Bob Moore, the owner of Bob’s Red Mill Natural Foods celebrated his 81st birthday by giving the company that he founded to his employees. Moore announced the new Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) at an all-company meeting at the headquarters office in Milwaukie, Oregon.
Moore said, “It’s been my dream all along to turn this company [...]
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Owner gives company to employees on 81st birthday
Posted in Democratic Principles, Management Innovation, democratic company, employee-owned companies, workplace democracy, tagged Bob Moore gives Bob's Red Mill company to employees as ESOP, Democratic Companies, employee ownership at Bob's Red Mill, Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Management Innovation, Operations VP Dennis Vaughn, sharing ownership, workplace democracy on March 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Michael Moore, ‘Capitalism: A Love Story’ and Workplace Democracy
Posted in Democratic Companies, Management Innovation, democracy at work, employee engagement, employee-owned companies, open-book management, workplace democracy, tagged Brainpark, Capitalism: A Love Story, Capitalism: A Love Story and workplace democracy, capitalist economic model, company ownership structure, DaVita, Democratic Companies, democratic company, engage and motivate employees, innovative management strategy, maintain a competitive advantage, Michael Moore, Michael Moore and workplace democracy, open-book management, shared decision making, South Mountain, W.L. Gore and Associates, worker-owned cooperatives, workplace democracy as an alternative model to capitalism on November 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Capitalism: A Love Story, the 2009 documentary movie directed by Michael Moore, criticizes the current economic order in the United States and capitalism in general while covering the financial crisis of 2007–2009 and the recovery stimulus. In his movie, Moore highlights workplace democracy as an alternative model to capitalism.
Many would argue that workplace democracy should [...]
Democratic companies profiled on CNNMoney.com
Posted in Democratic Companies, democracy at work, employee-owned companies, workplace democracy, tagged democracy at work, Democratic Companies, democratic company, democratic workplace, employee-owned company, Full Sail Brewing Co, Isthmus Engineering and Manufacturing, Mushkin Enhanced, Pelham Auto Parts, Ronin Tech Collective, We Can Do It!, worker's cooperative, workplace democracy on September 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
CNNMoney.com recently profiled six worker-owned, democratic companies. These companies, from diverse industries such as software to auto parts to beer brewing, all credit their innovative management structures with having helped them wheather the current economic crisis.
Here are the companies that were profiled:
We Can Do It! Women’s Cooperative (Si Se Puede! in Spanish) was founded in [...]
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