Labor and Union News: Related Web Sites

  • Labor Arts - working to gather and display the cultural and artistic history of the labor movement and working people.
  • One Town, One Job - profile of low-wage America from NPR.
  • Online NewsHour: Labor and Politics - a look at the historical role of labor in elections.
  • Dirt Cheap - report on farm labor in California on how growers, labor contractors, regulators and others have failed to follow, enforce or enact laws to protect workers. From the Sacramento Bee, May 2001.
  • Labor Research Association (LRA) - non-profit research organization providing news and analysis covering the U.S. economy and labor movement.
  • Laborlink - employment law, labor organizations, labor related public policy issues, and more.
  • LawMemo.Com - provides articles, court activity and opinions covering employment law in the U.S..
  • National Labor Committee - human rights advocacy group, dedicated to promoting and defending the rights of workers.
  • Season in the Sun - series of articles by a writer who lived and worked as a San Joaquin Valley field laborer for more than five months in 2000. From the Fresno Bee.
  • Union Ring - webring for labor unions worldwide.
  • SafeWork: Programme on HIV/AIDS - get information and background material on AIDS in the workplace. From the UN's International Labor Organization.
  • Between a Rock and a Hard Place - a history of American sweatshops from 1920 to the present. From the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.
  • Worker Rights Consortium (WRC) - supports and verifies licensee compliance with Codes of Conduct that have been developed to ensure that goods are produced under conditions that respect the basic rights of workers.
  • No Sweat - Department of Labor program to help end sweatshop conditions for American workers with enforcement reports, shopping tips, and other resources.
  • Sweatshop Watch - coalition committed to eliminating the exploitation with updates on sweatshop offenses.
  • Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees (UNITE) - dedicated to organizing unions, stopping sweatshops, and improving conditions for workers and their families.
  • United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS) - international coalition devoted to stopping sweatshop labor.
  • Responsible Apparel Production (RAP) Program - initiative aimed at improving apparel industry working conditions worldwide. From the American Apparel Manufacturers Association.
  • Fingers to the Bone - report alleging that the United States fails to protect child farmworkers. From Human Rights Watch, June 2000.