Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOPs) Study Group, 1985-1991

File — Box: 11, Folder: 8

Scope and Contents

Letter to Mazur from attorneys representing employee-initiated company purchases, discussing proposed congressional legislation to eliminate ESOPs, July 7, 1989; attached position paper; memos from the AFL-CIO Industrial Union Department (IUD) announcing meeting of study group, 1985; newsletters and brochures from the National Center for Employee Ownership, Inc; Newsday article discussing abuse and manipulation of tax advantages of ESOPs as a tool for corporate takeovers, leveraged buyouts; Union Labor Report article discussing ESOPs as positive force for job protection; reprint of scholarly article, “The Sociology of Worker Ownership and Participation,” by Joseph Raphael Blasi, Harvard University (IRRA 37th Annual Proceedings); cartoons depicting owner and employee interpretations of ESOPs; handwritten notes by Mazur

Dates

1985-1991

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

From the Collection:

The ILGWU Records, except for publications and materials produced for publication, are restricted. Materials created prior to twenty years from the current date are open to researchers only with prior written permission from the Director of the Kheel Center; materials created during the past twenty-years are closed; the minutes of the General Executive Board are closed. For more information contact the Kheel Center.