CyberUnion: Empowering Labor Through Computer Technology (Issues in Work and Human Resources) - Softcover

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Arthur B. Shostak is a professor of sociology at Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1967 to date). He previously taught at the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce, University of Pennsylvania (1961-67). Shostak is also an adjunct sociologist on the faculty of the National Labor Relations College at the AFL-CIO George Meany Center for Labor Studies, Silver Springs, Maryland (1975 to date). In 1998 he was appointed Director of the Drexel Center for Employment Futures (DCEFTM), a university-based think tank devoted to exploring frontiers in tomorrow's world of work.

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Although it is hardly publicized, something remarkable is happening to Organized Labor. Key players in the United States and abroad are busy modernizing their communications, and making creative and effective use of computers and other technology. Drawing on "infotech" devices (computer networks, the Internet, video conferencing, fax machines, wireless communication, and multi-media), Labor struggles to renew its "voice" and "ears", and, in the process, new hope has been stirred that this just might help it transform its organizational culture, refine its mission, and reinvent itself.

The road to creating a CyberUnion (the combination of four strategic reform aids -- futuristics, innovations, services, and traditions -- knitted together with infotech resources into a comprehensive industrial relations model) has already begun and unions already embracing this model are ensuring a position of strength in the 21st century. CyberUnion is a bold plan for Organized Labor to remain strong for many decades to come, and this work examines the components of the model, progress already made, and plans to ensure continued success.