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The New Unionism Network is a group of people - listed below - who are working to build and energize the union movement. We're a network rather than an organisation (see below), with no links to any other group. Membership is open to anybody who supports the principles set out here. As well as regular members, there are also founding members who have agreed to help us establish the network. We make no hierarchical distinction between the two.

Members
	R	A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
	Radford, William	United States	Security officer
	Raffo, Jeffrey	Germany	Organizer	ITF
	Raines, Ian	Japan	Part time organizer
	Rajani, Heenal	United Kingdom	Elected union officer	Unison
	Rea, Sharon	Australia	Registered nurse	NSNSWA
	Rector, Matt	Guam	Teacher	GFT
	Reidy, Owen	Ireland	Trade union organiser	SIPTU
	Reithmuller, Ted	Australia	Retired; labour historian
	Ribeiro, Rodrigo	Portugal	Temp
	Richings, Susan	Canada	Social worker	CUPE
	Ristela, Pekka	Finland	Trade union official	SAK
	Robb, Martha	United States	Union organizer	HUCTW
	Rogers, Jon	United Kingdom	Union safety advisor	Unison
	Romsted, Larry	United States	Chemistry professor. Has also been involved with the Central Jersey Coalition Against Endless War, People's Organization for Progress, WBAI/Pacfica activist, and Publish or Perish Academic	AAUP
	Rondeau, Kris	United States	The story of the HUCTW, and Kris's "relational organizing" approach, is an inspiring one. The union was built from the ground up by Harvard employees (Kris was a lab assistant). Leadership comes from members, who also negotiate contracts and work with management to address issues of policy and improve the working environment. HUCTW has broken new ground with tactics based on establishing relationships and common values, rather than focusing solely on “issues”. Kris and her team facilitated victories at the Universities of Minnesota and Illinois, and UMASS Medical Center and School, as well as seeding unions in the city of Cambridge and elsewhere.	HUCTW
	Rooney, Joe	United Kingdom	TUC Academy organiser	GMB & TGWU
	Roper, Carl	United Kingdom	TUC organising director	TUC
	Rowley, Mike	United Kingdom	Research student (migrant workers)	Amicus
	Runstedler, Ailleen	Canada	Postal worker	CUPW
	Rush, Barbara	United Kingdom	Scientist	Unite

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	Saunders, Shaun	United Kingdom	Trade union official	GMB
	Saxberg, Barbara	Canada	Journalist / labour educator	CMG
	Schluter, Jodie	Australia	Helps organize young workers for the peak union body in South Australia. Also manages the U-Who? Young People and Unions project. Key roles are education, advocacy, networking, campaigning, building partnerships and resource development. Prior to this was as an organiser with the Australian Services Union, and also worked for a number of years as a youth worker, community educator and in the youth development. Experienced advocate, has also worked for a few years with multicultural communities.	ASU
	Schmidt, Walter	United States	Woodworker and painter
	Schnall, Peter	United States	Medical worker
	Schnell, George	Belgium	Trade union education worker	SGIC CFDT
	Schulz, Claudia	Germany	Public service trainee
	See, John	United States	Telecommunications coordinator	IATSE
	Sehgal, Rakhi	India	Labour researcher
	Senalp, Orsan	Netherlands	Anti-capitalist union activist/researcher	FNV
	Sheard, Tim	United States	Hospital nurse, writer	NWU
	Sheehy, Rob	Australia	Union organiser	CPSU
	Shostak, Arthur	United States	Professor (retired)	AFT
	Sibley, Destry	United States	Program coordinator
	Sibley, Peter	France	Company director
	Simms, Melanie	United Kingdom	Associate professor
	Simpson, Bob	United States	Web geek and cartoonist	NWU
	Sinclair, Jim	Canada	President, B.C. Federation of Labour	CAW
	Slaney, Claudia	United States	Special assistant	CWA
	Smart, Paul	United Kingdom	Mental health service team leader	Unison
	Smith, Dave	Trinidad & Tobago	Union organiser	NWTU
	Smith, Paul	United Kingdom	London manager for Social Change Online. Specialist in union communications strategy and social change campaigns. Recent projects include www.usdaw.org.uk, winner of TUC's 2004 award for best website. Involved in innovative work such as setting up the first virtual union branch site as pilot for Unison. Provides online organising consultancy for TUC, and was keynote speaker at 2005 UNI global union communicators' conference in Washington.
	Smith, Susan	New Zealand	Social worker	PSA
	Smyth, Louis	United Kingdom	Teaching assistant	Unison
	Stack, Hal	United States	Teacher	AFT
	Stam, Eddy	Belgium	Currently a policy advisor with the European Metalworkers' Federation. Has worked in unions for more than 17 years, and within the Dutch FNV bondgenoten union (NL) initiated the change of approach needed to build an organizing union for cleaners. Current work involves supporting international workers' participation and TU coordination. A firm believer and practicer of renewal through organising and international cooperation.	EMF-FEM
	Stanford, Jim	Canada	An economist with the Canadian Auto Workers union; writes regular economics column for the Globe and Mail. Main interest is promoting economic literacy among unionists, so as to challenge dominant assumptions and ideologies that get passed off as the only choice in economics. His new book Economics for Everyone comes with an on-line curriculum to assist unions in popular economics training for their members.	CAWU
	Steinhoff, Carolyn	United States	Writer, teacher	PCS
	Stepp, Meredith	United States	Labor education specialist	USW
	Stokes, Ken	New Zealand	Union organiser	PSA
	Stroud, Sue	Canada	Public service worker and member of the BCGEU. Chair of local 1701 and on the executive of Component 17, for which she is Women's Rights Chair. Member of the 'Cool Communities Campaign', helping organize organic gardening workshops for members. Sits on the Cross Component Committee of BCGEU and is rep at Victoria Labour Council. Has attended both BCGEU and BC Federation of Labour Conventions, speaking at the mikes and participating in committees. 30-year member of Amnesty International and regular writer on behalf of imprisoned union organizers. A member of the New Democratic Party of Canada and active in local community on civic and environmental issues.	BCGEU
	Sundgaard, Bo	Denmark	Organizer	PROSA
	Sutherland, Donald	Australia	National industrial officer	AMWU
	Sutherland, Steve	Canada	Local union president	CAWU
	Syed, Pirzada Imtiaz	Pakistan	Secretary General of the All Pakistan Federation of United Trade Unions, and National Secretary of the Pakistan Brick Kiln Labour Union. Has worked for the Electricity Workers and Bone Crushing Industries Workers for 35 years, again including a role as National Secretary. Combines executive responsibilities with a strong knowledge of workers' concerns from regular site visits and participation in delegates' meetings and conferences. In September 2005 was elected Secretary General of the national alliance “Labour Unity”.	APFUTU
	Syed, Zia	Pakistan	Union federation secretary	GFTU

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	Taylor, Cheri	Australia	Union branch secretary	NTEU
	Temple, Liz	Australia	Union organiser	CPSU
	Teppett, Ross	New Zealand	National union educator	EPMU
	Thomas, Edward	Australia	Press operator	AMWU
	Thompson, Glenn	Australia	Union official	AMWU
	Thompson, Kenneth	United Kingdom	Auxiliary nurse	Unison
	Thorn, Lachlan	Australia	Union organiser	CPSU
	Tindling, Michelle	New Zealand	Customer service rep	PSA
	Tirino, Ronald	United States	Educator	UFT
	Tiwow, Marcus Wenas	Indonesia	Unionist	FESDIKARI SBSI
	Todhunter, Dr Liz	Australia	Union research and policy officer	QNU
	Toff, Steven	United States	Union organizer / rep	NNU
	Treadwell, Paul	New Zealand	IT worker	AUS
	Treloar, Ian	Australia	Union organiser	CPSU
	Treen, Mike	New Zealand	Union organiser	Unite
	Tswaipe, Edward	Botswana	University lecturer	TAWU
	Tubach, Linda	United States	Teacher and Director, Collective Bargaining Education Project	AFT
	Tuluk, Cevdet	Germany	Galvaniser	IG Metall
	Twigg, Alex	New Zealand	Works for the NZ Partnership Resource Centre. Has worked in employment relations as advocate, mediator and arbitrator, and worked previously in South Africa in the areas of human rights litigation and promoting alternative dispute resolution. Alex has a keen interest in contributing to the growing "alternative story" of designing processes that contribute to positive workplace culture change, as well as interest-based collective bargaining and joint problem solving techniques.	PSA
	Twyford, Conor	New Zealand	Union campaign director, 'Quality public services'	PSA

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	Uehlein, Joe	United States	Musician / Organizer	AFM

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	Vaile, Vanessa	United States	Retired adjunct
	van Barneveld, Kristin	Australia	Union employee	CPSU
	Vandaele, Kurt	Belgium	Union institute researcher
	Vandenberg, Andrew	Australia	University lecturer	NTEU
	van Dongen, Jeanette	Netherlands	EU Works Council consultant and trainer	FNV
	Vazquez, Guillermo	United States	Union organizer	AFT
	Vithoulkas, Jean	Australia	Union writer	MEAA

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	Wadley, Eamon	United Kingdom	Postgrad student	Unison
	Waghorne, Mike	France	Now retired but formerly worked for Public Services International (PSI), the global union federation for public sector trade unions. Before that, worked for the New Zealand Public Service Association, NZ affiliate of PSI. Retains an interest in trade policy debates around the WTO, a former area of responsibility, as well as a general interest in quality public services and the objectives of public sector unions.
	Walton, Toby	United Kingdom	University worker
	Watson, John	France	Communications worker, builder, mechanic, caregiver, plumber, counselor, website developer, electrician and desktop publisher. Formerly communications worker for Public Services International, now working for the World Health Organisation and doing freelance work for the international union/NGO GAPS campaign and the global unions' HIV-Aids project.
	Weeks, Kathi	United States	Teacher
	Wells, Clare	New Zealand	Union policy advisor	PSA
	Whimp, Graeme	New Zealand	Unionist, PhD student	AUS
	White, Steve	United Kingdom	Firefighter and Fire Brigades Union official from East London. Steve is also a keen musician (BBC Reading called him "Walthamstow's answer to Billy Bragg"), who plays with "The Protest Family". He has a self-penned entry in the New Unionism Network's Solidarity Idol song quest (more).	FBU
	White, Whanau	New Zealand	Union education officer	EPMU & NDU
	Whitehouse, Robin	Canada	Construction worker	NTEU
	Whitley, Alan	New Zealand	Corrections officer	CANZ
	Wilson, Hugh	Australia	Student
	Wilson, Rand	United States	Union organizer / communications	AFL-CIO
	Wilson, Tom	United Kingdom	Trade union official	TUC
	Wiltrack, Bill	United States	Bill has been a member of five different unions throughout his lifetime. Presently an active member and Trustee with the Sheet Metal Workers Local #33 in Cleveland, Ohio. He has attended the George Meany Center-National Labor College and has been on the Organizing Committee of his local union. Bill looks at organized labor in a different way; as strange as it sounds he regards it as a religion. This has led him to advocate for a new system of organizing -- organizing from the inside-out -- which he hopes may lead organized labor to a new wave of interest by members and friends alike.	SMWIU
	Windelov, Keirsten	New Zealand	Trade union official, currently working with PSA in New Zealand, following work with Prospect in the UK. Prior to this she was a high school rep, a student rep, a teacher's rep, a parliamentary services staff rep, and a public services union rep. Along the way she obtained a law degree, which has been a help at times, and a fine sense of humour. In fact this network began with a joke she made.	PSA
	Windsor, Alan	New Zealand	Seafarer	MUNZ
	Woodruff Jr, John	United States	Union organizer	UE
	Woods, Oliver	New Zealand	Student / worker	AUSA
	Woods, Tiffany	Canada	Process consultant, MA student
	Wratten, Paul	New Zealand	Freelance technologist

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	Yaklin, Joshua	United States	Sudent / grocer	IWW
	Yeadon, Stella	Canada	Union communicator	CUPE

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	Zavitz, Carol	Canada	Union staff	ETFO
	Zutalors	Registered in Liberia	Agent provocateur. Zutalors (also known as Dogenes) joined the New Unionism network before our security procedures and initiation rituals were tightened up. As the only non-existent member, he/she/it is currently setting up a caucus to undermine our lack of structure. Please be very wary of anything this member has to say - Zutalors is clearly playing a devil's advocacy game, intending to provoke the maximum debate. You can contact The Secret Faction for the Non-Existent at: zutalors@newunionism.net	Only really yellow unions
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