{"id":25745,"date":"2015-10-27T12:50:50","date_gmt":"2015-10-27T16:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/?p=25745"},"modified":"2015-10-27T12:50:50","modified_gmt":"2015-10-27T16:50:50","slug":"president-at-workers-summit-encourages-use-of-new-organizing-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/president-at-workers-summit-encourages-use-of-new-organizing-tech\/","title":{"rendered":"President At Workers&#8217; Summit, Encourages Use of New Organizing Tech","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/800px-Official_portrait_of_Barack_Obama.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-25741\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/800px-Official_portrait_of_Barack_Obama-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"800px-Official_portrait_of_Barack_Obama\" \/><\/a>At a White House worker summit earlier this month President Barack Obama urged participants and other worker advocates to &#8220;think creatively&#8221; about how they might use mobile apps and the Internet.<br \/>\n&#8220;Technology actually can help,&#8221; Obama said, &#8220;in the same ways that in the past sometimes it&#8217;s hindered.&#8221; The president made specific mention of CoWorker.org\u00a0which enables workers to start petitions and campaigns around workplace issues. 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