Editors' Blog
Worker Ownership for the 99%
via PortsideLaborPress Release:The United Steelworkers, Mondragon, and the Ohio Employee Ownership CenterAnnounce a New Union Cooperative Model to Reinsert Worker Equity Backinto the U.S. EconomyMarch 26, 2012http://www.usw.org/media_center/releases_advisories?id=0523Information: USW: Rob Witherell, rwitherell@usw.org OEOC: Jim Anderson, jander77@kent.edu Mondragon International USA: Michael Peck, mpeck@mapagroup.net Pittsburgh (March 26, 2012) – Leo W. Gerard, International Presidentof the United Steelworkers (USW), together with representatives fromMondragon International, S.A., the global worker industrial cooperativeleader, and the Ohio Employee Ownership Center (OEOC), announced todaythat a new “union co-op” model template is available for organizationswanting to combine worker equity with a progressive collective bargainingprocess.
