse
Organized as a workers collective

We have no manager, and all worker members, regardless of starting skill or seniority, earn the same rate of pay.
005 Canada ON
Guelph OWCF Ontario Worker Co-op Federation
Working Together for People

Helps in the development of new and existing worker co-ops.
006 Canada ON
Kingston
Employee Ownership
The New Source of Competitive Advantage

A thought-provoking resource that presents the realities of the employee-ownership model in action.
007 Canada ON
Toronto
The Take - A film written by Naomi Klein and directed by Avi Lewis
Occupy, Resist, Produce - Members of The Movement of Recovered Companies invade, take over and run abandoned works The Challenge to Ownership story unfolds
In Argentina, workers at the Forja auto plant, the Zanon ceramics factory and the Brukman garment factory gain workplace ownership
008 Canada ON
Toronto EOIA Employee Ownership & Incentives Association ESOP Canada Employee Share Ownership Plan Canada

Non-profit organization specializing in employee share ownership & incentive plans and employee innovation training programs.
009 Canada ON
Toronto ESOP Canada Employee Share Ownership Plan Canada
ESOP Association Canada

Promoting the concept of employee ownership for business
010 Canada QC
Montreal APCC Association professionnelle des chauffeurs de camion
Trucker's Co-op
English/French A strong representation to the industry and all levels of government
011 Canada QC
Montreal SSG Sustainability Solutions Group



A worker co-operative that assists clients in integrating social, ecological and economic priorities throughout their organisation
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012 Canada QC
Quebec
Forum of Stakeholders in the General Trucking Industry


English/French A mechanism that encourages a continuing dialogue between truckers (owner-operators) and their customers
013 England Greater London
London Generation IM Generation Investment Management
Blood & Gore

An independent, private, employee-owned partnership.
014 Germany Thüringen
Nordhausen
Strike Bike
About the 135 colleagues of the bicycle factory Bike Systems GmbH, who keep the factory occupied since 10th of July 2007

The workers have decided to resume the production of bicycles in self-management.
015 Spain Guipúzcoa
Mondragon MCC Mondragón Corporación Cooperativa



A business group made of 218 companies and entities organised in three sectorial groups: Financial, Industrial and Distribution
016 Switzerland
World wide Geneva ICA International Co-operative Alliance ACI Alliance Coopérative Internationale

An international non-governmental organisation which unites, represents and serves co-operatives
017 US AZ
Scottsdale
Arizona ESOP Group LLC
The Premier Provider of Employee Stock Ownership Plans

Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) consultant specializing in planning, implementing and administrating ESOPs.
018 US CA
Berkeley
The Cheese Board Collective
Everyone in the world owns the world equally


019 US CA
Emeryville
Arizmendi Bakery & Pizzeria
We are a cooperative - worker-owned and operated business

We make decisions democratically, sharing all of the tasks, responsibilities, benefits and risks.
020 US CA
Oakland NCEO National Center for Employee Ownership



To introduce non-NCEO members to employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs), stock options, and other forms of employee ownership
021 US CA
San Francisco
Arizmendi Bakery
A Worker Owned Cooperative


022 US DC
Washington ESOP Association Employee Share Ownership Plan Association



To persuade the people of our country that employee ownership is good for America.
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023 US DC
Washington FED Foundation for Enterprise Development



Non-profit organization which provides leading-edge equity compensation and employee ownership strategies
024 US DC
Washington NCBA National Cooperative Business Association



The lead national membership association representing cooperatives of all types and in all industries
025 US FL
Orlando
OURbiz - A bi-monthly weblog for worker-owners by worker-owners
A news journal for worker-owners with links to support organizations, other worker cooperatives, a reading list.

Regular discussion of issues raised by the worker cooperative community.
026 US MA
Amherst CC Collective Copies



Celebrating 20 years of worker-ownership, collective spirit and union pride. What's not to love?
027 US MA
Brookline
ICA Group



Create model employee owned companies and community income generating projects that save and create jobs
028 US MN
Minneapolis
U.S. Federation of Democratic Workplaces
U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives and Democratic Workplaces

General information about workplace democracy and a discussion board where workers from democratic workplaces can contribute
029 US NC Nationwide Asheville SACCO Southern Appalachian Center for Cooperative Ownership
Resources and services to worker owned businesses.

This is a worker - owned and democratically managed consulting and resource firm. The website includes a National Co-op Registry.
030 US NY
New York
The Working World
Working with a number of democratic worker groups in Argentina

A pilot nonprofit dedicated to improving the working lives of people through self-reliance and democratic organization.
031 US OH
Kent OEOC Ohio Employee Ownership Center



Provides outreach, information, and preliminary technical assistance to those interested in exploring employee ownership.
032 US OH
Toledo EOBC Employee Ownership Buyout Committee
We are proposing The Possibility of The First UAW Automobile Employee Stock Owned Company.

Our true hope is to keep DaimlerChrysler together and partner between its employees for the Corporations long term security.
033 US PA
Pittsburgh WOI Worker-Ownership Institute



Management and labor from employee-owned companies, and ESOPs, come together to discuss their triumphs and failures
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034 US PA Worldwide Stillwater GEO Grassroots Economic Organizing
The Newsletter for Democratic Workplaces and Globalization from Below

Get bimonthly reports on worker cooperatives and community-based economies, and their development through local cooperative action
035 US VT
Montpelier HMC Hunger Mountain Coop
A member-owned cooperative

Offers a wide selection of natural foods and products, as well as a full service deli-cafe with prepared dishes for here and to go
036 US WA Worldwide Redmond
Golder Associates - Ground Engineering and Environmental Science Services
The Culture of Employee-Ownership

Our employee ownership model creates a collegial atmosphere in which all staff have a meaningful stake in the company's success.
037 Venezuela Miranda
Los Teques FRETECO Frente Revolucionario de Trabajadores de Empresas en Cogestión y Ocupados



Promotes the expropriation and nationalization of Venezuelan industry and its placement under control of its own workers.

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