Issue No 24 | 30 July 1999 | |
InternationalThe Virtual Labour Congress
International trade unions are launching an online debate on Labour in the 21th century.
Juan Somavia, Director General of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and Bill Jordan, General Secretary of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) are launching an online debate on "Organised Labour in the 21st Century" on September 15. The online debate or 'Conference' is aimed at trade unionists and labour researchers and is expected to run for about twelve months. Each month new guest speakers will be invited to act as "panellists", to take questions on the month's hot topic. All questions will be gathered and selected by a moderator, so that anything posted to the conference is monitored before it goes out over the list. Discussion will focus on the future of trade unions around the world. The Conference will be run by the ILO's International Institute for Labour Studies, in cooperation with the ICFTU. Those interested in participating in the Conference are encouraged to sign up in time for the opening, so that they will have a chance to react and put questions to the keynote speakers by e-mail or over the web. All those interested, can sign up from July 29 on the associated link. Source: ICFTU OnLine For full details visit: http://www.ilo.org/public/english/130inst/research/network/index.htm HOW WILL THE CONFERENCE BE RUN? "Registration/warm-up" Period (July 26 - September 15): During this period, you are invited to check and make any necessary adjustments to the information about you which is in the conference database. To access and change this information, please use the "member control panel": http://listserver.ilo.org:81/unity/ctrlpanel/0/2/8
You are also invited, if you wish, to send a message to the mailing list, introducing yourself, and giving some background on your professional interest in participating in this debate.
Keynote and opening discussion
Once the "registration/warm-up" period is over, the "keynote speaker", Juan Somavia, Director General of the ILO, will make the first contribution, which will be followed by a response from Bill Jordan, the General Secretary of the ICFTU. Based on the reactions and any discussion which takes place in the days which follow, a set of questions will be gathered by the moderator and put to the speaker, who would then be given a chance to respond.
Each month, a new topic (with new "speakers") will be launched. The topics will be announced around a week in advance, so that all participants can prepare their own submissions, if they wish.
The topics are likely to be related to the following topics: - Employment and development, - The law and trade unions, - Responses to globalization (trade, investment, labour standards) - Unions and structural adjustment, - Transnational industrial relations, - Collective bargaining and social dialogue, - Informal sector and marginalised workers, - Social protection, - Recruitment and organizing, - Political strategy (party politics, alliances with NGOs, etc.), - Women in unions, - Youth in unions, - Union structures and services (membership participation, mergers, finances, etc.)
HOW DOES THE CONFERENCE WORK?
The conference uses a system allowing you to take part by e-mail or via the World Wide Web. By default, once you have signed up for the conference, you will receive all contributions to the conference by e-mail.
If you want to send in your contribution / reaction to the conference mailing list, use the following: mailto:[email protected]
The conference is "moderated". This means that anything posted to the conference is monitored by the moderator before it goes out over the list.
If you want to participate over the internet using a web browser (such as Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer), you should use the "member control panel": http://listserver.ilo.org:81/unity/ctrlpanel/0/2/8
For more information, contact mailto:[email protected]
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