On April 2, 2020, the Massachusetts state House of Representatives passed the “Act Providing for a moratorium on evictions and foreclosures during the COVID-19 Emergency.” The Massachusetts Senate still needs to pass a version and the two versions will need to be conferenced. The House bill does the following things: Prohibits landlords of residential and …
COVID-19: Paycheck Protection Program Loan
Last updated: August 13, 2020. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (also known as the “CARES Act”) was enacted on March 27, 2020. A key program, the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), is a loan designed to enable small and medium-sized businesses to keep workers paid and employed. The Department of Treasury and the …
COVID-19: Collectivism in the Face of Crisis
I won’t soon forget the events of the past week. I watched the world around me completely change in the span of four days as the novel corona virus took hold in the U.S. We are now on track to follow the same path as Italy and it’s hard to grasp and process how much …
Cuba and Cooperatives (Part 4): Reflections
My time in Cuba is now close to a month in the rear-view, and yet the full sensory experience has stuck with me longer than any other trip. I have a few ideas why. Nonetheless, these blog posts are as much to help keep the feeling alive as to honor the profundity of the experience …
Cuba and Cooperatives (Part 3): Social, Economic, Racial, Gender and Sexual Justice Through Constitutional Reform
Information derives from a lecture by Cuban Criminal Justice and Cooperative Attorney Oldalys Perex Martinez, on January 15, 2020 We’re mainly taught in the U.S. that Cuba is “ruled” by a militaristic, one-party, authoritarian regime (e.g. links intentionally omitted). The on-the-ground perspective in Cuba is quite different; so too are the facts. Cuba’s people democratically …
Cuba and Cooperatives (Part 2): Cooperatives in Cuba, a Love Story (of sorts)
Much of the primary information comes from a lecture by Dr. Jesus Cruz Reyes, on January 13, 2020 in Havana, Cuba. Dr. Cruz Reyes is Cuba’s foremost cooperative economist and is on the faculty of economics at the University of Havana. The Cuban “State Enterprise” is undoubtedly the single largest economic consumer and producer in …
Cuba and Cooperatives (Series): Opening Invitation
Cuba is a study of contrast and contradiction. How does a 950-mile long island of 10M people, situated only 90 miles from the U.S., sustain its people, culture and autonomy while living under the proverbial boot of the most powerful country on earth? And, while promoting a deeply connected civil society that puts racial, sex, …
Jason Wiener and others respond to the end of employee ownership at New Belgium in this Fifty by Fifty article
In the poignant introduction, Jessica Rose, the Director of Employee Ownership Programs at The Democracy Collaborative expresses her thoughts on the transformative power of employee ownership and the questions that the end of employee ownership at New Belgium brought up for her. To learn about Jason Wiener’s insightful response, read his article, Let’s Not Let …
Gallun Snow becomes employee owned with assistance from RMEOC and attorneys Linda Phillips and Tonya Price
Member Spotlight: Gallun Snow Interior Design Gallun Snow Becomes Employee Owned! Gallun Snow Interior Design became employee owned on October 1st. The company began in 1988 and is now a nationally recognized Healthcare Interior Design firm. They have an amazing team and are excited to be able to maintain what they have built over the …
Employee-Owned Firms Should be Eligible for Minority Certification by Tonya Price and Lydia Edwards
Our associate, Tonya Price and of Counsel, Lydia Edwards recently wrote Employee-Owned Firms Should be Eligible for Minority Certification for Fifty by Fifty in which they propose solutions for businesses with fears of losing their minority-owned business certification.
