News Archives

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Making It: How Green Mountain manufacturers are staying competitive - Seven Days, February 17, 2011

Vermont Aerospace Becomes 100% Employee Owned - November 15, 2010

A creative way to sell your business - New York Times, October 29, 2010

Owners Using Employee Stock Plans to Sell - Financial Advisor Magazine, October 14, 2010

Five ESOP Success Story Videos for Employee Ownership Month - Winning Workplaces Blog, October 8, 2010

Video of Ted Howard from Evergreen Cooperatives - October 3, 2010

President Obama Responds to Question about ESOPs - September 30, 2010

Cooperating in commerce: Worker-owned businesses: A model that more Vermont firms are embracing - The Commons, September 15, 2010

Chroma Technology Named one of Country's Fastest Growing Private Companies

Video interview with Senator Sanders and Steve Voigt

Video Footage of Senate HELP Committee Field Hearing

Sanders: Worker-owned businesses can save economy - Rutland Herald, August 27, 2010

Senate committee holds hearing on employee ownership in Montpelier

Venture socialism - Brattleboro Reformer, July 22, 2010

VEOC Awarded $5000 Grant from Vermont Community Foundation - July 7, 2010

In Good Company? - Seven Days, July 7, 2010

Conscious Commerce - Seven Days, July 7, 2010

Two Amendments to the Small Business Lending Act would Expand Employee Ownership - June 30, 2010

Chroma Technology named one of the Best Small Workplaces in the U.S. - June 15, 2010

2010 Vermont Employee Ownership Conference attracts record crowd - June 10, 2010

Chroma Technology named to the 2010 WorldBlu List of Most Democratic Workplaces - May 2010

New Legal Protections for Social Entrepreneurs - Business Week, April 22, 2010

Employee ownership of companies on the rise - Christian Science Monitor, March 29, 2010

Why Employee Ownership is Necessary for Economic Growth - American Solutions, February 23, 2010

The Cleveland Model - The Nation, February 11, 2010

New Research Explores Resilience of Employee-Owned Companies - February 10, 2010

Second Annual Employee Ownership Awareness Day to be held March 9th at the Vermont State House in Montpelier - February 1, 2010

King Arthur Flour, Resource Systems Group Named Two of the Best Places to Work in Vermont in 2010 - February 1, 2010

More Upper Valley Companies Move to Employee Ownership - Valley News, January 17, 2010

To jumpstart US job market, turn workers into owners - Christian Science Monitor, January 11, 2010

An Audio History of Worker Owned Cooperatives - Business Matters, January 10, 2010

Resource Systems Group Joins the Ranks of 100% Employee-Owned Vermont Companies - January 4, 2010

Five Winners of Top Small Workplaces in 2009 are Employee-Owned - January 4, 2010

Gardener's Supply Company Becomes 100% Employee-Owned - December 22, 2009

In Cleveland, Worker Co-Ops Look to a Spanish Model - Time Magazine, December 22, 2009

Senator Sanders Introduces New Legislation Supporting Employee Ownership - December 18, 2009

The Case for Worker Co-ops - New York Times, November 23, 2009

Creating Buyers: The ESOP as Exit Strategy - CFO Magazine, November 9, 2009

Battered Company Says 'No' To Job Cuts - National Public Radio, November 5, 2009

VEOC Board of Directors Elects New Members; Creates New Advisory Board - October 28, 2009

Steelworkers Form Collaboration with Mondragon, the World’s Largest Worker-Owned Cooperative - October 27, 2009

Adworkshop initiates Employee Stock Ownership Plan - October 1, 2009

Equal Exchange creating capital for new co-ops - Axiom News, September 25, 2009

When workers take charge - CNNMoney.com, September 23, 2009

Employee ownership improves business performance - San Diego News Network, September 19, 2009

Congress introduces The S Corporation ESOP Promotion and Expansion Act of 2009 - September 16, 2009

Ownership is Sweet - Portfolio.com, September 14, 2009

Pizzagalli Construction Company transitions to 100% employee ownership - Axiom News, August 10, 2009

U.S. Senate Introduces ESOP Legislation - August 6, 2009

Chroma opens first subsidiary - Brattleboro Reformer, July 7, 2009

Plans, results light the way for Veda Clark - Boston Herald, July 1, 2009

William Greider: Boom Times are Gone - Vermont Public Radio, June 4, 2009

Journalist William Greider Critiques Obama, the Dems, the Media and America's Future - Seven Days, June 3, 2009

Employee owners gather at Champlain - Burlington Free Press, June 1, 2009 (abstract only)

Vermont Employee Ownership - Mark Johnson Show, WDEV, May 28, 2009 (MP3)

WorldBlu winner committed to employee ownership - Axiom News, May 28, 2009

"Best Companies to Work for in Vermont" announced - Vermont Business Magazine, January 29, 2009

VPR's Vermont Edition: Employee-owned Companies in the Economic Downturn - Vermont public Radio, January 13, 2009

ESOPs can promote workplace democracy - Axiom News, January 6, 2009

The Season of Giving Something Back: Business lends a hand in difficult times - Vermont Business Magazine, January 2009

Employee-owned business workshop in Arlington - Bennington Banner, December 4, 2008

Chroma co-founder backs employee ownership - Brattleboro Reformer, November 26, 2008

My Turn: Keeping the wealth here in Vermont - Burlington Free Press, October 25, 2008

WSJ's Top Small Workplaces for 2008 - Wall Street Journal, October 13, 2008

Vermont ESOP business wins award in Washington D.C. - Newport Daily Express, July 28, 2008

Carris Reels Wins Company of Year Award - Rutland Herald, June 2, 2008

Employee ownership center receives grant - Champlain Business Journal, March 5, 2008

Leahy Secures $500,000 To Boost Employee-Owned Businesses In Vermont - Sen. Leahy's Office, December 1, 2005

In Good Company - Seven Days, June 4, 2003