The Problem with Worker Coops
Channel: StirToAction
Date: 17/11/2020

The sale of US craft brewery New Belgium Brewing to a division of the Kirin Holdings Company by its worker owners has provoked an outbreak of soul-searching among people who believe employee ownership is central to a new, more equitable economy.

It has also reignited old debates about the difference between common ownership worker co-operatives and shares-based models in the US, UK and Canada, and has led to new calls for legislation on ‘indivisible reserves’ for worker-owned enterprises – a proxy for common ownership.

Join a discussion around different ownership philosophies in worker co-ops, and how they play out in the real world.

Speaker bio
Siôn Whellens works at Calverts, a print & design co-op, is a cofounder of Solid Fund, and a member of Principle Six.