Just a reminder of why FW was created. . . in 1994. Sadly, times haven't changed much. Sally ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] [[email protected]] Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 1:05 PM To: Sally Lerner Subject: Welcome to the "Futurework" mailing list
Welcome to the [email protected] mailing list! FUTUREWORK: RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION FUTUREWORK is an international e-mail forum for discussion of how to deal with the new realities created by economic globalization and technological change. Basic changes are occurring in the nature of work in all industrialized countries. Information technology has hastened the advent of the global economic village. Jobs that workers at all skill levels in developed countries once held are now filled by smart machines and/or in low-wage countries. Contemporary rhetoric proclaims the need for ever-escalating competition, leaner and meaner ways of doing business, a totally *flexible* workforce, jobless growth. What would a large permanent reduction in the number of secure, adequately-waged jobs mean for communities, families and individuals? This is not being adequately discussed, nor are the implications for income distribution and education. Even less adequately addressed are questions of how to take back control of these events, how to turn technological change into the opportunity for a richer life rather than the recipe for a bladerunner society. Our objective in creating this list is to involve as many people as possible in re-designing for the new realities. We hope that this list will help to move these issues to a prominent place on public and political agendas worldwide. The FUTUREWORK list is hosted by the University of Waterloo. To subscribe to FUTUREWORK send a message to: [email protected] saying subscribe To post directly to the lists (once you are subscribed), send your message to: [email protected] FUTUREWORK, the unmoderated list, is for discussion and debate. Subscribers often use a topic/thread identifier on the subject line (e.g. 'downward mobility') to focus discussion, but this is essentially an open list. Together with others who are interested in addressing the new realities, we look foward to meeting you on the FUTUREWORK list. Sally Lerner University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario, Canada [email protected] To post to this list, send your email to: [email protected] General information about the mailing list is at: https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework If you ever want to unsubscribe or change your options (eg, switch to or from digest mode, change your password, etc.), visit your subscription page at: https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/options/futurework/lerner%40connect.uwaterloo.ca You can also make such adjustments via email by sending a message to: [email protected] with the word `help' in the subject or body (don't include the quotes), and you will get back a message with instructions. You must know your password to change your options (including changing the password, itself) or to unsubscribe. It is: isemgiet Normally, Mailman will remind you of your lists.uwaterloo.ca mailing list passwords once every month, although you can disable this if you prefer. This reminder will also include instructions on how to unsubscribe or change your account options. There is also a button on your options page that will email your current password to you. _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
