Today was the first full day of the HTUP. Highlights included a session with Tom Kochan at MIT, who took us through an overview of the challenges facing unions in the US and around the world. The central point of his presentation that 'more of the same' isn't going to be enough if unions are serious about restoring effective worker representation - and that new organising and recruitment strategies need to be complemented by a new vision capable of resonating with non-union workers. He also stressed the need for unions to identify and develop new sources of power to support workplace organising; to under go comprehensive structural reform; and to build sustainable aliances with community and other groups.