CONTENTS
Background Information
Services
Current Projects
Working on the Infobahn
Conference Report
The Glossary a guide to computer and
communications jargon
Links to Sites of Interest
The Labour Telematics Centre is managed by the WEA.
BACKGROUND
For decades transnational corporations have been using advanced
communications technology to pass information around the globe.
Hour by
hour they rely on electronic communications to keep on top of matters
that have an impact on the company, the industry, and the political
stability of the regions in which they operate.
Now trade union and labour movement organisations worldwide are
turning to computer communications technology to improve the way in
which they work. Up-to-date high quality information directly related to
bargaining, available at a speed not dreamt of a decade ago, is only one
of the benefits that this technology can bring.
The LTC works with many international and national trade union and
workers' organisations, including
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SERVICES
The Labour Telematics Centre can offer trade unions and other
workers' organisations
- communications audits and feasibility studies for
organisations considering making use of electronic communications
- policy development and research on the impact of telematics on
employment and trade union organisation and activity
- training in electronic communications and related computer
applications
- production of training materials for in-house use by
organisations
- development of on-line information services specifically for
the trade union and labour movement, (e.g. setting up bargaining
databases and electronic publishing of union reports, journals, etc.)
- technical consultancy
- organising seminars and conferences
- researching and publishing reports, guides, etc. on telematics
issues
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CURRENT PROJECTS
Current LTC projects include setting up electronic communications networks to support trade union activity in European Works Councils, and more generally for union centres and their affiliates.
Similarly, the LTC supports national unions in Africa, Asia, and Central and Eastern Europe to make better use of on-line communications.
The LTC's telematics training programme includes basic appreciation
and skills development to facilitate the use electronic communications,
task-focused learning to address individual and organisational needs,
and more advanced focused courses designed to nurture the skills
necessary to use telematics for collective bargaining, as a
publishing and campaigning tool, for research, as a medium of
communications appropriate to a globalising economy, and as a
tool for training itself and other support services.
We also run training for trainers courses, and a small number of courses
in standard IT applications.
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THE WORKERS' EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION
The LTC is managed by the
Workers'
Educational Association
as a national project, with its office and
training facility located at the national college of the GMB in Manchester.
STAFF AND OFFICES
- Joe Holly co-ordinates the activities of the LTC on behalf of the WEA.
- Gary Herman is programmes development officer.
- John Atkins runs our Brussels office.
- Mary Sayer is our training officer.
For further information, in the first instance please contact
Joe Holly at
Labour Telematics Centre
GMB National College, College Road,
Manchester M16 8BP, United Kingdom
Telephone +44 (0)161 860 4364
Fax +44 (0)161 881 1853
e-mail: ltc@mcr1.poptel.org.uk
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 LINKS TO SITES OF INTEREST
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