
Issue No 80		01 December 2000

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Online Registration Takes Hold

The first union in Australia to offer online payment of union fees says its now receiving one third of all payments over the Internet.

Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance national secretary Chris Warren says the online registration initiative, developed earlier this year, has been very popular with new members.

Warren says about three quarters of financial members of the AJA now pay their fees through regular deductions from their bank accounts, credit cards or payroll.

And a large proportion of the remainder pay through other electronic means such as Bpay, leaving o nly a handful continue to pay through sending a cheque to the union office.

"About a half of all AJA members have provided the union office with email addresses, enabling them to receive a weekly update on union activities,": Warren says.

"And in many major national workplaces, activists around the country and overseas can keep in touch and coordinate action through email and web links."

Warren says while there's a lot of talk about b2c and b2b applications, almost without realising it, MEAA is developing an electronic o2m - union office to member - and m2m applications which are transforming the most mundane of the union's activities.

"Of all occupations, journalism has been in the front line of change for the past quarter of a century - and we all know that that will continue," he says..

"The continued opportunity our union faces is how we take the benefits of technology to equip ourselves for the inevitable challenges of the 21st century."

Organising Online

MEAA will host a specil conference to look at the impact of new technology on journalism and organizing next Thursday, to coincide with the annual Walkely Awards.

MEAA promises a day of panels, professional development and information at Sydney's Hotel Westin on December 7, 2000.

Informative! Entertaining! And best of all free to Alliance members.

Speakers include:

- Yashwant Gaunder from fijilive.com who'll share his experiences covering the recent Fijian crisis

- Danielle Hickey from Greenpeace to tell us why their website makes it all look so easy.

- Linda Foley from the Communication Workers of America will give us an international perspective

- Julian and Charles from the chaser.com.au in a panel with "Workers Online's Peter Lewis who promise to end things with a bang rather than a whimper

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Interview: Chewing the Fat with Della
In a rare extended interview, NSW 's new industrial relations minister State John Della Bosca outlines his vision for the new workplace.

Unions: Organising - There Is No Choice
LHMU national secretary Jeff Lawrence responds to Brisbane Institutue director Peter Botsman's attack on organising.

Corporate: The Riddles of Democracy at Telstra
Shareholder activist Stephen Mayne explains how the big guys ran roughshod when he and trade union activists attempted to stand for the Telstra board.

Education: Training for Change
Labor Council's Michael Gadiel outlines a traiing agenda for the 21st century.

History: A Stack of Hypocrits
Ballot rigging, sanctioned by the courts, sponsored by the government were a Liberal Party and Bob Menzies speciality - and they introduced legislation to legalise it.

International: African Unions Go To War Against AIDS
The war on AIDS is now the number one priority of the ICFTU's African Regional Organization (AFRO), which has launched an ambitious five-year action plan in nine of the most severely afflicted African nations.

Satire: Teenage Hackers Behind Shock Cabinet Reshuffle
Seasoned front-benchers and political greenhorns alike were joined in stunned surprise today, as a sudden Cabinet reshuffle radically altered the shape of the Federal Government.

Review: Manufacturing Dissent
A new production explores Australian's approach to refugees and their experiences coming to a strange land.

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» Reith Isolated on Workers Entitlements

» Light for Shafted Woodlawn Miners

» ATO Workers Stand Up to Bullying Bean-Counter

» Schweppes Lockout Bubbles Internationally

» Online Registration Takes Hold

» Bush Apprentices Face Breadline

» ALP Council Faces Workers' Wrath

» Local Action to Back Burma Sanctions

» WorkCover Needs First Aid Help

» Shier Under Fire � At Your ABC

» Social Charter Puts Heat on Howard

» Wattyl Make 'Em Fair Dinkum?

» International Union Aid Jobs on Offer

» The Soapbox

» Sport

» Trades Hall

» Tool Shed

» Botsman Off Beam

» Botsman Off Beam II

» Fatherly Advice

» Concerns on Fundraiser

» Let's Be Frank about Frank!

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