EOsubnat

Hi,

I`am a student in the Netherlands, writing my thesis on Employee participation. In many different ways. At the moment I am particularly interested in how American companies like Wall-mart and Home depot introduced such a plan. May be it is possible to get a example from them but I found out that it is hard to get to talk to the right people in these big companies. May be you could help me out with something? At the moment I am finding out which laws are applicable in the European countries and I will be glad to send you my findings.

With best regards,

Coen Zijerveld

>From: John Logue

>Reply-To: EOsubnat@cog.kent.edu

>To: EOsubnat@cog.kent.edu

>Subject: Re: Worker cooperative in association with a non-profit

>Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 14:57:29 -0500

>Santiago --

>Sounds like a very interesting project!

>The odds are you want somebody relatively close and inexpensive.

>There are

>public sector employee ownership programs in OH, NY (though I'm not

>sure

>how big it is today), WA, MI, VT, and VA; there are highly

>knowledgeable

>non-profits in CA, MA, IL, NC and PA.

>Where are you? We can provide referrals.

>John Logue

>At 08:54 PM 12/08/2001, you wrote:

>>A local non-profit social service organization (about 20 employees)

>>has

>>decided to consider reorganizing itself along the following lines:

>>the

>>non-profit (501(c)(3)) would continue to exist, but the employees

>>would

>>become the owners of a worker cooperative which would contract with

>>the

>>non-profit to perform the services (which consist generally of

>>outreach

>>and advocacy). The non-profit currently acts, along with its

>>ongoing

>>functions, as a sort of "incubator" for new organizations: for a

>>transitional period it acts as fiscal agent for the organization in

>>formation, and the employees of the new organization become

>>employees of

>>the non-profit; and then eventually the new organization goes off

>>on its

>>own. A committee of which I am a member has been asked to come

>>back with

>>a more detailed plan by the end of the year. Can you give us any

>>help, or

>>recommend anyone that might be able to do so?

>>Santiago G. Leon

>>Home phone (305)666-7361, fax (305) 661-2127

>>Office phone (305) 577-4270, fax (305) 577-3502

>>Office email sleon@answerrisk.com

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