UKNM: .comrades continued...

[Jeraint Hazan]

Further to Mike Hales and Leslie Bunder's good advice, I am currently

forming the first ever joint venture company with the TUC, based around

learnOnline. David Blunkett (DFEE) and John Monks (TUC Gen Sec) are

launching it on Tuesday morning at Congress House. I raised a similar issue

with the Head of their National Education Centre (my counterpart at TUC)

concerning contractors (especially IT/New Media) and the changes in

employment status and said that there was a massive market (with money!) out

there for TUC to grab. I would be happy to help get things started if there

is enough interest from within the industry (employers like me as well as

contractors!) as I feel that it would really help make the industry more

mature, help support freelance/contract issues and I know the TUC are a lot

more focused on service and are really committed to modernisation as opposed

to just lip service.


I agree with Mike that there isn't really an existing union up to it as they

couldn't keep up with pace! We would need a new one created, which would be

fun.  I had meetings with Peter Skyte from ITPA (part of MSF) some years ago

and I am not sure how successful his push on signing up IT contractors has

been.


Is there anyone out there (Mike - NMA?) that could do survey on issue, which

would help me introduce idea properly?


Jeraint

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Jeraint Hazan

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learnOnline

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jeraintlearnonline [dot] org [dot] uk

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>

From: Billy Hasirci[SMTP:billypopcorn [dot] co [dot] uk]

> Sent: 	22 March 2000 14:17

>

To: uk-netmarketingchinwag [dot] com

> Subject: 	UKNM: .comrades

>

> <to the sound of the Internationale>

> Does anyone know of a New Media Trade Union? I guess it is currently

> broken

> into journalism etc but I wondered whether there was a broader one.

> Thanks

> Billy



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