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The Workers Businesses Bill
DC to help workers buy businesses from retiring owners
Opening Worker-Ownership: A New Economic Resilience Strategy (OWNERS) Amendment Act of 2025
Good for everyday people ·
This bill would help workers buy businesses from their bosses when they retire, giving employees more say and a share of the profits.
Our take
What we think, in plain words.
This bill is good because it would help regular people own the places they work. When a boss wants to stop working, this plan would make it easier for their employees to buy the business instead of it closing or being sold to a big company. This means workers could have more control over their jobs, get a share of the money the business makes, and keep their jobs safe. It would also help keep local businesses open in the community. This is a chance for people to have a bigger say in their work lives.
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The facts
What the bill actually says, no spin.
- It would tell a DC department to start a program.
- This program would look at businesses in the city.
- It would make a plan to help business owners sell their businesses to their workers.
- This is called a worker cooperative conversion.
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