CyberUnion: Empowering Labor Through Computer Technology (Issues in Work and Human Resources (Hardcover))
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| Rating | : | 4.25 (950 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0765604620 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 248 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-27 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Key players in organized labour in the USA and abroad are busy modernizing their communications and making creative and effective use of computers and other technology. The author of this book argues that the road to CyberUnion has begun and that those unions are ensuring a future strength.
. From the Back Cover Although it is hardly publicized, something remarkable is happening to Organized Labor. CyberUnion is a bold plan for Organized Labor to remain strong for many decades to come, and this work examines the components of the model, progress already made, and plans to ensure continued success. Key players in the United States and abroad are busy modernizing their communications, and making creative and effective use of computers and other technology. Drawing on "infotech" devices (computer networ
An extremely useful tool for the union activist hhoffman@bellatlantic.com Alice Hoffman This book gives you the particulars as well as the rationale for trade union activists to be active in the use of computers. It is fair to say that already the book is having an inflence on how union organizers function in this technolical age. Boeing employees almost all of whom are highly computer literate are doing card checks, arranging f. "Review From a Cyber-Unionist" according to AmazonViner. This book has effectively established the "bar" for cyber-unionism. Some might complain that the book is not detailed enough or technical; however, Mr. Shostak is the first author to formally challenge existing paradigms and move unions to action.As a student at the National Labor College, Vice President and CIO of my union, and webmaster for. A Customer said CyberUnion: A Blueprint for Unions to Utilize Technology. In the new book 'CyberUnion', author Art Shostak lays the ground work for how Labor Unions currently use and how they may in the future use technology to revitalize and further America's most important social movement, the Labor Movement.I could find no other source that effectively covered this subject in as much depth as 'CyberUnion' does.