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LabourStart, the global online labor news service, for the first time is holding its annual conference in the United States. The conference, which begins today at AFL-CIO in Washington, D.C., provides a unique opportunity for union members, staff and leaders to discuss key worker issues with hundreds of LabourStart’s volunteer correspondents around the world.
The Aug. 17-19 conference will be filled with briefings on U.S. labor issues as well as discussions of the latest strategies and technologies to better communicate online with workers worldwide.
AFL-CIO Now will provide coverage of the conference over the next three days.
AFL-CIO President John Sweeney welcomed the participants and congratulated LabourStart on its 10th anniversary:
Throughout these years, LabourStart has provided a forum for unionists around the world to gather and share their experiences—creating a common online space for all of you to convey breaking news, such as the arrests of trade unionists standing up for their brothers and sisters, as well as for sharing the everyday challenges unionists around the world face in getting a voice on the job.
Sweeney added that the global union movement has made massive strides over the past decade in using technology to reinvigorate international union solidarity in an age of globalization and to spread our message to the broader public.
Our on-the-ground mobilization works side by side with online action. We have blogged and e-mailed throughout our struggle this year to pass the Employee Free Choice Act. Local activists document their actions on YouTube and Flicker and host events through Facebook. Webstreaming. Live blogging and social networking have become our tools of the trade.
Today, the participants will hear about the crisis in the nation’s newspaper industry during a luncheon sponsored by The Newspaper Guild-CWA and hold a roundtable discussion with U.S. labor bloggers.
This week, conference participants also will hear about issues in education at a luncheon sponsored by AFT, discuss new online campaign strategies and explore ways to cooperate with the U.S. union movement.
The Teamsters and SEIU will host receptions for the participants as well.
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