Employee-Owned Company Wins Community Award

Tanimura & Antle, an employee-owned agricultural firm, was recognized for its work to improve the quality of life of its workforce, both by providing housing and by increasing the safety of harvest operations.

Employee-Owned Journal Communications Rejects Takeover Bid

Journal Communications is one of the largest employee-owned firms, and the largest in the communications industry. Majority employee-owned for over 50 years, it employs about 6,000 people. It publishes the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel and has several subsidiaries in various media fields.

Employee-Owned Rosendin Turns 100

Rosendin (formerly "Rosendin Electric"), a six-thousand-person employee-owned company based in San Jose, Calif., celebrates its 100th year in business in 2019.

Employee-Owned Schools?

Employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) are popping up in lots of unexpected places. For instance, two of the companies attending the NCEO/Beyster Institute annual meeting were schools.

Employees Buy Major Canadian Trucking Company

The 2,700 employees of Canadian Pacific Express have purchased the company from Canadian Pacific Corporation and changed its name to Interlink Freight Systems. The company had been a subsidiary of Canadian Pacific.

Employees Can Sue on Options Programs Based on Sex Discrimination

A federal district court has certified a class of employees to proceed with a lawsuit contending their employer's stock option allocation policies violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Carter v. West Publishing Co., M.D. Fla., No. 97-2537-CIV-T-26A, 5/20/99).