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Issue No 29 | ![]() |
03 September 1999 |
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NewsWorkers’ Savings to Bankroll Vizard Plan
Industry superannuation funds have been asked to provide seed money for Vizard e-commerce project, meaning members' retirements savings will bankroll the plan.
Workers Online has learned that several of the large industry funds have been approached by the company and ACTU secretary Bill Kelty to provide the money to get the project off the ground. Four separate industry funds are believed to have agreed to pay $1.5 million each. While they were asked to put more than this into the project, it still represents 50 per cent of the up front funding. Industry sources say its unclear what the terms of the agreement are, but it is unlikely that the funds will get a working control of the portal. The funds are believed to be: STA, ARF, LUCRF and LERF. The money would be used to develop and promote the website that would become the base for the online merchandising. Under the Virtual Communities business plan, the website is the main revenue source for the proposal. The ACTU executive last week voted 49-1 to accept the Virtual Communities proposal in principle. Individual unions' participation is voluntary and will ultimately be determined on a branch by branch basis. Generation Net Meanwhile, new research has highlighted the importance of getting the union movement's Internet strategy right. Forrester Research says young people are emerging as a "Net-powered generation". Their "technology internalisation" affects their behaviour and attitudes, and will reshape the economy. According to the research 16- to 22-year-olds spend nine hours a week online, 40% more than adults, and have new attitudes - they want deep and accurate information anywhere at any time, believe their personal information has value and that unlimited choice is virtually a right. Describing this as a watershed for the Net, Forrester says: "Companies that fail to meet these expectations will be left behind." Unions too.
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