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Uprise RI – Local worker ownership an opportunity for Rhode Island
Posted onFrom Uprise RI: The “silver tsunami” of baby-boomer retirements is coming. According to a 2004 US Small Business Association study, 85 percent of all business owners do not have a succession plan in place and only 15 percent of businesses are passed along to children. Rhode Island has many more businesses with soon-to-be retiring owners causing […]
Gov. Raimondo signs legislation for workers’ co-ops
Posted onWorker co-op bill being heard in Senate, could this model work for Benny’s?
Posted onFrom RIFuture.org: The Rhode Island Senate calendar for Tuesday features legislation that makes it easier to create and run worker-owned cooperatives. The bill is “a statutory vehicle for the creation and functioning of workers’ cooperatives which are corporations that are owned and democratically governed by their members.” Read more RIFuture.org – Worker co-op bill being heard […]
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