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Worker Co-op is a type of business that is majority owned and controlled by it’s employee members.
Employee Stock Ownership Plan In an ESOP structure, a trust acquires some portion — sometimes all — of a company’s stock, and holds it for the benefit of employees.

Increasingly, businesses are transitioning to employee ownership—where existing employees purchase the business and form a new employee-owned company. The strategy has proven to be good for business, workers and communities.

Wealth disparities across the country are at an all-time high, and in Minnesota growing racial and economic inequalities threaten our economic vitality.

A 2017 report on the trends on business ownership, the labor market and the potential impact of converting businesses to worker cooperatives in the Twin Cities.

Learn about how business conversions to worker ownership work with the public sector, private sector, and community to address racial disparities and build community wealth.