Book chapter
Info Zap! PDAs in the Hands of a Union Activist • Karin Hart
The Cyberunion Handbook: Transforming Labor Through Computer Technology, pp 59-62
2001
Abstract
At Boeing, as with all successful campaigns involving e-strategies, the
Internet is just one part of a larger effort to communicate the desires of workers to come together into unions to improve their lives, strengthen their families, and build their communities. The core of building union strength has
been workers always talking to each other, one on one. Such technologies as
e-mail and Palm Pilots help amplify workers’ voices “to be successful in
organizing and to save money,” says International Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers’ (IBEW) Hopper. “But you have to balance it with face-to-face contact, which is the best way to communicate with workers.”
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Details
- Title
- Info Zap! PDAs in the Hands of a Union Activist • Karin Hart
- Creators
- Arthur B Shostak
- Publication Details
- The Cyberunion Handbook: Transforming Labor Through Computer Technology, pp 59-62
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Sociology; Culture and Communication [Historical]
- Other Identifier
- 991020705464504721