ABSTRACT

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.

part |4 pages

Part I. Computers and Labor

chapter 1|21 pages

Using Computers as a Servicing Aid

chapter 2|15 pages

Using Computers as an Organizing Aid

part |4 pages

Part II. Variations on the Theme

chapter 3|14 pages

Cyber Naught: Paving Over the Cowpath

chapter 4|13 pages

Cyber Drift: Going Nowhere

chapter 5|23 pages

Cyber Gain: Getting with It

part |2 pages

Part III. Cyberunion: Informatics Plus

chapter 6|12 pages

CyberUnion: Promoting Power

chapter 7|14 pages

Futuristics: Promoting Alternatives

chapter 8|12 pages

Innovations: Promoting Risk-Taking

chapter 9|19 pages

Services: Promoting Ties

chapter 10|15 pages

Traditions: Promoting Roots

part |2 pages

Part IV. With a Little Help from Our Friends: Build It, and They Will Come

chapter 11|20 pages

Change-Agents: Stateside

chapter 12|8 pages

Change-Agents: Overseas

chapter 13|16 pages

Choices We Must Make