LaborTech/Access 2004 Conference

This conference will bring together labor video, computer and media people from throughout the country and around the world. It will be a critical arena for the development of labor©ˆs media in the battles ahead to make our voices heard. We know that our unions and the working class as a whole are under attack on numerous areas and that this assault is escalating. Under these circumstances, the need to have a media counter-offensive is absolutely essential.

Workshops Including:
INFORMATION/RIGHTS:
*    A Multimedia Approach to Labor Information
*    Labor Radio (WINS, NRP, KPFA, Pacifica)
*    Labor Media, Lessons in Breaking the Corporate Media Blockade and Defending Democracy
*    Police Repression of Alternative and Labor Reporters from Oakland to Miami
*    Union Journalists Getting the Message out to The Membership & The Public
*    Building a Labor Cultural Art Movement and Using the Internet
*    New Technology, Stress & Labor
*    Building A Labor TV Channel
*    Labor, War and Media - Plenum
*    ICANN & Democratic Control of the Internet
*    Prison Media (Prison Radio, Prison Legal News)
WORKPLACE:
*    Workplace Discrimination in High Tech
*    Censorship and the Media Workplace
*    Spying and Surveillance, How to defend Your Privacy
*    Organizing Media Workers (IATSE, AFTRA, CWA and others)
*    Technology & Toxics in the Workplace
TECHNOLOGY/KNOW HOW
*    WiFi and Remote Broadcasting: How Labor can get Our Rallies, Conferences & Actions Out Live on the         Internet & Satellite        
*    Community Access Cable & How to Establish a Labor TV Show for Your Local/Council/International
*    Unofficial Labor Web sites and Outreach (AUD, CDU)
*    Lessons from Front-Line Local Union Web Masters
*    Labor Education in the Schools and Using Technology
*    The Indymedia Movement and Labor-What is It and How to Build The Links
*    POD (Program for Online Deliberation) and How Labor Can Use This Tool for Communication and Action
*    Broad Band Access and Our Rights to Bandwidth
*    Labor & Research Tools
*    Free Softward (Non-Proprietary Software)
*    Labor Film Festivals, Labor Shorts-How to Have A Festival and Support Labor Videographers
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SATURDAY (4/3/04)
9:00 - 9:30 AM    Registration (Refreshment)
9:30 - 10:00 AM    Welcome & Introduction
10:00 - 11:00 AM    Plenary
11:00 - 12:30 PM    Workshops I
12:30 - 2:00 PM    Lunch - Presentation
2:00 - 3:30 PM    Workshops II
3:30 - 5:00 PM    Workshops III
6:30 - 8:30 PM    Dinner - Presentation