The NCEO welcomes our newest staff member, Simone Sheridan. Simone is our data and membership manager, so many of you will be hearing from her whenever there are any changes in your membership status or information.
Our issue brief "Wellness Programs and Employee Ownership" has become the fastest-selling issue brief in our history, with more than 300 sold so far. The brief can be purchased for $15 for NCEO members and $25 for non-members in PDF format or in print (add $5 for shipping for print copies).
The Western Worker Cooperative Conference will take place from September 20 to 22 in Berkeley, California, with sessions covering diverse topics, such as egalitarian corporate governance, cooperatives and grassroots ecology, a history
The troubled firm WeWork bought the SEO and content marketing company Conductor in 2018 for $120 million. After WeWork announced it would spin off Conductor, the company's founder Seth Besmertnik reported that he—and all 250 of his coworkers—would be the new owners.
One of the few clear implications of last week's election is that the character and policy agendas of both parties will inevitably change. Many traditional core principles of the Republican Party establishment do not bind president-elect Trump, who strongly identifies as a change candidate.
Employees are expected to vote soon to approve the sale of New Belgium Brewing (maker of Fat Tire beer and other brands), the fourth-largest craft brewery in the U.S. and the largest ESOP-owned craft brewery, to Lion Little World Beverages, a subsidiary of the Japanese beverage giant Kirin.
For those of a certain age (like me), Sears was the Amazon of its day. You could get almost anything but food in a Sears catalogue, and its stores were ubiquitous. My first house in the San Francisco Bay area was built in 1906 with plans from Sears. Early in his life my dad sold shoes for Sears.
