Posted on June 24th, 2008 by Johninnit Ni
Do you have some land in SL? A little place you call your own, that could do with a pot plant to brighten it up? Well, help is at hand in the form of our new baby Tanabata tree. This dinky little potted bamboo is part of a Japanese tradition practiced every July, where people tie up their wishes for the year ahead.
This year the festival of Tanabata coincides with Japan hosting the G8, so this tree is a campaign action. As more people sign the Global Call to Action Against Poverty’s wish petition, their wishes will be beamed by the magic of XML (scripted by QA Computing’s prodigiously talented David Boelke) onto your Tanabata tree.
Please take one from Union Island (you can’t miss it - under the giant Tanabata we have), and stick it in your own home. If you know anyone or any groups that would like one too, it’s free, so please feel free to circulate as much as you like, and help spread the message of the campaign, so we get a great result to send to the Japanese Prime Minister at the start of the G8 summit.
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Posted on June 21st, 2008 by Johninnit Ni
Amidst the growing violence and intimidation in the run-up to the Zimbabwean election, the leaders of Zimbabwe’s union movement, Lovemore Matombo and Wellington Chibebe have been arrested for speaking out about the situation, and are being tried on Monday 23 June.
Unions around the world will be taking actions on Monday, in support of Wellington and Lovemore. Come to Union Island at 3pm GMT (4pm CET, 7am SLT) to meet campaigners and find out what you can do to help. We’ll also be unveiling a giant mural of Lovemore and Wellington in Second Life, made up from 2,000 photos of unionists from around the world.
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Posted on June 16th, 2008 by Unionisland Republic
Nice article from Union Island partner union Unison, who have written a round-up of new web techniques being used by unions around the UK and in other countries. You can read “Cyberspace - the final frontier” at the Unison site here.
Also for our Japanese readers, here’s an article on our Tanabata action from Japanese SL news service The Second Times.
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Posted on June 3rd, 2008 by Johninnit Ni
Tanabata is an old Japanese custom practiced on 7 July each year. You think of your wishes for the coming year, and tie them to a bamboo, sharing them with everyone else. This year Tanabata time coincides with the G8 Summit in Japan, and Global Call for Action Against Poverty (the campaign formerly known as Make Poverty History) is inviting people to submit their wishes for the G8, to be formed into a petition to the Japanese Prime Minister, as the summit opens. You can now take part in Second Life™ too. We’ve put a Tanabata tree on Union Island, and just so you don’t miss it, we’ve made it a BIG one.
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Posted on June 3rd, 2008 by Johninnit Ni
Unions and campaign organisations under the banner of the Global Call to Action Against Poverty are using the campaign power of the web and virtual world Second Life™ to call on the leaders of the G8 to meet their promises to fight poverty and inequality. Read more »
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Posted on June 3rd, 2008 by Unionisland Republic
Tonight (or this afternoon - or tomorrow morning, depending on where you are) is the June meeting for the Union Island User Group. Read more »
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Posted on May 30th, 2008 by Johninnit Ni
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Posted on May 14th, 2008 by Johninnit Ni
A great evening last night thanks to science fiction author Terrance Dicks, who came by Union Island to launch his new book “Revenge of the Judoon”. It’s an original Doctor Who novel, in the union-backed Quick Reads series, aimed at helping more people in the UK to start to enjoy reading for pleasure. Read more »
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Posted on May 8th, 2008 by Johninnit Ni
Thanks to everyone who came along to Union Island for the User Group session, even if we didn’t all make it to the same place at the same time! 
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Posted on May 6th, 2008 by Unionisland Republic
Everyone’s welcome to the Union Island User Group meeting at 8pm GMT (12 noon SLT, 9pm CET) tonight, Tuesday 6 May. Read more »
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