Labor

Last year my uncle was murdered by the Chrysler Corporation when he was crushed to death at work due to faulty safety equipment that management refused to replace. In his honor, I set up a memorial fund to help remember people killed due to unsafe workplaces. The memorial fund now has a website, which is (of course) powered by Drupal. It's currently pretty simple -- a few custom content types, a few views, and panels for the front page. It's using the Zen starterkit subtheme with a few minor tweaks. It might get more fancy over time, but for now, it gets the job done.

It happened while I was on vacation, but I wanted to announce the launch of the CLC's new Drupal site. It was a long process to migrate them from our old CMS, however it is a transition that we're glad to have helped them make. Canada's house of labour can now take advantage of Drupal's many socail networking tools as well as the online advocacy applications that we have built to help lobby for change.

This is a bilingual site which also has regional and campaign related mini-sites built into it.

Prometheus Labor Communications is exploring the idea of hiring its first full-time employee. You'll have an opportunity to help shape a business from ground level. Since 2006, we've built over 75 websites for unions and labor-friendly organizations. We're looking for someone who:

• Believes in the mission of organized labor and is familiar with their politics and structure
• Can lead a project with a client from start to finish (utilizing contractors when necessary)
• Can be a friendly, knowledgeable face for the company when interacting with clients (by phone)

Have a look at our wiki: http://wiki.drupalforlabor.org to see an idea for a druplicon for Drupal for Labor. What do you think? Like it? Any suggestions for a name?

UPDATE: Changed the url above to the correct site.

Forgetting that Drupal for Labor had wiki node types already set up, I set up a Mediawiki wiki at http://wiki.drupalforlabor.org. I'm not sure how useful it will be or if it's even needed. I'm going to experiment with it just because I'd like to gain more familiarity with the different communication possibilities wikis open up.

But it's there if you want to use. If you have any ideas for how it might be beneficial, let everyone know what you're thinking, please.

Traditional Labor Organizations
Massachusetts AFL-CIO
Massachusetts Building Trades
Patriotic Labor Union-Turkey
Minnesota Building and Construction Trades Council
AFSCME Local 56
APW-ABA
APWU-Local 749
ATU Local 1700
ATU Local 448
Brotherhood of Utility Workers Council

Here's an email I got from the AFL-CIO announcing the launch of their LaborWeb program. They are starting trainings on the new platform. My understanding, though I could be wrong, is that this system was developed in house and is based on software developed by AFT. This has obvious implications for those interested in building websites for labor unions:

Dear Friends,

Click here: http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/YdzE5X71Mupf/

Sign up for LaborWeb training and demos today and get started with your new
LaborWeb website.

Today, I launched the very beginning of the drupalforlabor.org website. As a first step, I wrote a page to help union folks grasp the difference between free and proprietary software. Please have a look and if you have time to provide feedback, I'd love to hear it: http://drupalforlabor.org/drupal_gives_unions_control