Inside LabourStart

Here we are at AFL-CIO headquarters in Washington, DC.  About 30 of us are in the Samuel Gompers Room; we are introducing ourselves to one another.  Canadian Sr Correspondent Derek Blackadder is chairing this session.  We are expecting soon that President John Sweeney will arrive to address the conference.  In the meantime, it’s donuts, coffee and the like.  And we can buy union toys in the Union Shop near the building’s entrance.  There will be a reception starting at 5 pm at Teamsters headquarters.

Next week, LabourStart will be holding a small, invitation-only conference in Washington DC at the headquarters of the AFL-CIO.

The conference will take place over the course of three days and will involve participants from the USA. Canada, Trinidad & Tobago, Australia, India, Finland, Switzerland and the UK.

We’ll be discussing a broad range of subjects including LabourStart’s news and campaigns, blogging, social networks (including UnionBook), podcasting, labour film festivals, labour book sales, union jobs boards, and much more.

We’re hoping to blog about the conference as it happens here, and welcome all LabourStart correspondents to follow the blog and post your comments.  We promise to read out some of the comments at the event, as if you were there, so this is a wonderful opportunity for you to be involved — even if you can’t be in Washington.