Working on the Infobahn


Teleworking and the Labour Movement


Contents

Background to the Conference

The Conference Programme

Session 1
Introduction
Tom Burlison, GMB,

Session 2
The Infobahn - what is it, where is it, who's building it, and when will it get here?
Gary Herman, LTC

Session 3
What is Teleworking?
Chris Unsworth, 3Com

Session 4
Teleworking - an industry view
Andrew Bibby, NUJ

Session 5
A European View - telework development in the context of the White Paper on growth, competitiveness and employment
Dr. Peter Johnston, CEC DGXIII

Session 6
On the American Superhighway
David St.John, AFL-CIO

Session 7
Plenty of Work, Not Many Jobs? A consultant looks at the future
Horace Mitchell, MTA

Session 8
Working on the Superhighway - A UK view of teleworking
Andrew Miller, MP

Reports from the Workshops

Final Debate - Questions to the Panel

List of Conference Delegates

Glossary of IT Telecommunications, and Teleworking

MSF Teleworkers' Checklist


Sponsors

The Labour Telematics Centre would like to thank the following organisations whose generous sponsorship made the conference possible:
3Com
The General Federation of Trade Unions (GFTU)
GMB
Manufacturing, Science & Finance (MSF)
The North West TUC
The National Communications Union (NCU - now the Communications Workers Union, CWU)
Public Services International (PSI)
Society of Telecoms Executives
The Transport & General Workers Union (TGWU)
Telecities
The United Road Transport Union (URTU)
The Workers Educational Association (WEA).

We would also like to thank:

The European Commission
The GMB National College
Manchester City Council
Manchester Telematics Training Partnership

for their support.