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Labor Resources on the Web

Name URL Comments
Union Websites    
Organize Indiana Project http://www.organizeindiana.org A valuable resource for organizers and activists.
Indiana State Building Trades http://www.indianastatebuildingtrades.com General website for Indiana's building trades.
National Building Trades http://www.buildingtrades.org/  
National AFL-CIO http://www.aflcio.org/ Policy papers, news releases, organizing data and links.
Indiana AFL-CIO http://www.aflcio.gen.in.us/  
Indiana University Division of Labor Studies http://www.labor.iu.edu  
United Association for Labor Education http://www.uale.org/  
United Association for Labor Education http://www.erols.com/czarlab Ed maintains a good newsletter for our professional association.
   
State Government Websites    
Access Indiana http://www.ai.org/ Especially useful for tracking state legislative information.
     
Business and Labor Data    
Economic Policy Institute http://www.epinet.org/  
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities http://www.cbpp.org/  
Cornell Catherwood Industrial Relations Library http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library.html Contains reference material and links.
Dun and Bradstreet http://www.dnb.com/ Comprehensive corporate reports.
Executive Paywatch http://www.corpwatch.org/ Popular site. Good graphics with a big database.
Food and Allied Service Trades http://www.fastaflcio.org/ Has the excellent Manual of Corporate Investigation
Indiana Business Research Center http://www.ibrc.indiana.edu/ Economic data for Indiana.
Hoover’s Online http://www.hoovers.com/ Good site for corporate research.
Mulitnational Monitor http://www.essential.org/monitor Tracking corporate activity and labor issues.
Securities and Exchange Commission http://www.sec.gov/ Searchable database on SEC filings.
Wall Street Journal http://www.wsj.com/ Recommended for corporate research.
     
Labor Law    
National Labor Relations Board http://www.nlrb.gov  
American Civil Liberties Union http://www.aclu.org/issues/worker/hmwr.html Good workplace rights section.
Cornell Legal Information Institute http://fatty.law.cornell.edu/topics/topic2.html Has some employment law links.
Federal Labor Laws http://www.missouri.edu/~labored/97cntnts.html Federal labor law links
National Employment Lawyers Association http://www.nela.org Labor law links.
     
Humor    
Huck/Konopacki http://solidarity.com/hkcartoons Check out the JwJ comics.
Carol Simpson http://www.cartoonwork.com/ Cartoons and good links.
This Modern World http://www.well.com/user/tomorrow Tom Tomorrow’s excellent cartoons and links to other cartoon sites.
     
Labor History    
Labor History Map of Indianapolis http://www.labor.iu.edu/map/ A map highlighting the contributions of working people to the Indianapolis community.
Closing: The Life and Death of an American Factory http://www.emji.net/bamberger Photo documentary of a plant closing.
Eugene Debs Memorial http://www.eugenevdebs.com/ The famous Hoosier labor leader.
Haymarket http://cpl.lib.uic.edu/004chicago/timeline/haymarket.html The infamous fight in the 8 hour day movement.
Library of CongressAmerican Memory Collection http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amhome.html Extensive public domain photographic collection with work-related subjects.
National Archives and Records Administration http://www.nara.gov/exhall/exhibits.html Rotating exhibits. See the Activist section of A New Deal for the Arts.
Lewis Hine Photographs Lewis Hine Photographs
 Child labor exhibit.
     
Workers Rights Campaigns    
Campaign for Labor Rights http://www.summersault.com/~agj/clr Part of the anti-sweatshop movement.
Global Exchange http://www.globalexchange.org/ Organizing in the global economy
International Labor Org. http://www.ilo.org/ Links to labor organizations abroad.
Int’l Confederation of Free Trade Unions http://www.icftu.org/ Huge site with global worker rights info.
National Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice http://www.nicwj.org/index.html A network of faith communities. Original sponsor of Labor in the Pulpits.
National Labor Committee http://www.nlcnet.org/ Fighting for worker rights.
Sweatshop Watch http://www.sweatshopwatch.org/ Coalition to eliminate sweatshops exploitation.
The Worker Rights Consortium http://www.workersrights.org/ Colleges and universities monitoring effort to stop sweatshop production.
     
Federal Government Websites    
Bureau of Labor Statistics Homepage http://stats.bls.gov Various economic statistics. Contains searchable database.
Census Bureau homepage http://www.census.gov/ Census information.
Dept. of Labor Homepage http://www.dol.gov/ Publications and data.
Fedworld http://www.fedworld.gov/ Links to federal government sites.
Government Printing Office Access http://www.gpo.gov/ Info about federal government publications.
NLRB Homepage http://www.nlrb.gov/ A lot of data related to union organizing.
OSHA http://www.osha.gov/ Publications and data.
Thomas Legislative Information http://thomas.loc.gov/ Excellent congressional link.
     
Media Criticism    
Adbusters http://www.adbusters.org/ Fight advertising and media manipulation.
Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting http://www.fair.org/ Useful information on corporate media and its biases.
False Advertising http://parody.organique.com/ Making fun of advertising.
     
Think Tanks    
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities http://www.cbpp.org/ In-depth analysis of public policy issues like taxes and welfare.
Economic Policy Institute http://epinet.org/ Lots of good policy info.
Electronic Policy Network http://epn.org/ Links to organizations dealing with national policy and politics. A well crafted site.
Hudson Institute http://www.hudson.org/ Right-wing think tank located in Indy.
Indiana Economic Development Council http://www.iedc.org/ Take a look at the official state economic development plan.
     
Employer Associations    
National Association of Manufacturers http://www.nam.org/ The original anti-union; anti-sweatshop organization.
Indiana Chamber of Commerce http://www.indianachamber.com/  
National Right to Work Committee http://www.nrtw.org/home.htm Eliminate “compulsory unionism.”
Labor Policy Association http://www.lpa.org/policy/index.asp Anti-union lobbying group.
     
General Activism    
âTMARK http://rtmark.com/sickday.html Phone in sick!
Institute for Global Communications Labor Net http://www.labornet.org/ A comprehensive labor site. Extensive links and its free.
Jay’s Leftist & Progressive Resources Directory http://www.neravt.com/left/ Wide variety of news on international activism and labor solidarity. Many links.
Jobs with Justice http://www.jwj.org/ Community coalitions to support worker rights.
Center for Responsive Politics http://www.opensecrets.org/ Tracks political contributions.
The Right Side of the Web http://www.rtside.com/ Conservative politics. “They” won so the website apparently is shut down.
Turn Left the Home of Liberalism http://www.turnleft.com/ One of the best political websites. Many useful and humorous links.
WebActive http://www.webactive.com/ Great multimedia links for activists.
United for a Fair Economy http://www.ufenet.org/ Economic activism.
IWW Homepage http://iww.org/ Much more information and links than you might guess. A good site.
CWA http://www.c wa-union.org/resources/ I’m an associate member. Link to web resources.

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