Vermont Employee Ownership Center

Rethinking Retirement Savings - Harvard Law Review At the end of 2020, Americans held a collective $35 trillion in their retirement accounts. To put this in perspective, $35 trillion is larger...

This piece by @janelleorsi.bsky.social is required reading for anyone looking to mobilize retirement savings for solidarity economy work.

Invest & Donate | New School of Montpelier

The largest #WorkerCoop in #Vermont is raising community investment to fund the renovation of their newly-purchased building. If you're a Vermont resident and want to put your $$ to work building Vermont's solidarity economy, details here: www.nsmvt.org/fundraising

#vt #vtbiz #coop

Our annual #Vermont Employee Ownership Conference is confirmed for June 12, 2026, so please Save the Date!

We're also excited to share that Tim Garbinsky from the National Center for #EmployeeOwnership will be the keynote speaker.

#ESOP #WorkerCoop #VTbiz #VT #BTV

A vintage transition | Issue 827 PUTNEY-It was certainly not their first career when Kate and Charles Dodge founded the Putney Mountain Winery in 1998. But now, having successfully built a sophisticated wine business, they are moving...

Nice article on the retirement transition of Putney Mountain Winery to a #workercoop, which @veoc.bsky.social supported.

#vt #vermont #vtbiz

System Integrators: a new chapter of equitable collaboration through worker ownership — Vermont Employee Ownership Center System Integrators has taken an exciting step forward in becoming a worker-owned cooperative, securing the company’s future while giving its employees real ownership and a stake in its success.

System Integrators's founder retired this year and sold the company to its employees! SI is now employee-owned through a worker co-op structure.

www.veoc.org/blog/system-...

$1 Trillion of Wealth Was Created for the 19 Richest U.S. Households Last Year Total household wealth for the richest 19 U.S. households jumped to about $2.6 trillion in 2024, after the biggest one-year increase on record.

"New data suggest $1 trillion of wealth was created for the 19 richest American households alone in 2024."

Wondering why more and more people are shouting from the hilltops about #EmployeeOwnership? This is why. This is the trend we're up against.

www.wsj.com/economy/1-tr...

Opinion — Brady Fox: Let’s expand employee stock ownership programs Imagine if every worker in the state could own a piece of the company where they work.

Imagine if every worker in #Vermont could own a piece of the company where they work.

vtdigger.org/2025/04/02/b...

Registration for the 2025 Vermont Employee Ownership Conference begins!

Help us get the word out by sharing and sending to friends and/or family in New England/Upstate New York.

Help bring about true economic democracy in the US!

Tickets: www.veoc.org/conference

@sanders.senate.gov on employee ownership. Senator Sanders has been an advocate for worker ownership for many years, and his Worker Ownership, Readiness, and Knowledge (WORK) Act passed in 2022 thanks to his tireless efforts. Thank you, Bernie! 👏💙

www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...

Help turn more Vermont workers into business owners — Vermont Employee Ownership Center As we celebrate the latest additions to the Vermont ESOP community, we ask for your support in helping bring employee ownership to the forefront of the conversation when business owners are looking at...

Four Vermont companies transitioned to #ESOP ownership in 2024, totaling 370 employees who are now directly benefiting from their work as employee owners of their companies! You can help create more employee owners in 2025 here: www.paypal.com/donate/?host...

www.veoc.org/blog/qfsdryg...

Vermont Employee Ownership Center

Hello, Bluesky!

We are Vermont's Employee Ownership Center on a mission to build a flourishing economy through widespread adoption of employee-owned business models like Worker Cooperatives and Employee Stock Ownership Plans

Want to learn more? Follow us here and have a browse at www.veoc.org!