LaborNet
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LaborNet is a San Francisco-based "democratic communications" network for the labour movement.
History
The LaborNet internet network was created by union organizers in 1991 (or 1990) by the AFL–CIO to give a new boost to the labor movement.[1][2] LaborNet was organized around industrial lines, allowing workers from different unions to communicate with each others.[3]
By 1992, LaborNet migrated its hosting to CompuServe, and moved to its own independent website in 1999.[2] By the end of the 1990s, LaborNet had 1,400 members.[3] In 2001, LaborNet was established in Japan, where it held annual awareness events such as the Labor Fiesta and Union, Yes!.[1]
Description
According to LaborNet's website, its "founders believe that the new communication technology must be put to use to revitalize and rebuild the labor movement. To that end we established the first regular Labor News web page in the United States." [1]
LaborNet aims to act as a syndicator for electronic action alerts, gathering demands from all members to set up priority action plans.[3]
Currently, the initiative has been expanded, with "LaborNets" being also set up in other places like Canada, United Kingdom, Austria, Germany, Japan and Korea. LaborNet says it also works to defend the internet from censorship and the privatization of information "that would limit and destroy our rights to communicate and build world unionism."
References
- ^ a b Paul Jobin (2009). ""Labornet Japan" and the Revival of Trade Unions through the Net". Cairn Info. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
- ^ a b Jarol B. Manheim (1 November 2000). The Death of A Thousand Cuts: Corporate Campaigns and the Attack on the Corporation. Routledge. ISBN 9781135648565.
- ^ a b c Jesse Drew (2013). A Social History of Contemporary Democratic Media. Routledge. ISBN 9781135117559.
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