Alex’s blog about strategy, campaigning, growth, politics and climate (among other things).
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Digital innovation for unions after coronavirus
Back in July last year, I wrote about unions and digital innovation. In this newsletter, I want to revisit that issue in light of the coronavirus crisis. As Australia (and the world) moves from health crisis to economic shock and recession, how should unions innovate? Is it the same as pre-crisis? P.S. If you haven’t… Read more
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The strategic urgency of building Workers Data Trusts
Over the past few months, I’ve briefly mentioned the concept of Workers Data Trusts, and in this article I want to expand on it a bit more and explain why I believe the union movement must urgently grapple with this concept. What are Data Trusts? Simply put, a data trust is a trust that exists… Read more
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“Digital” favours conservatives… and how unions can fight back
Over a decade ago, progressives and unionists looked at the internet, digital platforms and tools and dreamed utopioan dreams of democracy and equality. Now, in the era of fake news, surveillance capitalism and “zoombombing”, progressives & unions are struggling with how to respond. Fundamental for unions to understand about digital technology in 2020 is that… Read more
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Campaigning & organising in the time of coronavirus
The coronavirus pandemic has changed everything, and campaigning & organising is no different. Every union is rapidly working on new tools and techniques to adapt to the public health restrictions caused by coronavirus. In this newsletter, I’m going through some headline “best practice” for your union’s campaigning and organising during this crisis. For years, I’ve… Read more
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The corporate coronavirus coup
Last week I posted a brief blog post about the urgent need to resist the coming Shock Doctrine agenda from the corporate elite and Liberal Government. News from yesterday and this week confirmed that the Liberal Government are moving ahead with their attempt to stage a corporate coup. Yesterday, Scott Morrison announced a “National COVID-19… Read more
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Union member retention is more important now than ever
In this article, I want to delve deeper into union member retention. Specifically, what unions can practically do to stop member churn before the members actually resign. This is of course the basis of member retention programs, and you can read my past issues on this topic here and here. I originally planned to send… Read more
