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Unions To Celebrate May Day In Virtual World May Day (Thursday 1 May) sees the launch of Union Island, an innovative new trade union project to build a home for unions and activists in the virtual world Second Life™. Union Island will host the first ever virtual May Day, a day of training, networking and celebration to bring activists from the global union movement together in a way never before possible. Events planned for the day include: Celebrating May Day with a dance party, hosted by a live DJ from Second Life's club Fracture. Training for union activists in how to get more out of Second Life through networking with others and designing their own 3D creations, and how to run better websites for their unions. A photo and video exhibition for the DGB's Mindestlohn campaign for a national minimum wage in Germany. Union Island plans to use Second Life to create a community for trade unionists, which will let activists from around the world meet and work together on shared issues in the global economy. TUC Deputy General Secretary Frances O'Grady said: “Trade unions are all about people coming together to make things better, and online networks offer a powerful and cost-effective way for us to forge new links. As more businesses embrace virtual worlds such as Second Life to foster international networking and collaboration, it will be natural to find unions there too.” UNI Global Union General Secretary Philip Jennings said: “UNI Global Union's member unions around the world are constantly innovating, to show their relevance to today's members and tomorrow's potential members.”
You can find a full programme of events for virtual May Day, as well as more information on the project and a direct link to Union Island at www.slunionisland.org Source: TUC / Union Island
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