My name is Josh Olson. I am currently serving as an
intern with Mark Levin at the Cooperative Branch of the International Labor
Organization. I have been given the assignment to do research and write
a short paper on the use of cooperative buyouts as a mechanism for job
retention for workers in investor-owned or privately held
companies.
I am looking for case studies of worker cooperatives that have been
created as the result of worker purchases of failing non-cooperative
enterprises. For the purposes of my paper, I am interested
both in both sucessful and unsucessful attempts at such conversions. ( I
realize that there will be more information regarding successful cooperatives
of this nature, but information on both successes and failures will be
beneficial to my research.)
Any information, regarding studies that have been published on this
subject, details regarding particular cases of such conversions, or even the
existence of such cases (hopefully accompanied by some contact information)
would be most useful.
Many thanks, in advance.
Sincerely,
-Josh Olson