Excellent post by trade union blogger Johninnit from the TUC congress in Brighton. He makes four predictions about how unions (or at any rate unionists) will be using Web 2.0 by 2010. He addressed a fringe on this subject with Eric Lee who helps edit Labourstart. This post should also be interesting for the Labour Party and its activists.
1st - He believes that it will empower the grass roots and points to the 13,000 users of the successful TUC network unionreps.org.uk who share advice and resources. Globalisation could also encourage unions to form connections internationally. There is a General Motors Workers’ blog where GM car plants across the world connect with each other.
I'm doing my dissertation about the online campaigns of the Labour Party Deputy Leadership candidates and was hoping some of you wouldn't mind spending a minute filling in an online survey about it (only 11 questions and takes hardly any time)
The survey is completely anonymous and no results will be revealed until after the election is finished. And even then it will only be in my university dissertation...
I'm a keen follower of the general election taking place in Ireland on the 24th of May. Take a look at this very funny video of the leader of the main opposition party, Enda Kenny of Fine Gael, being mixed up with a bit of X-Factor!
On 7th December, Sam McBratney will be defending in a council by-election the wafer-thin majority of 15 votes that Labour enjoys in Kentish Town Ward, Camden.
Sam has recorded a request for help here. Please do get in touch and arrange to pop down to Kentish Town to help in this by-election.
Sam's phone number is 07798 621 293 and his email address is s.mcbratney@blueyonder.co.uk
Birmingham MP Sion Simon's getting a lot of flack over his spoof video portraying a man in a baseball cap called "Dave" offering his wife if you'll just believe he's a normal guy.