This article is my regular monthly column in Industrial Worker, the newspaper of the Industrial Workers of the World. As anyone who has done any kind of global solidarity work will tell you, the number…
This is my regular monthly column for Labour Research. Unions are increasingly looking for ways to get beyond the traditional email-based online protest campaign. One innovative solution was the TUC’s initiative in June 2008 to…
I spent only two days in Melbourne – far too little time. This was my fifth visit to the city.
I was in Australia last week as the guest of the New South Wales Teachers Federation, which was holding its annual conference. I saw a lot and learned a lot and over the next few…
When unions take the plunge and use social networking websites they shouldn’t limit themselves to Facebook. With most large websites taking on aspects of social networking, there are many sites where unions could reach out…
Those of us trying to use email as a campaigning tool are running into some serious problems these days. Getting heard over all the background noise is becoming more difficult. Inboxes are filling up rapidly….
One of Canada’s largest unions, the 340,000 member National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE), has joined the battle to defend net neutrality. The fact that most trade unionists won’t even understand what that…
A recent column by web useability expert Jakob Nielsen should be of particular interest to trade unionists. Nielsen is an internationally recognized speaker and author who has pioneered studies in how people actually use the…
I’ve posted a handful (literally) of reviews on the Amazon website. I didn’t even remember that I had, but I just now had to post one about the new James Bond book so I returned…
For those of us who support the growth of democracy in the world, it almost goes without saying that we support workers’ rights and trade unions. But sometimes that support is only perfunctory. After all,…