Friday 15 August 2008

The Berlin edition of the Tageszeitung was lying on the breakfast table this morning, with a full page article about the /Unvermittelt campaign. Taz online had a reduced version of the article.
Other news relating to our quest on the relation between jobs and public good came from a court case in the US, where a judge considered open source licensing as valuable as copyright. This means that people who make free software, can now sue companies who use that free work to make a profit. Very import in the discussion between sharing and money-making.
The /Unvermittelt campaign started today with a Kundgebung which is a typically German form of expressing your  views on the street in a parade-like demonstration. Festive despite the awful weather.
Today was also when we picked up the phone and started calling large corporations about their policy towards labour and jobs. We first contacted Volkswagen, who on their website promote  an innovative employment policy as one of their core values. Much to our surprise the whole human resources management is outsourced to another company. To be continued on Monday.  The call to Lufthansa was almost the opposite, where the number on the website lead us to the person who does  job interviews for cabin crew and check in staff. Also some leads to be continued next week.  Tomorrow: first interview!