Guests: Danny Massey, Head of Strategy and Communications at Expanding ESOPs

SUMMARY: In this episode of the Owners at Work podcast, we speak with Danny from Expanding ESOPs, a new national initiative focused on dramatically scaling employee ownership through policy change and public advocacy. Danny shares his journey from labor journalism and the Fight for $15 campaign to leading this effort to modernize the 51-year-old ESOP framework. We explore why expanding partial ESOPs in large companies could unlock trillions in worker wealth, and how this model can appeal across political lines. Danny also discusses Expanding ESOPs' growing coalition, its core principles, and the powerful role of worker storytelling in building a national movement.

About Expanding ESOPs

· https://expandingesops.com/

· https://www.linkedin.com/company/expanding-esops/

Other Articles

· https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/17/better-than401k-companies-workers-long-term-stock-owners.html

· https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/features/2025-04-27/room-board-goes-esop-employee-stock-ownership-plans-don-t-have-to-be-rare

· https://fortune.com/2025/02/26/employee-owned-companies-careers-benefits-esops/?abc123

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