Below are selected articles from past issues of the OEOC's newsletter, Owners at Work. For copies of back issues older than Winter 1995, please contact the OEOC.

Winter 2008Owners At Work
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-Employee Ownership News
-Ohio ESOP News
-Minding the Planet - Sustainability Reporting at YSI
-Does Membership in Ohio’s Employee-Owned Network Pay?
-The Ohio Employee Owned Top 50
-“I Wanted the Stock to be Shared With the Employees Who Helped Build the Company. And That’s Exactly What We Did.” - Interview with Dr. J. Robert Beyster
-Book Review: The SAIC Solution
-Network News
-Co-Sponsors
-Upcoming Network Events

Summer 2007 Owners At Work
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-Employee Ownership News
-Ohio ESOP News
-The Tribune Company ESOP: Billionaires Discover ESOPs
-“What we are talking about today is based upon a moral platform and a moral foundation.” —Lt. Governor Lee Fisher’s Keynote Address, 21st Annual Ohio Employee Ownership Conference
-21st Annual Ohio Employee Ownership Conference Breaks Records
-“We wish to remain independent and employee-owned forever.” —Doug Cowan, Chairman, Davey Tree Expert Company, Keynote Address, 21st Annual Ohio Employee Ownership Conference
-More Jobs, Less Outsourcing for Ohio ESOPs
-Network News
-Book Review: Robert Smiley, et al, Employee Stock Ownership Plans
-Co-Sponsors
-Upcoming Network Events

Winter 2006/2007 Owners At Work
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Employee Ownership News
 -Hoover Sold to Competitor from Hong Kong
 -From One Employee-Owned Company to Another
 -Blue Heron Paper Becomes 100% Employee-Owned
 -Pension Protection Act Sets New Vesting Schedules for ESOPs
 -Bush Tax Reform Panel Proposals Still Alive
 -ESOPs Have New Deadline for Filing IRS Determination Letters
 -Prairie Labour/Worker Co-op Council Pursues Worker Buyout Strategy
Feature Stories
 -“...The Time May Have Come to Rethink the Concept of an ESOP”—Judge Posner Ignites a Firestorm
 -“Employee Ownership is an Opportunity”—Steve Sheppard’s Keynote
 -Address from the 20th Annual Ohio Employee Ownership Conference
 -Binary Economics—The Economic Theory That Gave Rise to ESOPs
 -Employee Ownership Measures Up with Social Accounting—Triple Bottom Line Reporting at The Antioch Company
 -Highlights of 2006 Great Workplace Forums
Network News
2007 Network Program of Events
Owners at Work Sponsors

Summer 2006 Owners At Work
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Employee Ownership News
 - Hoover
 - NewPage
 - Republic Storage Systems
 - Vermont Acts for Employee Ownership
 - Akron Beacon Journal
 - Economically Targeted Investment Fund
 - Tax Reform Threat to ESOPs
Ohio ESOP News
 - Alloy Engineering
 - OH/KY ESOP Association Chapter Awards
Feature Stories
 - The Ohio Employee Ownership Top 50
 - 20th Annual Ohio Employee Ownership Conference Keynote Address - Corey Rosen, “That Sort of Sounds of Like Socialism to Me”
 - 20th Annual Ohio Employee Ownership Conference Highlights
 - Emilia Romagna’s Success: A Model for Ohio’s Manufacturing: OAW Interview
Succession Planning Program Grows
New In Print: The Company We Keep: Reinventing Small Business for People, Community, and Place, by John Abrams
Ohio’s Employee-Owned Network News
2005 Friends of the Center Honor Roll
Owners At Work Sponsors

Winter 2005/2006 Owners At Work
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Tax Panel Would Eliminate ESOPs
First Use of 1042 Rollover in a Co-op at Select Machine
Economics, Cooperation, and Employee Ownership: The Emilia-Romagna Model
New Co-op Restaurant in NYC
Employee Owner Retreats
Conference Endorses Policy for Economic Fairness
A Lesson for ESOP Trustees
20th Ohio Employee Ownership Conference
Ohio’s Employee-Owned Network News
Network 2006 Program of Events
Cleveland Community Hiring Hall Aids Laborers
Jan Stackhouse Scholarship Established
North Community Construction Co-op Founded
Leahy Boosts Vermont’s Employee Ownership
Another Paper Mill Employee Buyout?
Business Succession Planning Program Expands
Books in Brief
Owners At Work Sponsors

Summer 2005 Owners At Work
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Fastener Industries: 25 Years of Stability & Prosperity
New Tax Hits Ohio S-Corp ESOPs
A Life Ended Too Soon—Jan Stackhouse
Training and Involvement Pay Off
OEOC Director Receives Honorary Doctorate
20 Misconceptions About ESOP Fiduciary Responsibility and Liability
Highlights from the 19th Annual Ohio Employee Ownership Conference
Michael Keeling: Why Isn’t Employee Ownership Part of the Ownership Society?
Ohio’s Award-Winning ESOPs
Ohio’s Employee-Owned Network
Upcoming Events
Book Reviews
Owners At Work Sponsors

 Winter 2004/2005 Owners At Work
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New ESOPs Secure Employees’ Future
What Makes ESOPs Work?
ESOP Purchases 100% of Contract Sweepers
A Tale of Three Sales
How to Succeed in an Employee-Owned Business
Sailors’ Efforts still Afloat
Unique ESOP Provision at RJ Martin
VEOC Gets Grant
Producers Service Marks a Decade
In Memoriam: Vladimir Tarasov
Antioch’s ESOP Pays Benefits of $94 Million
Antioch Wins Business Ethics Award
Ohio ESOP Association Chapter Celebrates 15 Years of Success
Ohio’s Employee Owned Network 2005 Events
Book Review: Democratic Capitalism
Michael Keeling: Onward and Upward for E SOPs after 2004 Elections
Newsletter Sponsors

 Summer 2004 Owners At Work
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Great Lakes Sailors Want to Own Their Ships
Southwest Flies High with Employee Ownership
Ohio’s Top 50 ESOP Companies
New Evidence of Network’s Impact
Davey Tree Stands Tall With Employee Ownership
Ohio Gives Confidence Vote to Employee Ownership
Employee Ownership Bank Update
CCHD Contributes to Loan Fund
Ohio Employee Ownership Conference
Ohio’s Employee-Owned Network News
Employee Owner Retreat
Positions Available
Ohio’s Employee-Owned Network Events
In Memoriam: Dave Scott
Owners At Work Index
Owners At Work Sponsors

 

Winter 2004 Owners At Work
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Ford Foundation Salutes Ohio
Dave Fox Remodeling Becomes 100% ESOP
Loans & Investment Grow Employee Ownership
Northcountry Cooperative Fund
OEOC to Manage Commonwealth Fund
Murex Investments
Employee Ownership Bank Bill
Debate on ESOP Loan Structure
OEOC Moves
Spring Succession Planning Program Schedule
OEOC Annual Report
Friends of the Center
Book Review: Making a Place for Community
Network News: Safety, Purchasing Co-op,
Golf & more
OEOC Establishes Professional Membership
2004 Network Events
18th Annual Ohio Employee Ownership Conference
In Memoriam: Darrel Cox
New Canadian Center for Employee Ownership
Owners At Work Sponsors

 

Summer 2003 Owners At Work
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ESOPs: The Legacy of Russell Long
Braun & Steidl Architects Break New Ground
Employee Ownership Bank for the U.S.?
Bank Could Have Saved Massillon Stainless
Cooperatives Honor Ohio Reps. Oxley & Kaptur
How Can We Humanize Globalization?
Employee Ownership Added to OSU Curriculum
Investing Worker’s Capital for Ohio’s Workers and Pensioners
Lessons for Employee-Owned Companies
Employee Ownership: Renewing the Vision
Network News
Jet Rubber: Ten Years of ESOP Success
Ohioans Sweep National ESOP Awards
Owners At Work Sponsors

Winter 2002/2003 Owners At Work
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Teamwork Trumps Enron Debacle at ACRT
Fastener Industries Wins Business Ethics Award
Editorial: United Airlines
Worker Owned Restaurant Promotes Healthy
Entrees and Entrepreneurs
ACEnet Boosts Sustainable Farming Growth in Southeast Ohio
How to Sell Your Business to Your Employees through a Worker Cooperative – and to Shelter Your Capital Gain
Savings through Group Purchasing for Network Members
Network News
Ohio's Employee-Owned Network 2003
Upcoming Events
COG Goes to Washington
Globalization, Decent Work and Ownership:
The ILO Perspective
Turnover , Absenteeism and Participation
Book Review: The Divine Right of Capital
OAW SPonsors

Summer 2002 Owners At Work
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Editorial: Lessons from the Enron Debacle
New ESOPs, New Management Methods
Our Pension Money and Our Jobs:
Investing Pension Money with a Purpose
Promoting Labor-Friendly Investments
Capital and the Current Economic Crisis
Heartland’s Landmark Fund Up and Ready
Update on the Crocus Fund
New Employee Ownership Funds Take Shape
Leading & Managing Owners: Teamwork
Building Better Communities: The 2002 Ohio Employee Ownership Conference
Ohioans Win ESOP Awards
OEOC Welcomes Bill McIntyre to Staff
In Memoriam: Donald K. Day
Broadening Ownership Builds Stronger Communities
Majority Ownership Improves Firm Performance
Ohio’s Employee-Owned Network Upcoming Events
ESOP Association’s 10th Employee Owners Retreat
Sponsors

Winter 2001/2002 Owners At Work
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Is Employee Ownership Better for Your Health?
Employees Buy Appleton Papers
Employee Ownership on European Union Agenda
Securing the Future of Subchapter S ESOPs
New Congressional Scrutiny of Employee Ownership
Update: The Steel Crisis Worsens
Crocus fund Grows, Renews Winnipeg
The Power of NEON: YSI’s New Employee Orientation Network
Employee Ownership and Community Commitment
16th Annual Employee Ownership Conference
The Real World of Employee Ownership
Network News
Center Will Miss Departing Staff Member
2002 Network Schedule of Programs
New Financial Game for Employee Owners
Job Opening at the OEOC
Succession Planning Program Seminar Schedule
Employee Ownership for Democracy
Owners At Work Sponsors

Summer 2001 Owners At Work
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The Steel Crisis and Employee Ownership
Thinking Globally, Acting Locally
Together We Stand Stronger
OEOC and Ohio Council of Cooperatives Launch New Committee
15th Annual Ohio Employee Ownership Conference
Ohio’s Employee-Owned Network 2001 Program Schedule
New Tax Bill Effects ESOPs
From Mondragón to Ohio: Building Employee Ownership
Ownership for All: International Conference Promotes Employee Ownership
Business Owner Succession Planning Program
Kent State Orders Logo Products from Co-op
Crocus Fund Grows in New Directions
Owners At Work Co-sponsors

Winter 2000-2001 Owners At Work
Envisioning Employee Ownership, Part Three
Company Networks Improve Performance
Cooperatives - Quebec Style
Ohio ESOP News
Ohio Legislature Renews Employee Ownership Assistance Act
In Memoriam: William F. Whyte
Too Good to Be True? Russians Vistit Ohio Employee-Owned Companies

Summer 2000 Owners At Work
Envisioning Employee Ownership, Part Two
ESOPs Create Market for Exiting Shareholders
Employee Ownership and the Labor Movement
Ohio ESOP News
2000 Ohio Employee Ownership Conference Building on a Quarter Century of ESOPs
In Memoriam: Bishop James Malone

Winter 1999-2000 Owners At Work
Envisioning Employee Ownership, Part One
Steel Crisis Hits Employee-Owned Firms
Employee Ownership in the Airlines
Transforming Workers Into Owners
Repurchase Obligation Challenges and Solutions for Sub-S ESOPs
How Have Employee-Owned Companies Fared?

Summer 1999 Owners At Work
Olmsted: the successful venture
Wealth & Income Effects of Employee Ownership
Will America Be 30% Employee Owned in 2010?
Ford Funds COG Virtual Think Tank
    COG Supplement
Why is Shared Capitalism Needed?

Winter 1998-99 Owners At Work
Trouble in Paradise? Employees Sell Republic Engineered Steels, Strike Republic Storage
Louis Kelso Made Simple
A Matter of Trust

Summer 1998 Owners At Work
New Investment Fund Targets Unionized Firms and Employee Ownership
Employees Win! Brainard Rivet Re-opens
Creating a Successful Ownership Culture

Winter 1997-98 Owners At Work
ESOPs: An Asset for Sharon Township
Is Kelso the Answer to the Global Economy?
Dinner at the Madison: Louis Kelso meets Russell Long
Am Air Takes Off
When Employee Ownership Makes Sense
Subchapter S ESOPs - Opportunity & Controversy

Summer 1997 Owners At Work
Do Labor and Community Investment Funds Make Sense in the US? The SVA says it’s worth trying
Safety Management At Westfield Tanning Company
Shutdowns, Buyouts, and Jobs: It's time to recognize employee and community rights

Winter 1996-97 Owners At Work
When Democratic ESOPs Fail: Causes of failure in majority employee-owned firms
The Flood Company: Closing the Knowledge Gap in an Open-Book Culture
FORGING A PARTNERSHIP: Implementing employee participation at Erie Forge & Steel
New Work Systems: Redesigning Work

Summer 1996 Owners At Work
Employee Ownership in the 21st Century
Reinvesting Locally: An Update on Canadian Labor-Sponsored Investment Funds
Are ESOPs as Good as other Pension Plans?
Where is your pension money invested?

Winter 1995-96 Owners At Work
How Do You Bargain With Yourself? Collective bargaining in employee-owned firms
Buyout puts drivers behind the wheel, Of their own company!
Investing in the Future: Republic Brings CAST-ROLLTM    Facility on Line
When Employee Owners Sell