by Genevieve | Oct 14, 2021 | Interviews, Learn from Others
Quaintance-Weaver Restaurants and Hotels: 100% employee-owned through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) In 2016, Quaintance-Weaver Restaurants and Hotels (QW) became 100% employee-owned through an ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan). This move made them one of...
by Genevieve | May 19, 2020 | Interviews, Learn from Others
Recology Safeguarding employee-owners and the community during COVID-19 May 1, 2020—Project Equity reached out to Julie Bertani-Kiser, Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at Recology, to find out how their ESOP company was responding to the health...
by Project Equity | Aug 27, 2018 | Stories
Adams and Chittenden: Mo’s Story Adams and Chittenden Scientific Glass, a twenty-five-year-old company in Berkeley, CA, is world renowned for manufacturing specialized laboratory glassware. In February 2017, co-founders Tom Adams and George Chittenden brought in...
by Project Equity | May 9, 2018 | Stories
Niles Pie: Sarah’s Story This is an interview with a worker-owner at Niles Pie in the San Francisco Bay Area, Sarah Vegas, who is a single parent to 11-year-old Attison. Due to the irregular hours and pay in her previous restaurant jobs, Sarah struggled to...
by Project Equity | Nov 3, 2017 | Stories
Home » Archives for Project Equity » Page 5 Toto’s Story Interview by Elan LaLonde September 10, 2017 I’m Toto. I started working at Niles Pie in May 2015. I was hired to work at the farmers’ markets after my contract was over as a data analyst for...
by Project Equity | Sep 11, 2017 | Stories
Home » Archives for Project Equity » Page 6 Ren’s story Interview by Elan LaLonde August 31, 2017 Hi, I’m Ren. My full name is Rendell Boguiren. I’m Filipino American but people often mistake me for Japanese – I minored in Japanese and I love the culture so...
