A. Philip Randolph Institute (Washington, D.C.) - "The Home for Black Trade Unionists". ACORN Africa Labor Links AFL-CIO Alberta Federation of Labour Alliance Graphics (Berkeley, California) - "Your One-Stop Shop for All Union/Made in USA Products" American Civil Liberties Union Workplace Rights American Labor History: An Online Study Guide Asian Pacific AmericanLabor Alliance (Washington, D.C.) Asian Women Workers Newsletter (Hong Kong) - Quarterly Publication by Committee for Asian Women (CAW) Association for Union Democracy (Brooklyn, New York) - "is a pro-labor, non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the principles and practices of democratic trade unionism in the North American labor movement. It is the premise of AUD that internal democracy makes unions stronger and better able to fight for the rights and interests of working people. No other organization is dedicated solely to advancing the democratic rights of union members." Boston Bull's Union News Boycott Nike Home Page Bread and Roses Cultural Project - "is the not-for-profit cultural arm of Local 1199, the National Health and Human Services Employees Union." Bureau of Labor Statistics (U.S. Government) Campaign for Labor Rights: Grassroots Mobilizing Department of the U.S. Anti-Sweatshop Movement - "It is the mission of the Campaign for Labor Rights (CLR) to mobilize grassroots support throughout the United States to promote economic and social justice by campaigning to end labor rights violations around the world. CLR educates about, and advocates against, the underlying causes of the global sweatshop. Its campaign strategies are designed in collaboration with workers struggling to gain the right to organize, the right to earn a living wage in a clean, safe work environment, and the right to bargain collectively with their bosses. Through these campaigns CLR's goal is to empower workers." Canadian Association of Labour Media - "helps its members produce their newsletters, web sites and other publications." Canadian Auto Workers (CAW/TCA) Canadian Committee on Labour History Catherwood Library (Cornell University School of Labor and Industrial Relations) The Center for Community Change (Washington D.C.) The Center for Labor and Community Research (Chicago, Illinois) - "was founded in 1982 by local union and community leaders in reaction to the wave of plant closings and the impact this had on local communities and labor negotiations. . . .Today, CLCR is a consulting and research organization that specializes in new approaches to community development, having a particular expertise in manufacturing and creating effective partnerships between labor, community, and business." Center for Labor Education and Research (University of Hawaii) The Center for Labor Renewal - "is an ever expanding circle of activists and ideas dedicated to combining different threads of working class organizing and activism for the transformation and renewal of labor as a progressive social movement in this country and internationally." Center for Labor Research and Studies (Florida International University) Centre for Labour Studies (Simon Fraser University) Change to Win: Uniting Workers for a Better America Chelmsford and District Trade Union Council (UK) China Labour Bulletin (Hong Kong) Clean Clothes Campaign - "Improving working conditions in the global garment industry." Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) - "is not a black separatist or civil rights organization. It is the fiercely independent voice of black workers within the trade union movement, challenging organized labor to be more relevant to the needs and aspirations of Black and poor workers." Coalition of Immokalee Workers (Florida) - "is a community-based worker organization. Our members are largely Latino, Haitian, and Mayan Indian immigrants working in low-wage jobs throughout the state of Florida." Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) - "s America's only national organization for union women. Formed in 1974, CLUW is a nonpartisan organization within the union movement. The primary mission of CLUW is to unify all union women in a viable organization to determine our common problems and concerns and to develop action programs within the framework of our unions to deal effectively with our objectives." Connecticut Center for a New Economy - "To redress the growing effects of social and economic inequality, the Connecticut Center for a New Economy seeks to inform, engage, and organize the communities that are most directly affected so that they will be able to impact economic and social policy and practices that are devastating to their own families and livelihoods." Connecticut Working Families - " is a coalition of labor unions, community organizations and neighborhood activists who have come together because we believe that we can create a Connecticut that works for all of us, not just the wealthy and well connected." Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) - "was founded in 1985. Since then COSATU has been in the forefront of the struggle for democracy and workers' rights. . .COSATU is a partner in the Tripartite Alliance together with the African National Congress and the South African Communist Party. CREED--The Campaign for Real, Equitable Economic Development (Campaña para el Verdadero Desarrollo Económico Equitatívo) (New York City) The Cyber Picket Line -- A directory of over 1,000 unions around the world. Debs-Jones-Douglass Institute (DJDI) (Washington, D.C.) -- "is the non-profit 501(c)(3) educational and cultural arm of the Labor Party. Named for labor champions Eugene V. Debs, Mother Jones and Frederick Douglass, DJDI's mission is to assist in the establishment of a society in which equality of opportunity and citizenship is assured, through providing education using the fullest range of methods, curricula and delivery systems." Disgruntled: The Business Magazine for People Who Work for a Living East Bay [California] Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (EBASE) -- "is building a movement to end low-wage poverty and create economic equity in the East Bay. We work to raise labor standards, increase fairness in the workplace, and expand economic opportunity to all communities." An Eclectic List of Events in U.S. Labor History Economic Democracy Information Network (EDIN) - "a project dedicated to expanding the voice of community organizations on the Information Superhighway. . . sponsored by UC-Berkeley's Center for Community Economic Research (CCER) Economic Policy Institute: Research for Broadly-Shared Prosperity (Washington, D.C.) Education International -- "the world's largest educators' federation representing 24 million members through its 296 member organisations." The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) Executive PayWatch (AFL-CIO) Fair Labor Association (FLA) (Washington, D.C.) - "The FLA represents a multi-stakeholder coalition of companies, universities and NGOs. . .These companies have committed to a rigorous program of Workplace Standards implementation, monitoring and remediation in order to bring their manufacturing sites into compliance with FLA standards." The Farmworker Association of Florida - " is a strong multi-ethnic, economically viable organization with a solid 20-year history of leadership development and effective action for social change. The mission of the Association is to empower farmworker and rural poor communities to respond to and gain control over the social, political, economic, workplace, health, and environmental justice issues that affect their lives." Florida May Day Federation Freelancers Union Front Range Economic Strategy Center (FRESC) (Denver, Colorado) -- "is a non-profit organization that works to maximize the benefits of economic development for communities and working families. FRESC utilizes research, policy and organizing to advocate for development that expands affordable housing, creates family-sustaining jobs, and ensures a safe and high quality of life. FRESC works in partnership with community, labor, and conservation organizations, as well as community residents to achieve these goals." Garment Workers Center/El Centro de Trabajadores de Costura (Los Angeles) Gary Johnson's BraveNewWorkWorld & NewWork News General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions (GEFONT) George Meany Memorial Archives (Silver Springs, Maryland) Georgetown Solidarity Committee - "is an organization of students taking action to support struggles of workers on our campus and around the world!" The Global Labour Directory of Directories (Labour Start) Global March against Child Labour (New Delhi) - "is a movement to mobilise worldwide efforts to protect and promote the rights of all children, especially the right to receive a free, meaningful education and to be free from economic exploitation and from performing any work that is likely to be harmful to the child's physical, mental, spiritual, moral or social development." Good Jobs First (Washington, D.C.) -- "is the nation's leading resource center for grassroots groups and public officials seeking to make economic development subsidies more accountable and effective. We also promote smart growth policies that enhance the well-being of working families." H-Labor Discussion Network - "a member of H-Net Humanities & Social Sciences OnLine. H-labor is particularly interested in fostering international discussion of labor history topics. It also recognizes that teaching the history of workers entails maintaining some knowledge of working people and their unions today." Hard Miles Music: Folk Music & Labor Unions - "is devoted to restoring folk music and art to their rightful status within the labor movement. We are an independent record label presenting music which springs from the hearts of those who have traveled down life's highway." The Harvard Living Wage Campaign - "a campaign to eradicate poverty wages at harvard -- because workers can't eat prestige." Holt Labor Library (San Francisco) Hoosier Slim's Wobbly Homepage Human Rights for Workers: Globalization and Its Impact On Working Men and Women IG Metall (Germany) The Illinois Labor History Society (Chicago) Interfaith Worker Justice (Chicago, Illinois) - " is a network of people of faith that calls upon our religious values in order to educate, organize and mobilize the religious community in the United States on issues and campaigns that will improve wages, benefits and conditions for workers, and give voice to workers, especially low-wage workers." International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (Brussels) International Federation of Building and Woodworkers (IFBWW) The International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers Unions (ICEM) International Federation of Commercial, Clerical, Professional, and Technical Employees (FIET) International Federation of Journalists International Labour Organization (ILO) International Federation Workers Education Associations International Metal Workers Association (IMF) International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Associations (IUF) International Institute of Social History (Amsterdam) - "was founded in 1935. It is one of the world's largest documentary and research institutions in the field of social history in general and the history of the labour movement in particular. Most of the collections are open to the public." International Labor and Working-Class History International Labor Rights Fund (Washington, D.C.) - "is an advocacy organization dedicated to achieving just and humane treatment for workers worldwide. ILRF serves a unique role among human rights organizations as advocates for and with working poor around the world." International Labour Organization (ILO) International Trade Union Federations and Labour Organizations in Asia Pacific (CAPRN) Inventory of American Labor Landmarks - "is a catalog of sites in the United States commemorating the history and heritage of America's workers. These include: monuments, memorials, historic markers, union halls, historic buildings, restored dwellings, public sculpture, museums, history tours, heritage projects, preservation areas, and murals." IWW Australia IWW Canada IWW U.S. IWW UK Japan International Labour Foundation (JILAF) The Japan Institute of Labour Jobs with Justice - "engages workers and allies in campaigns to win justice in workplaces and in communities where working families live. JwJ was founded in 1987 with the vision of lifting up workers’ rights struggles as part of a larger campaign for economic and social justice." KC Labor (Kansas City, Missouri) Know Your Pension - "is an independent organization committed to providing you with the tools, resources and information you need to insure the health of your pension funds. One of the biggest domestic problems facing Americans today is the integrity of our pensions in the face of accounting misconduct, lack of disclosure, and outright abuse of the current system. As a pension holder, you should actively protect yourself and our mission is to help." Korea Confederation of Trade Unions Korea International Labour Foundation (KOILAF) Korea Women Workers Associations United The Labor Center (University of Massachusetts-Amherst) Labor/Community Strategy Center (Los Angeles) - "a multiracial anticorporate "think-tank/act-tank" committed to building democratic internationalist social movements. The Strategy Center's work encompasses all aspects of urban life: it emphasizes rebuilding the labor movement, fighting for environmental justice, truly mass transit, and immigrant rights, as well as actively opposing the growing criminalization, racialization, and feminization of poverty." Labor Beat Videos - "An independent rank-and-file labor forum. Producers of labor television and radio. Advocates for labor media." The Labor Cartoons of Gary Huck and Mike Konopacki Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA) - " is a national organization representing the interests of approximately 1.7 million Latino/a trade unionist throughout the United States and Puerto Rico." The Labor Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.) - "works to strengthen the labor movement through the use of music and the arts." Labor History Labor Issues in Latin America (LANIC) The Labor Research Association (LRA) - "is a New York City-based non-profit research and advocacy organization that provides research and educational services for trade unions." Labor versus Capital in the New World Order Labour and Trade Union Page (Australia) Labour Left Briefing Links Page (UK) LaborNet (Australia) LabourNet (Austria) LabourNet (Germany) LabourNet in Spanish (La Red Obrera) LabourNet (UK) LaborNet (US) - "Global online communication since 1991 for a democratic, independent labor movement." Labour Start - "Where trade unionists start their day on the Net" Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE) - "At LAANE, we are committed to building a new economy that restores the American dream of fair wages and benefits in return for hard work. We believe that jobs in growing industries which cannot be exported, including those in the fast-growing service sector, must serve as the foundation for rebuilding a strong and vibrant middle class. LAANE has created an exciting new model for improving the lives of working men and women and building healthy communities. Integrating policy, research, community organizing and communications, we have helped win living wages and better job opportunities for tens of thousands of workers and more sustainable communities for residents throughout the Los Angeles region." Maquila Solidarity Network (MSN) (Toronto) - "is a labour and women's rights advocacy organization promoting solidarity with grassroots groups in Mexico, Central America, and Asia working to improve conditions in maquiladora factories and export processing zones. We believe retailers must be accountable for the conditions under which their products are made." Maquiladora Health & Safety Support Network (Berkeley, California) - "is a volunteer network of 400 occupational health and safety professionals who have placed their names on a resource list to provide information, technical assistance and on-site instruction regarding workplace hazards in the 3,000 "maquiladora" (foreign-owned assembly) plants along the U.S.-Mexico border." National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) National Labor College (AFL-CIO) (Silver Spring, Maryland) National Labor Committee (New York City) - Education Fund in Support of Worker and Human Rights in Central America The National Mobilization against Sweatshops (NMASS) (New York City) - "is a workers membership organization that was founded by young working people in 1996 in New York City. Now, in 2004, we have two Workers' Centers -- one in Brooklyn and one in the Lower East Side of Manhattan -- and members and supporters all over the country." No Sweat (UK) - "Fighting sweatshop bosses, all around the world" Northwest Labor Press (Portland, Oregon) - "delivers news, views and information about organized labor, focusing on issues that impact union members in the Pacific Northwest." Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) The Partnership for Working Families (California) Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania Labor Legacy (University of Pittsburgh Library) Pride at Work - "The purpose of Pride At Work is to mobilize mutual support between the organized Labor Movement and the LGBT Community around organizing for social and economic justice." Public Services International (PSI) - "Representing public sector unions globally." Red Robin's Labor History Pages Report Digital -- British political and labor photography Service Employees Industrial Union (SEIU) SocioSite: Social Inequality and Classes Solidarity.com: Wisconsin's Link to Labor Solidarity with Korea Labour Movement Links Student Labor Action Project (SLAP) - "is a joint initiative of Jobs with Justice and the United States Student Association that engages student organizations in economic justice campaigns." Student Labor Action Project (SLAP) - University of Vermont Sweatshop Watch Tamiment Institute Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives - A center located at New York University for scholarly research on anarchism, communism labor history, socialism, utopian experiments, women's movements, struggles for civil rights and liberties, and other radical activities. Tampa Bay Wobblies Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU) - "Founded in 1976, Teamsters for a Democratic Union is a grassroots, membership organization of Teamsters, working to build a stronger, more democratic Teamsters Union." The Trade Union Congress (U.K.) - "With member unions representing over six and a half million working people, we campaign for a fair deal at work and for social justice at home and abroad." UNI Global Union/Union Network International The Union Art Service (Toronto) Union Communication Services, Inc. - "UCS publishes STEWARD ADVICE, LABOR NEWS and GRAPHICS that help progressive union leaders rally their members and build their unions." Union Resource Network The Unions at Yale Unions.org - "is a union members directory of businesses that provide discounts to members. Unions.org is the largest directory for Labor Unions. The directory is organized by state and by Union." UNISON: The Public Service Union (UK) Unite Here! - "(formerly the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees) and HERE (Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union) merged on July 8, 2004 forming UNITE HERE. The union represents more than 450,000 active members and more than 400,000 retirees throughout North America. UNITE HERE boasts a diverse membership, comprised largely of immigrants and including high percentages of African-American, Latino, and Asian-American workers. The majority of UNITE HERE members are women." United Asoociation for Labor Education (UALE) - "was founded on April 15, 2000 in Milwaukee, WI, from the merger of two predecessor organizations, the University and College Labor Educators Association (UCLEA), and Workers Education Local 189 (WEL 189). We aim to take the best of both organizations into the new millennium." United Auto Workers (UAW) United Auto Workers (UAW) New Directions Movement The United Campaign to Repeal the Anti-Trade Union Laws (UK) United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers (UE) United for a Fair Economy (Boston, Massachusetts) - "raises awareness that concentrated wealth and power undermine the economy, corrupt democracy, deepen the racial divide, and tear communities apart. We support and help build social movements for greater equality." United Mine Workers of America U.S. Dept. of Labor U.S. Labor and Industrial History Audio Archive (University of Albany) United Students Against Sweatshops Vermont Livable Wage Campaign Vermont Workers' Center (Montpelier) - "is a democratic, member-run organization dedicated to organizing for workers' rights and living wages for all Vermonters." XPDNC Labour Directory - "Help us to enlarge the most comprehensive human-retrieved labour directory on the web!" Walter P. Reuther Library (Detroit) - "is home to the Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs and the Wayne State University Archives. It collects, preserves and provides access to the heritage of the American labor movement and related reform movements of the twentieth century. The collection also includes urban affairs, with particular focus on the history of metropolitan Detroit." Workday Minnesota - " is a collaborative effort of the Labor Education Service and the Minnesota AFL-CIO on behalf of working people in Minnesota." Working Partnerships USA (San Jose, California) - "was formed in 1995 in response to the widening gap between Silicon Valley's prosperous employers and the well being of much of the region's workforce. Today, Working Partnerships is a unique collaboration among labor unions, religious groups, educators and other community-based organizations that crafts innovative solutions to the problems of the New Economy." Working TV: Labour News on Television (Vancouver) Workplace: A Journal for Academic Labor