Over 100 labor activists attended LaborTech 2004 at Stanford University during the weekend of April 2-4 to participate in a wide assortment of 25 workshops about labor and technology in the United States, Germany, Brazil, Belgium and Korea.
Sessions included "How the Stream Labor's Video and Audio on the Internet," "Labor Radio," "Censorship and the Media Workplace," "Technology, Stress and Health & Safety," and "Labor and Research Tools," to name a few.
Featured speakers included Ken Hamidi of the Intel v. Hamidi e-mail case which Mr. Hamidi won in 2003, yet who is still prevented by the state of California from sending e-mails; Henry Norr, Newspaper Guild member and computer technical writer who was fired from the San Francisco Chronicle after participating in a labor rally on his day off; researcher Nancy Bupp from the Education Department, IAM, about researching companies, and spying and surveillance techniques used by some companies; and Steve Stallone, Communication Director for the ILWU during the ILWU lock-out on the docks in San Francisco and the experiences of the dockworkers dealing with the media and the Bush administration.
John See, Labor Education Service/Workday Minnesota, presented at three workshops, "Labor Education in the Schools and Using Technology," "Organizing Media/Tech Workers," and "Community Access Cable-How to Establish A Labor TV Show." He also shared his experiences with the Minnesota labor movement and its support of Workday Minnesota, and which remains a unique service in the United States. The web site generated numerous questions about how such a service might be started in other states.
The LaborTech Conferences began in 1990, and are held almost annually in different cities around the U.S. and Canada. It was held in Minneapolis in 1994, and there was a strong interest among this year's participants to bring the conference back to the Twin Cities in 2005.
Over 100 labor activists attended LaborTech 2004 at Stanford University during the weekend of April 2-4 to participate in a wide assortment of 25 workshops about labor and technology in the United States, Germany, Brazil, Belgium and Korea.
Sessions included “How the Stream Labor’s Video and Audio on the Internet,” “Labor Radio,” “Censorship and the Media Workplace,” “Technology, Stress and Health & Safety,” and “Labor and Research Tools,” to name a few.
Featured speakers included Ken Hamidi of the Intel v. Hamidi e-mail case which Mr. Hamidi won in 2003, yet who is still prevented by the state of California from sending e-mails; Henry Norr, Newspaper Guild member and computer technical writer who was fired from the San Francisco Chronicle after participating in a labor rally on his day off; researcher Nancy Bupp from the Education Department, IAM, about researching companies, and spying and surveillance techniques used by some companies; and Steve Stallone, Communication Director for the ILWU during the ILWU lock-out on the docks in San Francisco and the experiences of the dockworkers dealing with the media and the Bush administration.
John See, Labor Education Service/Workday Minnesota, presented at three workshops, “Labor Education in the Schools and Using Technology,” “Organizing Media/Tech Workers,” and “Community Access Cable-How to Establish A Labor TV Show.” He also shared his experiences with the Minnesota labor movement and its support of Workday Minnesota, and which remains a unique service in the United States. The web site generated numerous questions about how such a service might be started in other states.
The LaborTech Conferences began in 1990, and are held almost annually in different cities around the U.S. and Canada. It was held in Minneapolis in 1994, and there was a strong interest among this year’s participants to bring the conference back to the Twin Cities in 2005.