[Air-l] Union use of the Web

[Sherida Ryan]

Dear AoIRers,

I am a Ph.D. student working on a Social Sciences and Humanities Research 
Council of Canada project.  The project is a union and university research 
alliance that is examining the impact and the obstacles of socially 
responsible investment of union pension funds and the role and educational 
needs of union pension fund trustees.

Central to our project is the ongoing development of a website to provide 
accessible informal education for unionists interested in pension fund 
investment. As part of the website, we are also investigating the 
possibility of developing an online forum for labour pension fund activists.

I am looking for literature and research examples that address union 
activist use of websites and online forums. Specifically I am interested in 
how the labour movement has used the Internet for both formal and informal 
learning and any research that explores the development of online 
communities of practice both within specific unions as well as across the 
labour sector.

Any resources would be most helpful.
Thank you,

Sherida Ryan
Adult Education,
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto