Employee Owned
Operated with Pride
IEC BUSINESSES:
IEC IN THE COMMUNITY
Mums the Word for Education
Thanks to all the patrons who took part in our Autumn mums fundraiser. Each fall mums...
MaineLife Features Island Employee Coop
Television show MaineLife visited Deer Isle and Stonington this summer to feature Island...
V&S Donates to ICC Auction
Each year the Island Employee Coop donates an item or items to be auctioned in support...
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
The Island Employee Cooperative is a worker-owned co-op. It exists to create good jobs for its worker-owners and to support the community where it operates.
In a worker co-op, the workers can own one share of the business, and only one share. Owning that share gives those workers certain rights in the corporation, like a vote to elect the board of directors, to approve a budget, and to set the strategic direction of the company. Being an owner also gives them an equitable share of the profits.
Worker cooperatives not only strive to provide meaningful, living wage jobs, they give the workers a say in how the company is run and broaden ownership of wealth by dividing profits equitably among the worker-owners.