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Wiki evangelists will tell you that wikis are great because they're the simplest thing that works. If this is your first time using a wiki, that may sound crazy to you. However easy wikis may be, they aren't very polished and that makes them seem unwelcoming. The most important thing to remember about using a wiki is that a wiki is a community. This means that no single user needs to know how to do everything, or even most things. In fact, chances are that if you can figure out how to throw text up, somebody else can figure out how to make it look right. So jump right in!

A wikified resource for workers.

• We're just getting started. Here's our To Do list.

• Here are our notes from the FaceToFace meeting we had at the LaborNotes conference: 05-May-2006

Union Built PC

• Matt Noyes started 50 guidelines for building an effective rank-and-file website at his site Association for Union Democracy or AUD for short and is posting it here to see how wiki will work with it. (MarkDilley is trying to wikify it by adding it to a category, let's see if that works Category:50 guidelines for building an effective rank-and-file website)

See the Community Portal for current collaborations.

Why I learned to stop worring and love the wiki

A wiki, you see, is the voice and platform of the worker, and there are many, many more workers than managers. A wiki is a way for workers to organize themselves and to serve their own needs without waiting for the boss, the manager, or the Encyclopedia Britannica to do it. (reference)

Challanges

The U.S. labor movement is proud of its history and strength as a top-down organization, with a clear chain of command. In fact, you can’t talk to anyone in union public affairs (the equivalent of private-sector public relations) without hearing the inevitable phrase “chain of command” in response to a question. And that’s the problem for the union, when it comes to new media and bottom-up messaging: How can it join the communications revolution when it can’t organizationally grasp the democratization of media with blogs, online video and podcasting? (and wikis) - (reference)