Terror attacks on London
Thanks to all of you who wrote in asking if we were alright. I don’t want to add my own voice just yet to the many who have already written about this, but let me…
Every six minutes
When LabourStart began back in 1998, news was one of its three main features (the others were a directory of union websites and links to online campaigns run by unions). One of the three columns…
Boycotting Israel – Response to Johann Hari in the Independent
Last Friday, the British daily newspaper The Independent ran a column by Johann Hari which while it opposed the AUT boycott of Israel did call for “smart sanctions” instead. My letter in response to Hari…
The AUT, the Israel Boycott and the Internet
A decade ago, maybe even five years ago, the story I’m about to tell could never have happened.
Building international solidarity, one campaign at a time
Two of the recent campaigns we’ve run on the LabourStart website are what one might consider success stories. And yet the results — so far — could not be more different. One of the campaigns…
Wal-Mart, Workers and the Web
The battle over workers’ rights at Wal-Mart is increasingly being fought in cyberspace.
American unions discuss their future – online
For the first time in memory — perhaps the first time ever — American unions are discussing their future. And that discussion is taking place, in large part, on the web.
Educate, Agitate, Organize, Sell Books Online
If you ever want to be a best-selling author, take my advice: don’t write books about and for trade unionists. Our movement with its millions of members does many things very well but one thing…
Health and Safety Newswire
Most unions that have websites have sections that are devoted to health and safety issues. But frequently those are among the more static parts of a website. Once set up, they are rarely updated. To…
Virtual worlds, real exploitation
This article has now been published in Swedish. *** “A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five.” — Groucho Marx Seriously, if you were born before 1985, you…