LaborNet

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LaborNet

An IGC network serving groups, unions and labour advocates interested in information sharing and collaboration with the intent of enhancing the human rights and economic justice of workers. Issues covered include workplace and community health and safety issues, trade issues and international union solidarity and collaboration.

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Institute for Global Communications

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(18.) Workers Online: The Official Organ of Labornet, NSW Trades and Labour Council, 1999-2005, http://workers.labor.net.au/

Australian labour history: contexts, trends and influences

(15) For an extensive bibliography on labor union organizing globally, and particular insights on regulations in contemporary China, see Labornet, "Report on Chinese Labor Scholars Collective Bargaining Study Tour to U.S.," February 25, 2009; available at www.labornet.org/cgi-bin/ib/cgibin/ib.cgi?action=read&id=292.

The paradox of partnership: assessing new forms of NGO advocacy on labor rights

(EDS: LABORNET JAPAN CAN BE REACHED AT 03-3530-8590, www.labornetjp.org/)

Web site set up to unite workers worldwide

Unions and those interested in toxic wastes have established LaborNet and EcoNet networks on a commercial system.

Computer-mediated communication as employee voice: a case study

For example, LaborNet, an online service of the Institute for Global Communications, offers text conference areas for labor organizations, as well as news and information, according to the ILO.

Reinventing labor unions

Part of the Institute for Global Communication (IGC) networks (which also includes PeaceNet, ConflictNet, LaborNet and WomensNet) and a large source of environmental information.

Green on the screen

Steven Hill is a journalist and a program coordinator of LaborNet at the Institute for Global Communication in San Francisco.

The Seven Cultures of Capitalism

"Labornet," a global bulletin board of union organizing, allows a continual flow of alerts, documents, and firsthand accounts of unfolding strikes, boycotts, and other projects occurring throughout the world.

Wobblies on the web

Services under the IGC umbrella include specifically targeted networks like PeaceNet, LaborNet and ConflictNet, as well as INTERACT, which enables members to dispatch mail and FAXes to government officials and the media.