Sol fed members
Mar 30 2006 14:55
Are you a Solidarity Federation member? Post on this thread please with the name of your local (if you live in different city than your local perhaps worth mentioning that?) and the industry you work in. Hopefully we will get some kind of libcom SF member contacts directory kind of thing up and running for benefit of local interested people and networking.
Also, there will be an internal forum for SF members to discuss feds business issues, if you post on this thread we can add you to the usergroup to get access to that forum.
The usergroup is here:
http://libcom.org/forums/groupcp.php?g=1994
I will try to keep the list updated in this first post.
LOCALS
Birmingham - see also Birmingham SF forum
GenerationTerrorist
sam_frances (Hereford)
WeTheYouth
Edinburgh
Jacque
Manchester
.flux
howlipenguin
JDMF
keely
Kidda
Sorry.
Northampton - See also Northampton Socialist Forum
magnifico
North London
Saii (Suffolk)
Preston
Anok
october_lost
Steve
South London
brno
martinh
the button
INDUSTRIES
Call Centre
Anok
Education
.flux
GenerationTerrorist (student)
howlipenguin
JDMF
keely
Kidda (student)
magnifico (student)
october_lost
sam_frances (student)
Sorry. (student)
WeTheYouth (student)
Health and social services
brno
Kidda (student)
magnifico
Media
Saii
IT
martinh
Retail
Jacque
WeTheYouth
Third Sector
brno
Steve
the button
Mar 30 2006 15:03
#2
Local - Preston
Industry - Third Sector
Mar 30 2006 15:05
#3
Local: South London
Industry: Third Sector
Mar 30 2006 15:15
#4
Local: South London
Industry: IT
Mar 30 2006 15:17
#5
JDMF wrote:
Also, there will be an internal forum for SF members to discuss feds business issues, if you post on this thread we can add you to the usergroup to get access to that forum.
You could add a link here to the SF usergroup page as that will have all the members on as you add them...
Mar 30 2006 15:17
#6
martinh wrote:
Industry: IT
craft unionist 
Is that an industry in its own right? Or would it fall under things like service industry (like banks and insurance companies?) - or would that render the whole split useless if it wasn't specific enough?
I mean i work in IT, but in education sector...
Mar 30 2006 15:20
#7
John. wrote:
JDMF wrote:
Also, there will be an internal forum for SF members to discuss feds business issues, if you post on this thread we can add you to the usergroup to get access to that forum.You could add a link here to the SF usergroup page as that will have all the members on as you add them...
good idea, added.
Mar 30 2006 15:24
#8
JDMF wrote:
martinh wrote:
Industry: ITcraft unionist
I mean i work in IT, but in education sector...
Well, I've had this discussion before... in my job I support local govt services, but colleagues and others in the same building support utilities, Tescos, Reuters, Broadband, TfL, NHS. IT is an industry, perhaps drawn a little wider, but what do you think all those people who work for EDS or IBM or suchlike do?
People move across different contracts for the company so could be in banking one month, NHS next, retail the next. It's a service industry in the same way as transport is. The delivery driver for a university might work in education, but the White Arrow/TNT/UPS workers are in transport, because they are providing a general service for all, not just one sector.
Regards,
Martin
(Though there do seem to be more anarcho-IT workers in education than anywhere else)
Mar 30 2006 15:27
#9
JDMF wrote:
John. wrote:
JDMF wrote:
Also, there will be an internal forum for SF members to discuss feds business issues, if you post on this thread we can add you to the usergroup to get access to that forum.You could add a link here to the SF usergroup page as that will have all the members on as you add them...
good idea, added.
It will also make it easier for The Man to monitor you 
Mar 30 2006 15:27
#10
Local:- Northampton
Industry:- Health and education
Northampton SolFed participates in Northampton Socialist Forum which has just started its own forum here:- http://www.libcom.org/forums/viewforum.php?f=116
Mar 30 2006 22:42
#11
local: birmingham
industry: education (well, for the next couple of months anyway)
Mar 31 2006 07:47
#12
updated, also added (student) for GT, WTY, and M. This distinction might be useful in future - or not, but lets see 
Mar 31 2006 08:17
#13
North London (attached, currently) but Suffolk base
Media
Mar 31 2006 11:24
#14
local: Manchester
Industry: education
Mar 31 2006 11:44
#15
Local: Preston
Network: Education
Mar 31 2006 12:53
#16
Sorry.
Local - Manchester
Industry - Education.
Mar 31 2006 17:22
#17
I've just joined about a week ago. I'm not part of any local yet, because there is not one in Hereford. Am I supposed to join the one nearest to me? I'm a student, so I'd be in Education, but I've e-mailed the EWN to join and they have not replied.
Mar 31 2006 17:44
#18
sam_frances wrote:
I've just joined about a week ago. I'm not part of any local yet, because there is not one in Hereford. Am I supposed to join the one nearest to me? I'm a student, so I'd be in Education, but I've e-mailed the EWN to join and they have not replied.
Hi Sam
There are people on here from EWN who should be able to tell you. ANd yes you join your nearest local, which is probably Brum,
regards,
martin
Mar 31 2006 18:02
#19
Mar 31 2006 18:18
#20
Incidentally, on the EWN stuff if any of you need a quick template made up for newsletters etc, lemme know and I'll string something together, and the DA collective know basic quark stuff so would possibly be able to help on the page design side?
Mar 31 2006 19:59
#21
Mar 31 2006 20:39
#22
sam_frances wrote:
I've just joined about a week ago. I'm not part of any local yet, because there is not one in Hereford. Am I supposed to join the one nearest to me? I'm a student, so I'd be in Education, but I've e-mailed the EWN to join and they have not replied.
Hey sam, i'll put you under brum local, let me know if thats not the right one.
Are you now on the EWN email list?
I've also put Hereford there, and Suffolk for Saii - who knows, one day there might be a local in its own right there
List updated!
Mar 31 2006 20:40
#23
Gimme a chance, I've got enough on me plate as it is 
Mar 31 2006 20:42
#24
Saii wrote:
Incidentally, on the EWN stuff if any of you need a quick template made up for newsletters etc, lemme know and I'll string something together, and the DA collective know basic quark stuff so would possibly be able to help on the page design side?
you dont happen to have pagemaker do you? I used to do IWW's bread and roses on that...
though i guess it wont take long to make the switch...
Mar 31 2006 20:44
#25
Quark's a way better system, pm me your snail mail and we'll talk.
Apr 1 2006 10:12
#26
Local - Preston
Industry - Call Centre
Apr 1 2006 10:32
#27
Anok wrote:
Local - PrestonIndustry - Call Centre
Apr 1 2006 12:00
#28
Local: South London
Industry: Good question!
I assume the Third Sector is the Non-profit Community/Voluntary/Charity sector? If so, then perhaps Third Sector. But then again, as a drugs/alcohol and housing support worker, it comes close to Social Care or Health Industry.
seems this identity and definition of industry needs to be discussed further, especially for an industrial unionist organisation. perhaps we should set up discussion forum on this topic.
bren
bren
Apr 1 2006 12:18
#29
brno wrote:
Local: South LondonIndustry: Good question!
I assume the Third Sector is the Non-profit Community/Voluntary/Charity sector? If so, then perhaps Third Sector. But then again, as a drugs/alcohol and housing support worker, it comes close to Social Care or Health Industry.
seems this identity and definition of industry needs to be discussed further, especially for an industrial unionist organisation. perhaps we should set up discussion forum on this topic.
yeah, it would be good to have the discussion on how we split there, though for a network to function the workers involved need to share same kind of experiences and bosses to work. So while you may have transport workers - but if there were enough members on railways, then you could have railwayworkers network, same going for the health workers vs. general public service workers.
But for now i placed you into both categories!
Apr 1 2006 23:38
#30
name of your local: manchester
industry you work in: education
Locals
Birmingham
WeTheYouth
Industries
Retail/ Education