By Elena Galevska   The Great Resignation describes the recent trend of people massively quitting their jobs, with 4.5 million such cases recorded in the USA only in the month of November, and an additional 4.3 million in December. Many companies are facing this problem – but definitely not those with the Employee Share Ownership …

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By Kosta Marco Juri   Origins, purpose and functioning of the Marcora law  Italy boasts a long and rich cooperative tradition, something which is reflected not only in the size and scope of the country’s cooperative sector, but also in special laws which actively encourage the establishment of new worker-owned enterprises.  A prime example of …

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By David Ellerman   The role of an existing union will depend on whether the employee-owners have majority ownership of the company or only a minority interest. If they are only minority owners, then the union has a more or less traditional role for representing the employees in collective bargaining about wages, benefits, working conditions, …

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