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Argentina |
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Buenos Aires |
WWB / OSP |
Workers Without Bosses / Obreras Sin Patron |
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Argentina's occupied factories and you |
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A global network of people organizing assistance for Argentina's occupied factories and spefically the Brukman workers' struggle |
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Belgium |
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Brussels |
EFES |
European Federation of Employee Share Ownership |
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The umbrella organization of employee owners, companies, persons, trade unions, experts, researchers, and institutions in Europe. |
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Promoting the international exchange of information on employee ownership and participation |
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Canada |
AB |
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Calgary |
CWCF |
Canadian Worker Co-operative Federation |
FCCT |
Fédération canadienne des coopératives de travail |
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Develops, finances and links employee-owned co-operatives.RRSP program, Developers Network, EI information, lobbying, training, |
| 004 |
Canada |
MB |
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Winnipeg |
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Mondragon Bookstore And Coffeehouse |
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Organized as a workers collective |
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We have no manager, and all worker members, regardless of starting skill or seniority, earn the same rate of pay. |
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Canada |
ON |
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Guelph |
OWCF |
Ontario Worker Co-op Federation |
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Working Together for People |
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Helps in the development of new and existing worker co-ops. |
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Canada |
ON |
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Kingston |
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Employee Ownership |
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The New Source of Competitive Advantage |
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A thought-provoking resource that presents the realities of the employee-ownership model in action. |
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Canada |
ON |
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Toronto |
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The Take - A film written by Naomi Klein and directed by Avi Lewis |
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Occupy, Resist, Produce - Members of The Movement of Recovered Companies invade, take over and run abandoned works |
The Challenge to Ownership story unfolds |
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In Argentina, workers at the Forja auto plant, the Zanon ceramics factory and the Brukman garment factory gain workplace ownership |
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Canada |
ON |
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Toronto |
EOIA |
Employee Ownership & Incentives Association |
ESOP Canada |
Employee Share Ownership Plan Canada |
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Non-profit organization specializing in employee share ownership & incentive plans and employee innovation training programs. |
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Canada |
ON |
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Toronto |
ESOP Canada |
Employee Share Ownership Plan Canada |
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ESOP Association Canada |
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Promoting the concept of employee ownership for business |
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Canada |
QC |
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Montreal |
APCC |
Association professionnelle des chauffeurs de camion |
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Trucker's Co-op |
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English/French |
A strong representation to the industry and all levels of government |
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Canada |
QC |
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Montreal |
SSG |
Sustainability Solutions Group |
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A worker co-operative that assists clients in integrating social, ecological and economic priorities throughout their organisation |
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Canada |
QC |
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Quebec |
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Forum of Stakeholders in the General Trucking Industry |
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English/French |
A mechanism that encourages a continuing dialogue between truckers (owner-operators) and their customers |
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England |
Greater London |
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London |
Generation IM |
Generation Investment Management |
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Blood & Gore |
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An independent, private, employee-owned partnership. |
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England |
GTM |
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Manchester |
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Co-operatives UK |
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We work towards the creation of an increasingly sucessful and sustainable co-operative economy |
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Promotes the interests of co-operatives, increasing awareness and understanding of co-operative values and principles, and more. |
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Germany |
Thüringen |
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Nordhausen |
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Strike Bike |
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About the 135 colleagues of the bicycle factory Bike Systems GmbH, who keep the factory occupied since 10th of July 2007 |
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The workers have decided to resume the production of bicycles in self-management. |
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Spain |
Guipúzcoa |
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Mondragon |
MCC |
Mondragón Corporación Cooperativa |
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A business group made of 218 companies and entities organised in three sectorial groups: Financial, Industrial and Distribution |
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Switzerland |
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World wide |
Geneva |
ICA |
International Co-operative Alliance |
ACI |
Alliance Coopérative Internationale |
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An international non-governmental organisation which unites, represents and serves co-operatives |
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US |
AZ |
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Scottsdale |
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Arizona ESOP Group LLC |
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The Premier Provider of Employee Stock Ownership Plans |
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Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) consultant specializing in planning, implementing and administrating ESOPs. |
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US |
CA |
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Berkeley |
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The Cheese Board Collective |
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Everyone in the world owns the world equally |
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US |
CA |
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Berkeley |
NEWSE |
Nascence to End Work Savings Endowment |
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To help build a movement to end wage work |
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To build the demand for a future in which every one can live their wholeness. |
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US |
CA |
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Emeryville |
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Arizmendi Bakery & Pizzeria |
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We are a cooperative - worker-owned and operated business |
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We make decisions democratically, sharing all of the tasks, responsibilities, benefits and risks. |
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US |
CA |
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Oakland |
NCEO |
National Center for Employee Ownership |
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To introduce non-NCEO members to employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs), stock options, and other forms of employee ownership |
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US |
CA |
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San Francisco |
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Arizmendi Bakery |
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A Worker Owned Cooperative |
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US |
CA |
San Francisco Bay Area and beyond |
San Francisco |
NoBAWC |
Network of Bay Area Worker Cooperatives |
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A grassroots organization of democratic workplaces dedicated to building workplace democracy |
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Small and medium-sized workplaces employing from a few to over 200 workers, representing diverse industries and economic sectors. |
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US |
DC |
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Washington |
ESOP Association |
Employee Share Ownership Plan Association |
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To persuade the people of our country that employee ownership is good for America. |
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US |
DC |
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Washington |
FED |
Foundation for Enterprise Development |
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Non-profit organization which provides leading-edge equity compensation and employee ownership strategies |
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US |
DC |
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Washington |
NCBA |
National Cooperative Business Association |
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The lead national membership association representing cooperatives of all types and in all industries |
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FL |
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Orlando |
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OURbiz - A bi-monthly weblog for worker-owners by worker-owners |
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A news journal for worker-owners with links to support organizations, other worker cooperatives, a reading list. |
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Regular discussion of issues raised by the worker cooperative community. |
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MA |
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Amherst |
CC |
Collective Copies |
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Celebrating 20 years of worker-ownership, collective spirit and union pride. What's not to love? |
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US |
MA |
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Brookline |
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ICA Group |
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Create model employee owned companies and community income generating projects that save and create jobs |
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US |
MN |
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Minneapolis |
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U.S. Federation of Democratic Workplaces |
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U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives and Democratic Workplaces |
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General information about workplace democracy and a discussion board where workers from democratic workplaces can contribute |
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US |
NC |
Nationwide |
Asheville |
SACCO |
Southern Appalachian Center for Cooperative Ownership |
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Resources and services to worker owned businesses. |
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This is a worker - owned and democratically managed consulting and resource firm. The website includes a National Co-op Registry. |
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US |
NY |
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New York |
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The Working World |
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Working with a number of democratic worker groups in Argentina |
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A pilot nonprofit dedicated to improving the working lives of people through self-reliance and democratic organization. |
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US |
OH |
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Kent |
OEOC |
Ohio Employee Ownership Center |
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Provides outreach, information, and preliminary technical assistance to those interested in exploring employee ownership. |
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US |
OH |
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Toledo |
EOBC |
Employee Ownership Buyout Committee |
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We are proposing The Possibility of The First UAW Automobile Employee Stock Owned Company. |
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Our true hope is to keep DaimlerChrysler together and partner between its employees for the Corporations long term security. |
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US |
PA |
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Pittsburgh |
WOI |
Worker-Ownership Institute |
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Management and labor from employee-owned companies, and ESOPs, come together to discuss their triumphs and failures |
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US |
PA |
Worldwide |
Stillwater |
GEO |
Grassroots Economic Organizing |
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The Newsletter for Democratic Workplaces and Globalization from Below |
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Get bimonthly reports on worker cooperatives and community-based economies, and their development through local cooperative action |
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US |
VT |
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Montpelier |
HMC |
Hunger Mountain Coop |
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A member-owned cooperative |
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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 |
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US |
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Worldwide |
Redmond |
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Golder Associates - Ground Engineering and Environmental Science Services |
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The Culture of Employee-Ownership |
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Our employee ownership model creates a collegial atmosphere in which all staff have a meaningful stake in the company's success. |
| 040 |
Venezuela |
Miranda |
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Los Teques |
FRETECO |
Frente Revolucionario de Trabajadores de Empresas en Cogestión y Ocupados |
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Conference of Co-managed and Occupied Factories' Workers' Revolutionary Front |
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Promotes the expropriation and nationalization of Venezuelan industry and its placement under control of its own workers. |
