Check out Unionbook, social networking for trade unionists. Unlike Facebook, it's open source, so no proprietary software, no selling your personal details to third party companies.

TUC InTouch is a regular e-bulletin of TUC news and views. To read an archive of e-bulletins dating from Nov 2007, follow this link. To sign up for InTouch so you can receive bulletins by email follow this link.

Labour Research Department is an independent organisation publishing news and information for trade unionists. Around 2,000 trade union organisations are affiliated, representing more than 99% of total TUC membership.

http://www.lrd.org.uk/

LabourStart.org is a global, multilingual news aggregator website for trade unionists, with online campaigns. Also see LabourStartTV, an archive of online videos made by trade unionists around the world, and LabourStart Radio, an online radio show with 'news, features and songs to fan the flames of discontent'.

http://www.labourstart.org/

http://www.labourstart.org/tv/index2.shtml

http://radio.labourstart.org/

tigmoo.co.uk is an aggregator for trade union blogs, listing over 90 blogs. 'TIGMOO' is an acronym for "this great movement of ours".

http://www.tigmoo.co.uk/

Also check out their guide to union blogs.

Any questions? Suggest a link? Email Kirsten Forkert, GUCU administrator at gucu-admin@gold.ac.uk