LabourStart launches Union Book

[dcsmart]

http://www.unionbook.org/

UnionBook is a social networking platform for trade unionists around the world.

If you already have an account on Facebook, MySpace, Bebo or any other social network, we're not suggesting that this is a replacement. But we feel that UnionBook fills a void - a need for trade unionists to have a platform that we control, that is advertising-free and that respects our privacy.

Facebook, for example, does none of those things. Because we don't control it -- Facebook is, after all, a profit-making business -- any groups, causes or events that we create can be deleted by the company without any right of appeal. And this has already happened.

If you're too active doing the kind of networking that we trade unionists do all the time -- recruiting friends, sending out messages, and so on -- Facebook can blacklist you and close your account. This has already happened to a number of union activists.

UnionBook, on the other hand, belongs to us. It's been designed specifically to meet the needs of trade unionists. It aims to feature most of the tools we use on Facebook -- and more.
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[Sherman A1]

1. Very Interesting, Indeed

I will bookmark for now. Have to work this evening so no time at the present to tour the site.