March 1, 2010

Conservatives in UK Now Want to Expand Worker Ownership to All Public Sectors

NCEO founder and senior staff member

In the last few months, the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom has called for privatization of health services into employee-owned companies, using the employee-owned John Lewis Partnership as a model. Now the Conservative Party is proposing that employees in any public service organization, including schools, be able to reorganize as an employee-owned company. The Labor and Liberal parties have also endorsed the idea for health services, but have not yet responded to the newest proposal. Details of the proposal can be found at this link (PDF format).