1021 Network Site Use Policy

PART I - GENERAL

Who and What is Covered by This Policy

SEIU 1021's online network (“1021 Network”) consists of a primary website and associated social media and networking sites. The 1021 Network Site Use Policy and Community Guidelines cover all SEIU 1021 staff and members who publish content to these sites ("users"), and all site visitors and users who post comments or use interactive features. Use of the sites constitutes agreement with the Policy and Guidelines. This posted policy is considered provisional until adopted by the SEIU 1021 Executive Board.

All site content in the 1021 Network is the intellectual property of SEIU Local 1021, and no use of the content for purposes contrary to the Constitution and Bylaws of Local 1021 shall be permitted.

This Site Use Policy and the Community Guidelines shall be permanently available on the SEIU 1021 website at seiu1021.org.

1021 Network

The 1021 Network consists of:

1) SEIU1021.org
Local 1021's home on the World Wide Web.

2) Facebook - facebook.com/seiu1021
Community relations and organizing.

3) Twitter - twitter.com/seiu1021 - @seiu1021 - #seiu1021
Political and labor news; news and live tweeting of SEIU 1021 campaign events.

4) YouTube - youtube.com/seiu1021
Video activism and gallery.

The 1021 Network also includes a variety of messaging, petition, survey and other interactive sites and platforms used in conjunction with these sites.

PART II - COMMUNICATIONS ACTION NETWORK (CAN)

The Communications Action Network represents the concerted, coordinated efforts of member communications activists and web stewards, communications staff, field staff and other staff and members to spread news and information throughout the local and to the public.

1021 Communications Department

The New Media Coordinator is site editor and primary system administrator of the 1021 Network and is responsible for coordinating its use, training users, implementing local-wide standards and practices, and ensuring the safety and integrity of the local's data and intellectual property in the network.

The Communications Director and communications staff are also site administrators. For some sites, services or programs, the Communications Department is responsible to the International Union, which maintains vendor contracts, makes programs available to locals, and manages local administrator accounts. Site administrators are trained and supported by the SEIU New Media Department and act as its representatives to ensure the safety and integrity of systems and data and compliance with the International's contracts.

A site administrator may block a user’s access if the administrator deems the user has willfully violated these policies or poses an immediate threat to system safety or integrity.

Web Stewards

Each SEIU 1021 chapter, committee, industry, region and council may have a home page (“chapter page” or "group") on the SEIU 1021 website and publish content to its own group. To this end, each may authorize one person — a "web steward" — to publish group content. Each is responsible for its own content and for updating its own group page.

For purposes of designating web stewards, membership bodies of three types exist within SEIU 1021: local-wide, industry/region/committee (“council”), and bargaining unit chapter. Web stewards may be designated for each type; there is no practical difference. Issue campaigns covering multiple jurisdictions may also have a group page and web steward. The terms “chapter,” “council” and “local-wide” are used to cover the following:

“Chapter” web stewards are designated for bargaining unit chapters of SEIU 1021 established under the Bylaws.

“Council” web stewards are designated for: issue campaigns, industry councils, county areas (regions), the 1021 Retiree Council and county/local retiree chapters, 1021 COPE and county COPE committees, the Social & Economic Justice Committee and SEJ solidarity committees.

“Local-wide” refers to 1021 Leadership Bodies (Executive Board and its committees, and other local-wide committees), and the Organizing, Education & Training, Research, Political and Communications departments.

Web stewards are designated by each body according to its own procedures and are answerable to that body for all group content and activity, but are responsible to the system and site administrators for abiding by this Site Use Policy. Web stewards must receive training from the Communications Department in order to receive a user account.

Web stewards agree to follow all conventions and other rules of use established by the administrators. Web stewards are responsible for approving, rejecting or responding to all comments submitted on their pages; and for approving or denying membership in their groups.

1021 Staff & Members

SEIU 1021 Staff should be cognizant of their staff role and responsibilities when using the 1021 Network or any social media and when practicable identify themselves as staff when posting or commenting on a 1021 Network site. Staff are not expected to identify themselves in every tweet, for instance.

All SEIU 1021 staff and members should be aware that their posts or comments on a 1021 Network or other site could have an impact on their current employment. All are advised to consult sources such as those below for guidance concerning social media and their jobs:

Workplace Fairness: "Your Rights: Off-duty Conduct"

SocialFish: Example of employee social media policy

Shift Communications: "Top 10 Guidelines for Social Media Participation"

PART III - INTERACTIVITY

The Communications Action Network supports local area independence while linking local campaigns to the 1021 Network so that news and activities are easily visible to all members. Sharing news and information is an important part of creating a shared identity and building our power as a local with more than 50,000 members covering nearly one-third of the state.

Facebook, Twitter, YouTube: Local Campaign Sites

Chapters, committees and local campaigns work together with the Communications Department to create social networking programs for specific campaigns and events.

Local campaign sites should include a tab or widget to promote sharing and activity on the SEIU 1021 Twitter, Facebook and YouTube sites.

Local campaigns are encouraged to use #seiu1021 and #hashtags of their own to promote the campaign and Local 1021 on Twitter.

On Facebook, local campaign sites should add SEIU 1021, SEIU, the SEIU CA State Council, the California Labor Federation and other Favorite sites to their own Favorites.

General Comment Policy

The general policy is to encourage freedom of expression, provided that users and visitors take individual responsibility for their own published words.

Site Visitors: Comments on published content may be subject to approval by a moderator before being posted to SEIU1021.org or any 1021 Network site that enables commenting. Comment posters are responsible for responding (or not) to comments on their own posts. All comments and posts may be removed by an administrator without notice if deemed to violate this Site Use Policy, in particular the "Prohibited Uses" (below).

Users: All web stewards and other members and staff with user accounts to a 1021 Network site who post to a blog, Wall or similar space on those sites are responsible for responding to comments on their own posts, i.e. users are considered the moderator for their own posts. In any moderated group or listserv, however, the group administrator is the moderator.

Prohibited Uses

No material may be published on SEIU1021.org or the 1021 Network that:

1) may be considered defamatory, libelous, obscene, uncivil, harassing, discriminatory or threatening;

2) infringes any person's copyright or other intellectual property rights;

3) violates another person's rights of privacy or publicity;

4) solicits any type of commercial or for-profit service or transaction;

5) violates union election rules or the SEIU 1021 Constitution or Bylaws;

6) violates state, federal or local laws concerning political campaign contributions.

Privacy Policy

SEIU 1021 follows the SEIU Privacy Policy.