CyberUnion: Empowering Labor Through Computer Technology (Issues in Work and Human Resources) [Paperback]

Arthur B. Shostak (Author), Daniel J. B. Mitchell (Foreword)

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: M.E. Sharpe (June 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0765604639
• ISBN-13: 978-0765604637
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,292,232 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Review From a Cyber-Unionist, May 6, 2000

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J. Dassaro "Dassaro Imaging Photography" (Tennessee, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: CyberUnion: Empowering Labor Through Computer Technology (Issues in Work and Human Resources) (Paperback)

This book has effectively established the "bar" for cyber-unionism. Some might complain that the book is not detailed enough or technical; however, Mr. Shostak is the first author to formally challenge existing paradigms and move unions to action.

As a student at the National Labor College, Vice President and CIO of my union, and webmaster for our site, I recommend this book as a must read for any unionist who is attempting to implement technology in their union. Actual implementation methodologies and philosophies should be forthcoming in his next book which I am eagerly anticipating.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An extremely useful tool for the union activist, September 5, 1999

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[e-mail] Alice Hoffman (Haverford, Pa.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cyberunion: Empowering Labor Through Computer Technology (Issues in Work and Human Resources) (Hardcover)

This book gives you the particulars as well as the rationale for trade union activists to be active in the use of computers. It is fair to say that already the book is having an inflence on how union organizers function in this technolical age. Boeing employees almost all of whom are highly computer literate are doing card checks, arranging for workers to respond on line to fill out cards and to then keep them informed about the campaign. the Union at Boeing in Wichita already has organized 1,300 workers in this fashion. This book has the potential to profoundly change the way in which unions reach out to potential members.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A "must read" for the union activist!, August 30, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Cyberunion: Empowering Labor Through Computer Technology (Issues in Work and Human Resources) (Hardcover)

This book is for the serious unionist who is searching for better avenues for getting his message out. Art uses interviews with rank and file union members who are actively using computers and the internet as he suggests ways unions should be making use of the information highway and technology. A "must read" for union leaders who are wondering what all the fuss is all about as well as for those who do.