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Save the date: 9-11 July 2010. Conference 2010

Others are collaborating with wiki

When do we start?

• July 13, 2010: InTheseTimes: Online Activists Gather From Around Globe to Jumpstart Labor Movement

Messy Below

• Wiki based reporting Jonathan Hunt, labor leader

Events: - Canada LaborTech - United States LaborTech --- LabourStart.org | IWW.org

vote for this

http://www.viddler.com/explore/unionorganizer/

online organizers

JohnInnit.co.uk posts the Free the Blackadder One! on Facebook.com Streik.tv in Germany or UnionReps.org.uk

Originated

I was a union organizer from 1994 to 2006 - the first part as a member organizer in my grocery store UFCW.org. Second part as a paid staffer AFT.org. It was in the Detroit area and I was always frustrated about the lack of organization between unions and locals and members.

I discovered wiki in January 2002 and was very excited about it's potential use in organizing people and issues in the union movement. Alas, the union movement moves kinda slow :-) I was at a labor tech meeting in SF in Nov 2006 and they were just starting a blogspot weblog.

So introducing wiki has been slow - best example is this so far: http://www.cgeu.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

The reason I moved to Portland, was to help with a startup business venture - it was based off some of my ideas, and taken way further than I imagined.

I would like to create an open directory of all unions and locals, such that when I want to find what union locals are in my area, I can, or if I want to find all IBEW locals in Oregon, I can - that is the first step, basic open directory. Second step is to get contracts online where possible, third step.... whatever organically comes from there. ~~ MarkDilley

LaborTech2006

Introduction of the idea of this UnionWiki as a place to begin to have a conversation of what a UnionWiki is or can be. He is a strong advocate of OpenEdit wiki technology, because it is a community solution, not a technological one. But there are technological parts to a wiki. The first one, is that you have to click "edit" and type words and save. Please try that at the Sandbox. ~~ MarkDilley

• In attendance at LaborTech.net

Labor Film Database - organized by date

UnionWiki projects

• [1] SourceWatch:Category:Labor
• Indopedia:Labor union
• defunct LaborUnionOrganizing.info wiki
  • Quotes are not exact, check refernce! :-)
  • 50 guidelines for building an effective rank-and-file website
  • Labor weblog aggregator
  • The LaborHistory Tagging Project
  • SolidarityCalendar, LaborWeblogAggregator

• AGEL wiki
• CGEU wiki
• GEO wiki
• GTFF wiki
• AFM wiki

• SourceWatch:Category:Labor
• dKosopedia:Labor [2]
• New Organizing Institute wiki
• WorkWiki
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Organized Labour
  • Wikipedia:List of strikes
  • Wikipedia:Portal:Organized Labour Portal
  • Labor RecentChanges
  • Trade Union RecentChanges
  • IWW RecentChanges

• Flickr

• Twitter:LabourStart

• WebRings.com
  • [3] [4]

• Trade Union Films from RogerDarlington.co.uk

• Labor films on YouTube

• Chapter 5: informatization of labour via RiseUp.net

Union Demotivators Meme

Original weblog post - Demotivator Generator

• [5] [6] [7] [8]

Good wiki ideas:

• Conference wiki setup: ICANNwiki
• Contract wiki
• wiki quicky newsletter
• labor films
• VoiceThread.com UnionWiki - UnionWikiPassword
• ALA-APA Union stuff

Contact

• MarkDilley.info - MarkDilley
• ...

Main Project on AboutUs

• Category:OrganizedLabor

From LaborHeritage.org - inventory of union historical markers

Additional Information

how to add images: externally:

Is the internet the future of trade unionism?

Fun: Beard of Organized Labor in pop culture.

• Video channel UnionWiki from Ustream.tv

• Union weblogs - http://labor2008.typepad.com/

• facebook - http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=42727220980&ref=nf

• http://www.flickr.com/photos/higbie/collections/72157602788988163/

• http://www.dailykos.com/user/uid:4434

• http://search.twitter.com/search?q=labortech

• http://qik.com/sdondley

• So how do we build some real community?

• Life images on Google for "strike"

AboutUs the wiki

AboutUs is a wiki whose goal is to create a free and valuable Internet resource covering many different topical areas. Unlike most traditional wikis which start with a single blank page, AboutUs was prepopulated with information about many different websites, giving users a headstart in creating special interest areas.

Discussion

History

OneBigStruggle

Community Reviews

Excellent idea! ~ Elisa

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External Links

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