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A Labor Day Reminder of CREDO’s Own Credibility Gap...

from http://ibew2222.org/ :

By Steve Early and Rand Wilson

The mad scramble among cell phone companies for increased market share has already created much consumer confusion about the merits of various "calling plans."  Now, thanks to a re-seller of mobile phone minutes called CREDO Mobile, the politics of which provider to choose has gotten muddled as well, for supporters of progressive causes.

 

Matt Noyes's picture

Appeals court backs union curbs on the internet

From Union Democracy Review, #180 www.uniondemocracy.org

The U.S. Appeals Court for the District of Columbia has upheld a union rule that places new burdens on candidates who want to use their own independent web sites to campaign for union office. The court's decision gives the green light to those nervous union officials who hope to develop new ways to limit the potential of the internet as an instrument for union democracy.

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No Concessions for the Employee Free Choice Act

In January of this year the Economic Polity Institute issued a report called “The Employee Free Choice Act/ Questions and Answers.” The authors, Ross Eisenbrey and David Kusnet started the paper by stating, “For more than 70 years, the nation’s labor laws have proclaimed that working Americans’ right to join a union is a fundamental freedom, just like the rights to speak or worship. Indeed the freedoms to form unions and bargain with employers follow from other basic American rights – freedom of association and petitioning for the redress of grievances.”

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Article: "American unionists try organizing online"

Laetitia Mailhes sums up the ways unionists are using the internet to revitalize the labor movement. Dondley becomes a PDG!

http://www.lesechos.fr/management/actu/4808435-les-syndicalistes-america...

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Teamsters Employ Ustream.tv to Broadcast Hearing About Injustices at Federal Express

Last year, I wrote about ustream.tv, a service that allows you to broadcast webcast yourself live on the Internet for free. It appears unions are latching on to the technology. In just a couple of hours, the Teamsters International union will be placing a live feed for a hearing about the problems workers at Federal Express are facing. Watch it here, today, December 16, at 6pm EST.

Update: The hearing is over.

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Updated Labortech 2008 Schedule And Panelists

This is the updated schedule of panels, workshops and participants at Labortech 2008 which will be held in San Francisco on

December 5,6&7 at the University of San Francisco

www.labortech.net

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Back in the Saddle Again

Hi all.  I've been missing in action on this site for quite a while but I've recently decided to contribute again.  I get tired of talking (theory) and made a personal decision to start doing (practice).  It's nice to have ideas but they eventually need to be battle tested. 

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Back in the Saddle

Hi, I've been absent from this site for awhile and recently decided to catch up and write some posts.

Matt Noyes's picture

Union officers uncomfortable with online free speech

(From Union Democracy Review #175
http://uniondemocracy.org/UDR/179-Union_officers_uncomfortable_with_free...)

The cases of retired Marine Engineer Paul Norman and EMS Helicopter pilot Mike Cheek, who were banned from official union online forums, reflect the growing importance of the internet as a new space for member participation and the contrary efforts of union leaders to limit discussion to what they consider acceptable.

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Labourtech 2008 Canada in Toronto November 7,8 & 9

Labourtech Canada will be held in Toronto on November 7, 8 & 9 and will include labor communicators and labor media activists from throughout Canada.

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Labortech 2008 In San Francisco

Labortech 2008 will be having it's semi-annual conference this coming December 5, 6 &7 in San Francisco at the University of San Francisco. The conference brings together labor media, technology and communication activists from throughout the US.

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reasonable suspicion for laptop seizure bill

September 25 – Senator Feingold introduces legislation to require reasonable suspicion when DHS searches laptops or similar electronic equipment at the border.

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Interesting Discussion on the Internet, Unions and Democracy at Union Review

Similar to a couple of my recent posts on unions, the Internet and democracy, our sibling site, Union Review, is having an extended discussion on the same themes.

Check it out at http://unionreview.com/help-brother-out%2C-will-ya. and feel free to jump right in ...

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Not trusting L. 157 trusteeship, carpenters create own blog

The following article, by veteran building trades activist and AUD Research Director James McNamara, appears in the May-June issue of Union Democracy Review. See also Richard Dorrough's previous comments on this. -- Matt Noyes

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Come Celebrate the First Virtual May Day

Trade unionists from around the globe will be descending on Union Island today to celebrate the May Day. If you want to attend, don't bother leaving your house, the gathering is coming to you via Second Life, software that lets you navigate a three dimensional, virtual world using a digital representation of yourself. Read on to learn more.

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