External Links

 

AFL-CIO – www.afl-cio.org

National Center for Education Statistics   http://nces.ed.gov/

http://www.laborheritage.org – Labor Heritage

Bread and Roses Cultural Project - http://www.bread-and-roses.com/

Workers Arts and Heritage Centre - http://www.wahc-museum.ca/

http://thepumphandle.wordpress.com - The Pump Handle (a current events blog on workplace safety and health and public health issues)

http://oshaunderground.blogspot.com  - OSHA Underground (chronicles current events in workplace safety and health and provides a critical look at OSHA agency activities)

www.hazards.org - Hazards Magazine (provides a wealth of information on safety and health, issues, and strategies from unions and organizations around the world)

www.dclabor.org – Washington DC Metro Council

http://www.ilo.org/global/lang--en/index.htm: The International Labor Organization (ILO) is the tripartite UN agency that brings together governments, employers and workers of its member states in common action to promote decent work throughout the world.

http://www.unionstats.com/ : The Union Membership and Coverage Database is an Internet data resource providing private and public sector labor union membership, coverage, and density estimates compiled from the Current Population Survey (CPS), a monthly household survey, using BLS methods. 

http://www.h-net.org/~labor/: H-Labor is a member of H-Net, an independent international consortium of scholars hosted by Michigan State University. H-Labor is a moderated list open to scholars, students, teachers and librarians, and all who want to participate in an academic discussion of the history of workers and their organizations.

http://www.corpwatch.org/index.php: CorpWatch investigates and exposes corporate violations of human rights, environmental crimes, fraud and corruption around the world.

http://www.northlandposter.com/: online gallery and catalog store featuring the art of social justice, the tools of grassroots union organizing and labor activism, and the craft of union workers.

Dollars & Sense (a magazine with progressive analysis of current economic issues – for everyone who thinks economics has to be dry) – www.dollarsandsense.org

The Economic Policy Institute (a labor funded think tank with economic news, analysis, and proposals for improving the US economy for working people) – www.epi.org

United for a Fair Economy (a  website with lots of learning units for social activists on issues, ranging from economic inequality and taxes to global justice)   – www.faireconomy.org

The Quixote Center (a faith based economic justice organization focused on globalization, with links to other useful organizations that work on trade) – www.quixote.org

Registered Nurses Labor Studies Program, Michigan State University, School of Labor Relations - http://www.lir.msu.edu/distance_learning/index.php