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Mr. Jamison,
Thank you very much for your quick reply. I am primarily interested
in failing buisinesses for the main case studies of my paper, but it would
probably be helpful to have some examples of non-crisis co-op conversions if you
can point me in the direction of those.
I would definitely be interested in any information you have on the
Island Pond Woodworkers Alliance, the situation in that case looks like it is
very close to what I am looking for.
Best Regards,
-Josh Olson
>>> don@veoc.org 06/10/03 07:29pm
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Josh --
Are you interested only in conversions
of failing businesses? I know of a few cases of conversions of healthy
businesses into cooperatives...
I'd also be happy to talk with you
about the founding of Island Pond Woodworkers. It is a new business, not a
conversion, but it was initiated by a group of workers who had been laid off by
Ethan Allen Furniture when a factory was closed.
Don Jamison
Co-Director
Vermont Employee Ownership
Center
802-861-6611
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
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