Union Directory

Rotated Union Directory

World Wide Work newsletter
"the Latest" by Matt Witt

'world of work and labor law' bibliography

Book Reviews:

Summary Execution: the Seattle assassinations of ILWU leaders Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes

review of Steve Early's "Save Our Unions: dispatches from a movement in distress"

Finamore Review of "With God on Our Side" by Adam Reich

Before Their Time:The World of Child Labor by David Parker

Railroading Economics: Michael Perelman's Call for "the End of Economics"

How Internet Radio Can Change the World: An Activist's Handbook by Eric Lee, Labourstart

Charles Morris' Minority Union Bargaining reviewed by David Cohen, UE Rep

Review of "Naming the System" by Michael Yates

Labor Art and Culture:

Change to Win archive

Labor Culture, from Docs Populi

May Day 2008 Port Workers Poster for ILWU West Coast Stop Work Action

LaborFest 2006 Labor On The Move poster

Fasanella's Labor Art Slide Show On The Web

Labor Arts. A comprehensive museum site of labor art.

Breakthrough at 1st Latin American Working Class Film & Video Festival

Union Songs.

Cartoons du jour By Khalil.

UCS Labor Graphics Service: A monthly mailing of 30-40 labor cartoons,illustrations, spot drawings and other graphics for subscribing localunion editors. From Union Communication Services Inc.

Carol Simpson Productions Labor Cartoon Page. Weekly cartoons aimed at America's corporate establishment and its wholly owned subsidiary the U.S. Government. "Laughs guaranteed to gag your boss."

Building Bridges from WBAI radio.

Labor History:

Eclectic List of Events in U.S. Labor History compiled by Allen Lutins.

Labor Photographs:

Photos Of Chicago Teachers On Strike

Working Class Footprints in San Francisco Photos by Carl Finamore, IAM 1781

"One Way" by Steve Zeltzer

The Price of Fish, by Earl Dotter

Labor Poetry:

Christmas in the Trenches: JOYEUX NOEL (MERRY CHRISTMAS)

Twas the Night Before Christmas: A Poem For Woodfin Workers by Sarah Norr - Hotel organizer

One Sick Child, spouse parent Away From Being Fired by David G. Hurlburt, CWA 9410

"...that devil's madness--War."

Life At The Pulpmill and 3 others by labor poets

New Orleans by David Rovics - AFM

poem I am too poor to go to war. by david inkey, 12/15/03

Poets Against the War

Labor, Employment & Government
Statistics & Resources

Labor News Publications

Labor - Relevant Legislation & Legal Information

Mainstream But Useful News Sources

International Labor Information

Other Excellent Labor Resource Sites

General References

Labor, Employment and Government Statistics and Resources

• Bureau of Labor Statistics The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is the principal fact-finding agency for the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics.

• The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Web Site

• Occupational Safety and Health Administration - OSHA The government Web site for OSHA. The mission of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is to save lives, prevent injuries and protect the health of America's workers.

• The U.S. Census

• Economic Policy Institute The Economic Policy Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank that seeks to broaden the public debate about strategies to achieve a prosperous and fair economy.

• Walter P. Reuther Library The Walter P. Reuther Library is home to the Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs and the Wayne State University Archives.

• Center for Voting and Democracy. The Center is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that educates the public about the impact of voting systems on political representation, proportional representation, voter turnout, and the influence of money in elections.

Labor News Publications

• Left Business Observer. "Accumulation and its Discontents." Left Business Observer is an 8-page more-or-less monthly newsletter on economics and politics in the U.S. and the world at large. Founded in 1986, edited by Doug Henwood, a contributing editor of The Nation with a weekly program on WBAI radio (New York).

• Labor Activist Newsletter of the Democratic Socialists of America - Labor Solidarity Committee/Youth Section. The Democratic Socialists of America - Youth Section is dedicated to fostering an interest in the labor movement among young people. The aim of the Labor Solidarity Committee and the Labor Activist is to provide interesting and relevant information to organizers, rank-and-file activists, students, and educators.

• Migration News summarizes the most important immigration and integration developments during the preceding month. Topics are grouped by region: North America, Europe, Asia, and Other.

Labor - Relevant Legislation and Legal Information

• Cal Labor Code Protecting Political Rights California Statutes sec.1101-1106

• California State Senate Welcome to the Web site of the California State Senate! You can search and subscribe to bills and be kept up to date of all action via email. Great for tracking bills. Also with a link to the CA State Assembly.

• Library of Congress This spot houses, amongst tons of other legislation, some of the team work legislation that has gone down.

Mainstream But Useful News Sources

• San Jose Mercury News

• New York Times

• Los Angeles Times

International Labor Information

• United Electrical Workers' International Solidarity Site

• COSATU. The Congress of South African Trade Unions.

• Association for Progressive Communications APC is the most extensive global computer network in the world dedicated specifically to serving non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and citizen activists using the Internet for social change.

Other Excellent Labor Resource Sites

• U.S. Labor Against the War

• Economic Democracy Information Network (EDIN) The Economic Democracy Information Network (EDIN) is a project dedicated to expanding the voice of community organizations on the Internet. The EDIN Project is sponsored by UC-Berkeley's Center for Community Economic Research (CCER).

General Reference

• Virtual Reference Shelf A handy reference shelf with dictionary, thesaurus, Zip Codes, U.S. Census Info and more.