Description: Labour must turn to Facebook and Twitter to tell its story without the “filter” of mainstream media, Canadian Labour Congress president Ken Georgetti told the CLC convention in Vancouver.

Source: The Province (Vancouver)

Date: 05/10/2011

Link:

http://www.theprovince.com/technology/Social+media+spreads+word+Labour+Congress+tells+delegates/4752875/story.html

Related Links:

• Canadian Labour Congress
• The CLC on Facebook
• The CLC on Twitter
• CLC report on social networking
• Vancouver Sun story on CLC convention

Questions for discussion:

• How would social media help the CLC get its message out?
• Why would the CLC want to avoid the “filter” of the mainstream media?
• What kind of audience is the CLC targeting by using social media?
• How could a union use social media in an organizing drive?
• Follow the link above to the CLC’s Twitter feed. Do you think the CLC is making effective use of Twitter?