Sol fed members

JDMF "G.F.H - Vegan Style"
Posts: 3220 Joined: 21-05-04 Location: Manchester
Submitted by JDMF on 30 March, 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

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WeTheYouth "If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. - Tolkien"
Posts: 1867 Joined: 16-10-03 Location: Manchester
30 March, 2006 - 14:57

Locals

Birmingham

WeTheYouth

Industries

Retail/ Education

Steve "J'aime une sorcière de prolétaire"
Posts: 1057 Joined: 27-06-06 Location: Preston Lancashire
30 March, 2006 - 15:03

Local - Preston

Industry - Third Sector

the button "jesus christ, john, have you actually even read any marx?"
Posts: 5636 Joined: 07-07-04 Location: Lewisham, London
30 March, 2006 - 15:05

Local: South London

Industry: Third Sector

martinh "Wears loud shirts for the poor & oppressed"
Posts: 865 Joined: 08-03-06 Location: South East London
30 March, 2006 - 15:15

Local: South London

Industry: IT

Steven. ""Best hair at Unison conference""
Posts: 1857 Joined: 27-06-06 Location: London
30 March, 2006 - 15:17
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...

JDMF "G.F.H - Vegan Style"
Posts: 3220 Joined: 21-05-04 Location: Manchester
30 March, 2006 - 15:17
martinh wrote:
Industry: IT

craft unionist tongue 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...

JDMF "G.F.H - Vegan Style"
Posts: 3220 Joined: 21-05-04 Location: Manchester
30 March, 2006 - 15:20
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.

martinh "Wears loud shirts for the poor & oppressed"
Posts: 865 Joined: 08-03-06 Location: South East London
30 March, 2006 - 15:24
JDMF wrote:
martinh wrote:
Industry: IT

craft unionist tongue 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...

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)

Steven. ""Best hair at Unison conference""
Posts: 1857 Joined: 27-06-06 Location: London
30 March, 2006 - 15:27
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 black bloc

magnifico "rehabilitating"
Posts: 1331 Joined: 29-11-05 Location: Rasalhague
30 March, 2006 - 15:27

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

Spartacus "Of Walking Abortion"
Posts: 1254 Joined: 20-09-03 Location: Taiwan
30 March, 2006 - 22:42

local: birmingham

industry: education (well, for the next couple of months anyway)

JDMF "G.F.H - Vegan Style"
Posts: 3220 Joined: 21-05-04 Location: Manchester
31 March, 2006 - 07:47

updated, also added (student) for GT, WTY, and M. This distinction might be useful in future - or not, but lets see smile

Rob Ray "The difficulty with unions is how to turn grump into thump."
Posts: 3163 Joined: 06-11-03 Location: England
31 March, 2006 - 08:17

North London (attached, currently) but Suffolk base

Media

.flux
Posts: 20 Joined: 02-09-05
31 March, 2006 - 11:24

local: Manchester

Industry: education

october_lost "Not one thread, not one needle"
Posts: 1102 Joined: 26-09-03 Location: East London
31 March, 2006 - 11:44

Local: Preston

Network: Education

Sorry.
Posts: 348 Joined: 13-11-03 Location: Manchester
31 March, 2006 - 12:53

Sorry.

Local - Manchester

Industry - Education.

sam sanchez
Posts: 451 Joined: 08-09-05
31 March, 2006 - 17:22

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.

martinh "Wears loud shirts for the poor & oppressed"
Posts: 865 Joined: 08-03-06 Location: South East London
31 March, 2006 - 17:44
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

Jacque
Posts: 97 Joined: 15-02-04
31 March, 2006 - 18:02
Rob Ray "The difficulty with unions is how to turn grump into thump."
Posts: 3163 Joined: 06-11-03 Location: England
31 March, 2006 - 18:18

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?

Jacque
Posts: 97 Joined: 15-02-04
31 March, 2006 - 19:59
JDMF "G.F.H - Vegan Style"
Posts: 3220 Joined: 21-05-04 Location: Manchester
31 March, 2006 - 20:39
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 tongue

List updated!

Rob Ray "The difficulty with unions is how to turn grump into thump."
Posts: 3163 Joined: 06-11-03 Location: England
31 March, 2006 - 20:40

Gimme a chance, I've got enough on me plate as it is wink

JDMF "G.F.H - Vegan Style"
Posts: 3220 Joined: 21-05-04 Location: Manchester
31 March, 2006 - 20:42
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...

Rob Ray "The difficulty with unions is how to turn grump into thump."
Posts: 3163 Joined: 06-11-03 Location: England
31 March, 2006 - 20:44

Quark's a way better system, pm me your snail mail and we'll talk.

Anok
Posts: 1 Joined: 01-04-06
1 April, 2006 - 10:12

Local - Preston

Industry - Call Centre

Steve "J'aime une sorcière de prolétaire"
Posts: 1057 Joined: 27-06-06 Location: Preston Lancashire
1 April, 2006 - 10:32
Anok wrote:
Local - Preston

Industry - Call Centre

grin wink

brno "cheesy vegan"
Posts: 8 Joined: 01-04-06 Location: Brixton, London
1 April, 2006 - 12:00

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

JDMF "G.F.H - Vegan Style"
Posts: 3220 Joined: 21-05-04 Location: Manchester
1 April, 2006 - 12:18
brno wrote:
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.

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!

keely
Posts: 14 Joined: 01-04-06
1 April, 2006 - 23:38

name of your local: manchester

industry you work in: education

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