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Chroma Named to WorldBlu List of Most Democratic Workplaces
Apr 22, 2009
Forty companies are the annual winners of the WorldBlu List of Most Democratic Workplaces™ award sponsored by WorldBlu, an Austin-based non-profit specializing in organizational democracy.
Being their own bosses
Jan 17, 2009
Whereas some companies grapple with the idea of employee ownership — of employees buying into the company’s philosophy, of workers investing their efforts in the company’s success — one Vermont business operates under a different system. At Chroma Technology Corporation in Rockingham, employee ownership means just that. The employees — all 88 of them — own the company.
A Socialist Grows Up
Jul 01, 2008
The problem with socialism, Oscar Wilde reportedly remarked, is that it takes up too many evenings. Paul Millman concurs and adds his own bit of wisdom: "The problem with socialism is all the socialists." Millman, 61, knows a thing or two about socialists; he was raised by two of them in a Brooklyn, New York, housing project. His father taught high school and sold rare books, while his mother worked to overthrow the government of the United States. In high school, Millman spoke up at a school board meeting he attended with his parents. "I could hear people saying, 'Another Millman,'" he says.
A Trio of Excellence
May 01, 2008
Deane C. Davis Award Finalists Chroma Technology Corp., Small Dog Electronics and SymQuest Group, Inc. Compete for Top Honor Vermont's businesses community is comprised of a myriad of companies, both large and small that provide economic stability to the state. This community offers the quality jobs, products and services to consumers in Vermont, the United States and world-wide and employee well-being representative of the Vermont quality of life.
Barbecue to Benefit Vermont Food Bank
Mar 28, 2008
A weekend fundraiser hopes to bring the community together, one bite at a time. On Saturday, between 4 and 7 p.m. at the Waypoint Center in Bellows Falls, Chroma Technology is hosting a preseason barbecue to benefit the Vermont Foodbank. For $25 an adult can buy a ticket which will get them a burger, hot dog or vegetarian barbecue plate. With each ticket sold someone from the area who cannot afford to donate will be given a free meal.
