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In his original CyberUnion, the author presented a bold plan for unions to develop a more significant role in the 21st century by adopting four strategic aids - futuristics, innovations, services, and traditions (F-I-S-T) - knit together by cutting-edge Info Tech resources. CyberUnions in Action expands on the F-I-S-T model and looks at gains and setbacks in pioneering efforts to create "CyberUnions". It highlights relevant websites, and features interviews with key CyberUnion advocates (and some critics). Shostak reviews overseas union efforts for transferable lessons, and pays special attention to the AFL-CIO campaign to ensure Labor's advances in the use of computer networks, the Internet, wireless devices, and more.
List of contents
Part 1 Introduction; Chapter 1 Cyber Birth: The Struggles of a Local Going Online, Steven J. Lelinski; Chapter 2 On the Border of CyberUnionism: Lessons from Local 1613, Joseph N. Dassaro; Chapter 3 Technology Evens the Playing Field, Lawrence R. SmootJr; Part2 Surveying the Field; Chapter 4 Cyber Drives: Organizing, Bargaining, and Mobilizing—Downloading “E-Strategies” for 21st-century Union Action, Laureen Lazarovici; Chapter 5 Info Zap! PDAs in the Hands of a Union Activist, Karin Hart; Chapter 6 Corporate Surveillance: Monitoring Your Monitor, Nancy Bupp; Chapter 7 What Unions Can Learn from Nonprofits About Using the Internet, Mark Friedman; Chapter 8 Five Lessons from Union Computer Use in Sweden, Gunnar Zetterström; Part3 How to Get Started; Chapter 9 Nine Rules for Good Technology, Stephen Downes; Chapter 10 Getting On and Getting Off: Roadblocks on the Information Superhighway, Edward Hertenstein; Chapter 11 Taking More Control of Technology Issues, Nancy Bupp; Chapter 12 “But the Computer Salesman Said…”—What All That Stuff Means, Brandon Weber; Chapter 13 Avoiding Shams, Scams, and Spam as You Journey the Information Superhighway, Bill Ringle; Part4 How to Manage E-Mail and List Servers; Chapter 14 How-To’s and Why Not’s: A Quick Guide for Union E-Tool Use, Donna Jablonski; Chapter 15 Union and Employee Access to Employer E-Mail Systems Under Federal Labor Law, Stuart W. DavidsonEsq., Eric M. FinkEsq; Chapter 16 Lessons from Pioneering in Union Uses of the Internet, Ed Czarnecki; Chapter 17 The MODEM Experience: The Moderator’s Views on Some Questions, Brian Mitchell, Cheryl Mitchell; Chapter 18 The Natural Life Cycle of Mailing Lists, Kat Nagel; Part5 How to Provide a Web Site; Chapter 19 Unix? Linux? How Do I Even Begin to Create My Own Site?, Matt Seng; Chapter 20 What a Web Site Should Offer, Linda Mathews, Mike Wisniewski; Chapter 21 Crucial Questions for Union Webmasters, Mindy Pines; Chapter 22 Web-Site Lessons, Linda Mathews, Mike Wisniewski; Chap
About the author
Arthur B. Shostak
Summary
"CyberUnion", presented a bold plan for unions to adopt four strategic aids - futuristics, innovations, services and traditions - knit together by InfoTech resources. This handbook expands on the F-I-S-T model with practical information on using technology to advance labour's interests.
