Tomorrow's CyberUnions: a new path to renewal and growth

Article Abstract:

This article discusses how changes in information technology affects and challenges labor organization, through the building of new alliances, the modernization of communication, providing new tactics for organizing, and improved staff development. The author acknowledges concerns over the loss of person-to-person relations, control over the medium, generational conflicts, work overload and loss of confidentiality; however, the CyberUnion model should be given a fair trial by labor movements.

Information technology, Electronic commerce, E-commerce

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Renewing labor: a report from the feild

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This article discusses the efforts of the AFL-CIO's ORGANIZE!Training Center to transform local unions, by examining the San Francisco Bay Area unions' work with the Project for Labor Renewal. The authors describe and analyze the development process of this organization, its failures and successes, lessons learned from its experiences, and the need for better understanding of organizing and the necessary inclusion of community-based activities.

California, San Francisco Bay Area, Community organization

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Organized labor's best bet? CyberUnions!

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Despite labor unions' successful history in organizing employees, the advent of information technology has made organizing difficult. The author discusses the internet's impact on labor-management relations, and provides various models of how unions can respond to computerization.

Models, Usage, Innovations, Internet, Science and technology policy, Labor movement, Labor leaders, Labor activists, Unionization

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