Helpful Labor-Related Web Sites

• AFL-CIO -- national federation of 54 unions representing 10 million members.
• Change to Win --national federation of seven unions representing 6 million members.
• American Federation of Government Employees
• AFSCME
• American Federation of Teachers
• American Postal Workers Union
• Service Employees International Union
• Teamsters
• UNITEHERE
• Building Trades and Construction Department AFL-CIO
• United Automobile Workers
• United Steelworkers
• United Food & Commercial Workers
• Utility Workers Union of America
• Communications Workers of America
• Canadian Autoworkers
• United Electrical Workers - Mexican Labor Solidarity Network. The UE works with independent unions in Mexico. This site contains good updates on the Mexican labor movement and cross border solidarity.
• American Center for International Labor Solidarity
• Metropolitan Detroit AFL-CIO
• Michigan AFL-CIO
• American Rights at Work -- research and advocacy for the right of workers to organize.

Labor-Allied Groups

• Working America --Set up by the AFL-CIO as a way non-union workers and retirees can connect to organized labor and engage in political action around worker issues.
• Jobs with Justice -- Labor-community coalition supporting worker rights and organizing.
• Interfaith Worker Justice -- National network of faith-based groups organized around supporting worker struggles.
• United Students Against Sweatshops -- fighting for sweatshop free labor conditions and workers' rights.
• Tradeswomen Now and Tomorrow (TNT)-- a national coalition of tradeswomen's organizations and advocates.
  

• LaborNet -- a network of labor communications with labornets now in the U.S, Canada, the United Kingdom, Austria, Germany, Korea, and elsewhere.
• Workers Independent News Serivce -- Independent radio by workers, for workers. Listen to programs on the web.
• LaborArts -- Online collection of art celebrating U.S. labor history.
• The National Labor Committee for Worker & Human Rights -- Publicizes abuses of workers abroad, and pressures American companies to improve conditions.
• Workers Rights Consortium -- this group works with student groups and unions to pressure companies to respect basic worker rights and monitor their foreign factories.
• Behind the Label - a site sponsored by the UNITEHERE union that highlights international solidarity and struggles for worker rights.
• Global Exchange -- Information about the global economy and campaigns to change it.
• U.S./ Labor Education in the Americas Project -- .supports economic justice and basic rights for workers in Central America, South America, the Carribean, and Mexico.
• Labor Notes -- a non-profit organization of union activists that sponsors a monthly publication, conferences, and other publications.
• Association for Union Democacy -- promotes internal union democracy.
• U.S. Labor Against the War -- works to end the U.S. occupation of Iraq and for a just U.S. foreign policy that respects and promotes workers rights.
• ACORN -- web site for the national Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now -- a key player in living wage organizing and labor-community coalitions.
• South End Press -- publishers of books devoted to social change
• Working Life -- useful website maitained by Jonathan Tasini of the National Writers Union.
• Big Labor -- resources for union activists by Union Communicatin Services Inc.
• Unions.Org -- a company which maintains a large on-line database on union services and companies which service union members.

• United Association for Labor Education -- national organization of university-based and union-based labor educators.
• The Labor Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst -- union-oriented master's program.
• National Labor College -- union-oriented bachelor's and master's programs.
• University of Windsor Labour Studies

• Wayne State University home page
• Douglas A. Fraser Center for Workplace Issues
• Center for Urban Studies
• Reuther Library
• Masters of Industrial Relations

• Grand Valley State Arbitrations -- has several Michigan public sector grievance awards, summaries of the awards, arbitrator and fact finder resumes, and numerous relevant links.
• Cornell ILR LiIbrary's Research Portal
• Economic Policy Institute -- a labor-supported reseach think tank.
• Center for Economic and Policy Research -- a labor-friendly research think tank.
• Institute for Policy Studies -- a labor-friendly research think tank.
• UC Berkely Labor Center -- helpful research, videos and other resources
• Labor and Employment Relations Association -- leading organization in the U.S. for labor realtions researchers and practioners.
• Michigan Prospect -- labor-friendly research and policy analysis for Michigan.
• Working for America Institute -- allied with the AFL-CIO to promote High Road, pro-union business practices.

International Labor-Related Sites

• Federal Government Sites Index
• OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
• U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission -- Go to "search for company filings" to search for company reports, such as the "10-K/A" annual report and the "DEF 14A" proxy statement to shareholders, which will give helpful financial information, compensation of top officers, legal action, accessment of operations, etc.
• U.S. Department of Labor
• Office of Labor-Management Standards -- Under Internet Public Disclosure Room you can download required financial filings of unions, union officers, and employer and labor relations consultants.
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• National Labor Relations Board
• Federal Mediation and Concilliation Services
• Michigan State and Local Government on the Web