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Blogadder: Take Back the 'Net

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Unions and the internet: uses, misuses and anything else that comes up, all from a middle-aged propellorhead's perspective. Saturday, July 19, 2014. Take Back the 'Net. I often make references here to “digital utopians,” the folks of the ‘90s who kept telling us the internet would set our minds and news media free from the constraints and censorship imposed by corporate ownership. We could all. And I do mean “organize” in the broadest sense. Want to attract some nasty boys? Watch what happens when a woma...

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Blogadder: July 2014

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Unions and the internet: uses, misuses and anything else that comes up, all from a middle-aged propellorhead's perspective. Saturday, July 26, 2014. Eric Lee, Gaza, LabourStart, Me and 900 Comrades- A Screed. LabourStart is composed of almost 900 volunteer trade unionists around the world. 85 in Canada alone (where I reside). We operate largely autonomously from each other. While Eric is prominent among them/us as webmaster and founder, he does not determine LabourStart editorial policy. LS has other vol...

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Blogadder: E-mail Lists Work Best

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Unions and the internet: uses, misuses and anything else that comes up, all from a middle-aged propellorhead's perspective. Saturday, July 19, 2014. E-mail Lists Work Best. Last issue you were treated (? To a rant. This time I’m giving you a bunch of shorter items, leaving less room for my opinions. Mebbe. This just confirms what we all thought: e-mail remains the killer app for online campaigning. Google is becoming popular in the Francophonie. In French-speaking Africa, France itself and Quebec, ta...

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Blogadder: Eric Lee, Gaza, LabourStart, Me and 900 Comrades- A Screed

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Unions and the internet: uses, misuses and anything else that comes up, all from a middle-aged propellorhead's perspective. Saturday, July 26, 2014. Eric Lee, Gaza, LabourStart, Me and 900 Comrades- A Screed. LabourStart is composed of almost 900 volunteer trade unionists around the world. 85 in Canada alone (where I reside). We operate largely autonomously from each other. While Eric is prominent among them/us as webmaster and founder, he does not determine LabourStart editorial policy. LS has other vol...

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Blogadder: July 2013

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Unions and the internet: uses, misuses and anything else that comes up, all from a middle-aged propellorhead's perspective. Tuesday, July 23, 2013. At Maruti Suzuki: We Shall Win! The following is the text of a media release from India's New Trade Union Initiative:. 17 July 2013, New Delhi:. A year in custody with no charges filed and no bail granted, 147 Maruti Suzuki workers from the Manesar plant wait for justice. 542 workers and over 1800 contract workers were summarily dismissed for th. To culminate...

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Blogadder: Mail Chimps and Changing Walmart

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Unions and the internet: uses, misuses and anything else that comes up, all from a middle-aged propellorhead's perspective. Saturday, July 19, 2014. Mail Chimps and Changing Walmart. A recent article in The Pacific Standard. Chances are that anyone who manages online actions for their union already knows that email is the most effective online communications tool available, and they likely use a service like Mail Chimp or other software with similar features. MAKING CHANGE AT WALMART. They used “Ca...

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Blogadder: December 2013

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Unions and the internet: uses, misuses and anything else that comes up, all from a middle-aged propellorhead's perspective. Wednesday, December 25, 2013. This Christmas Give the Gift of Solidarity. Whether you celebrate Christmas or not, here’s something you can do to mark the day. To send your solidarity this Christmas. And if that one good act on your part made you feel all warm and fuzzy, don`t forget there are other just as deserving online actions being run on LabourStart by unions around the world.

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Blogadder: September 2012

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Unions and the internet: uses, misuses and anything else that comes up, all from a middle-aged propellorhead's perspective. Friday, September 14, 2012. Death Factories in Pakistan. Last week 314 (and counting) garment workers died horribly in two factory fires in Pakistan. They were making the clothes and the shoes that any one of us can buy, that many of us wear - branded with the names of familiar designers. Send your message HERE. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Twitter or Skype dblackadder.

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Blogadder: A Union Wikipedia Initiative?

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Unions and the internet: uses, misuses and anything else that comes up, all from a middle-aged propellorhead's perspective. Saturday, July 19, 2014. A Union Wikipedia Initiative? I have been listening to Corey Doctorow’s Craphound. Podcast for a long while and his closing Creative Commons licensing notice (which quotes Woody Guthrie) finally made me think it was time to say a few words about Creative Commons (CC). The goal: to ensure that what appears on Wikipedia about a profession or discipline is accu...