It would appear that some one at the TUC or who has close links with the TUC has set up a blog to criticise the TUC.
The blog is called What's wrong at the TUC.
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Showing posts with label blog. Show all posts
Blacklisting blog
I've just come across a very interesting blog dedicated to tackling the employer practice of 'blacklisting' - an underhand (and usually illegal) method of blocking the employment of workers judged by the employer to be a 'troublemaker'.
Details courtesy of the blog keeper:
This blog is dedicated to exposing blacklisting and blacklisters.
We work with unions and activists to fight for workers’ rights – and that means being able to stand up for health and safety without losing your job.
It is brought to you by Hazards, the only independent, union-friendly magazine to win major international awards.
Hazards recognises that workplace unions are your best hope for better, safer work.
For more details click here.
Details courtesy of the blog keeper:
This blog is dedicated to exposing blacklisting and blacklisters.
We work with unions and activists to fight for workers’ rights – and that means being able to stand up for health and safety without losing your job.
It is brought to you by Hazards, the only independent, union-friendly magazine to win major international awards.
Hazards recognises that workplace unions are your best hope for better, safer work.
For more details click here.
Virtual strike blog
If you call by my blog on a fairly regular basis you'll know that I've put quite a bit on here about a virtual strike in Second Life by Italian IBM workers.If not, have a look here and here, for example.
For those who are interested in whether the protest had any effect on management strategy, it may be worthwhile visiting the IBM SL Protest Organization blog.
It makes interesting reading whichever perpective you take on this latest twist in industrial conflict.
Web 2.0 communication technology and peer-to-peer learning
An article on organizational learning by Sudipta Dev of Express Computer caught my eye the other day.
In particular was the following section:
Usefulness of messaging tools
Tools like chat/instant messaging/document sharing are considered effective in peer-to-peer interaction across geographies. Employee blogs and wikis are also getting popular in answering queries and help in indirect branding. Blogs and wikis disclose employees’ views on various subjects and help in researching on different topics.
There are however a few cautious views. “IM and chat can be extremely useful tools, but the potential for abuse is high. Collaboration portals, message boards and common document repositories are the staples of genuine peer learning,” stated Lloyd, adding that IM and chat can augment these tools selectively, but are not sufficient as primary mechanisms.
For more details see Peer-to-peer learning.
In particular was the following section:
Usefulness of messaging tools
Tools like chat/instant messaging/document sharing are considered effective in peer-to-peer interaction across geographies. Employee blogs and wikis are also getting popular in answering queries and help in indirect branding. Blogs and wikis disclose employees’ views on various subjects and help in researching on different topics.
There are however a few cautious views. “IM and chat can be extremely useful tools, but the potential for abuse is high. Collaboration portals, message boards and common document repositories are the staples of genuine peer learning,” stated Lloyd, adding that IM and chat can augment these tools selectively, but are not sufficient as primary mechanisms.
For more details see Peer-to-peer learning.
Brothers and sisters blog
The other day a fellow blogger informed me of Europe's first 'workers' blog'.
It's a project started by the European Metalworkers' Federation and it's an international venture.
More about the blog...
It combines comments with articles and it is possible to upload pictures and files for the use of the blog visitors.
The blog contains news from the factory floor, and concerns the real problems faced by the workers and it talks about what is really going on at GM, without the usual filter of the GM PR department.
For me it's been a matter of time before unions considered blogs, rather then whether it would happen or not.
However, it remains to be seen if unions can take advantage of the recent advances in web-based communication technology, as the Internet is one domain where they are not handcuffed to the hilt by legal regulation and employer hostility.
Personally, I believe people who blog about the reality of working life should operate separate from unions, and where appropriate, unions should draw on such blogs to their advantage.
See GM Workers Blog: Fighting back makes a difference.
Whatever the case may turn out to be, I for one hope the venture takes off.
The growing power of the blogosphere
The Guardian ran a full page story yesterday about the growing power of blogs - in terms of influencing how businesses are run.
The main premise of the article - Companies wake up to blogs' barking by Andrew Clark is, "many firms have started to pay attention as a rapidly expanding slice of cyberspace is devoted to vitriolic, often obsessive blogs listing the shortcomings of well-known companies."
The main blogs that are mentioned are critiques of Apple, Wal-Mart and Asda, Dell, McDonalds, and, United Airlines.
Clark goes on to suggest, "mostly, the contents of such sites are anecdotal. But they can become a significant rallying point for a company's critics."
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