EOsubnat

To Coen Zijerveld:As a retired American businessman, whoswe coompanyhad emploee ownership through an ESOP, I would be more optimistic thatvboth Home Depot AND

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

>To:

>Subject: Re: employee participation

>Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 11:09:13 -0500

>I cannot be of help but do sympathize with you in your efforts to get info from Wal-Mart and Home Depot. In general businesses are not in the business of providing info unless it profits them, and then only that info that leads to some kind of payoff. Of course you know this. If either W-M or HD has a branch in Holland, you might try going through its local aparatus to see if someone there would help you in connecting with the right person or people in their U.S. headquarters. You might get a better response this way, or maybe not. Best of luck in your work. Mark Miller

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: Coen Zijerveld

> To: EOsubnat@cog.kent.edu

> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 10:52 AM

> Subject: employee participation

> 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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