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AFL-CIO revamps website to feature workers more prominently
http://peoplesworld.org/afl-cio-revamps-website-to-feature-workers-more-prominently/Calling its old website static and often confusing to navigate, the AFL-CIO, after a year of work, revamped its site to make it easier to surf - and to feature more prominently the voices and faces of rank-and-file workers.
At a press preview on Feb. 29, Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler explained the site would also be more interactive, with blogs open to all workers - union and non-union - and a "direct action" section where everyone from local unions on up could post events, mobilization and other campaigns.
The site will also be updated automatically with newer news of interest to all workers, rather than manual updating with a concentration of news of interest only to unionists. And there will be in-site links where users can pull together all information on one topic, or one political official, in one place.
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"Our messaging was more internally focused. Now we're saying that if you're union or non-union, work is a source of dignity and that it fully connects us" to each other, Shuler said.
http://www.aflcio.org
It looks spectacular!