I found out about e-mail stuff when the International Federation of Workers Education Associations asked me to edit their magazine. I had no idea why trade unions would want to use e-mail. I thought maybe some techie had come up with the idea. I produced the first issue on the subject of the computer and the Labour Movement and it gave birth to my book. The internet is as near to a classless society as you can get.
Information is pooled, ideas exchanged, individuals become part of a global family.
It locked out broadcast technicians members of our sister union, the Communication Worker of America in a dispute over health care. Disney transferred transmission of the programme to London. I was their contact in London because they knew me through the internet. Within hours I was able to put them in touch with the CWU communications department. They then got on the phone mobilising members to support the picket and getting press coverage.