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- KC Labor - An Internet port-of-entry for working people. Original content includes Labor Advocate, a monthly online newsletter. Resource pages feature hundreds of links on labor unions, labor solidarity, labor law, labor safety, labor culture, labor history, social security, health care, globalization, the environment and transit labor.
- Institute of Industrial Relations Library (IIRL) - Univ. of California, Berkeley - The IIR Library collects information in multiple disciplines and formats about employment and workplace issues. Particular strengths of the collection are labor history, labor and culture, labor and the arts, labor relations, organization studies, international labor issues, trade unionism and collective bargaining. Hours and location, policies, recent acquisitions, art exhibits, labor graphics database, and links to other Berkeley-affiliated labor websites.
- Mexico's Labor Law and Labor Unions in the 1990s - Academic journal article studies the labor market's non-adjustment to changing conditions in the 1980s and 1990s, noting the broad union membership in the country and the government's ability to flexibly interpret labor laws.
- Agricultural Labor Management - Agricultural Labor Management offers a number of resources to farm employers, academia, consultants, and the press on farm labor.
- The Institute for Labor Studies - A Kansas City based labor education program offering credit and non credit courses for union members and the general public. Sponsors a radio show: the Heartland Labor Forum.
- Eastern Missouri Laborers' District Council - Unionized construction craft laborers and contractors. Affiliated with the Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA).
- MGBS Comprehensive Listing of Labor Links - Links to unions, both inside and outside the US, labor disputes, boycotts, and other labor-related sites.
- The Laborers Network - Site containing information on LIUNA locals and district councils, Labor Management reports, Trusteeships, Election officer rulings, Independent Hearing Officer and Appellate Officer reports-as well as newspaper magazine articles about the Laborers International Union of North America.
- Chicago Federation of Labor - The central labor body for over 300 Chicago area unions affiliated with the AFL-CIO (American Federation of Labor - Congress of Industrial Organizations. The membership of these unions exceeds 500,000. Site includes local labor news, links, and real audio.
- California Laborers/Employers Cooperation and Education Trust - LECET is a joint labor-management trust-fund with a mission to generate business opportunities for union contractors and job opportunities for members of the Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA).
Wikipedia Articles
- American Center for International Labor Solidarity - The American Center for International Labor Solidarity (ACILS), better known as the Solidarity Center, is a non-profit organization established in 1997 by the AFL-CIO, the labor federation that represents 9 million working men and women in the United States, to assist unions and workers around the world. The Solidarity Center was created through the consolidation of four labor institutes: the American Institute for Free Labor Development, the Asian-American Free Labor Institute, the ...
- Core Labor Standards - Core Labor Standards (or 'CLS') are the baseline standards for labor setup by the International Labor Organization (ILO). The baseline standards include: freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining; the elimination of forced and compulsory labor; the abolition of child labor; and the elimination of discrimination in the workplace.
- American Labor Union - When the Western Labor Union (WLU), a labor federation formed by the Western Federation of Miners, decided to overtly challenge the American Federation of Labor (AFL) in 1902, it changed its name to the American Labor Union (ALU). The ALU was created because the WFM wanted a class-wide labor body with which to affiliate.
- Journal of Labor Economics - The Journal of Labor Economics, published by the University of Chicago Press presents international research examining issues affecting the economy as well as social and private behavior. Its contributors investigate various aspects of labor economics, including supply and demand of labor services, personnel economics, distribution of income, unions and collective bargaining, and labor markets and demographics.
- National Labor Union - The National Labor Union was the first national labor federation in the United States. Founded in 1866 and dissolved in 1872, it paved the way for other organizations, such as the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor.