Business - Labor
Metasites
General Web Sites
- Catherwood Library of Industrial and Labor Relations
Make note of the Electronic Archives, a collection of full text publications, mainly government reports on employee-employer relations from Cornell University, Catherwood Library, one of the foremost labor libraries; also note the Kheel Center, a labor-management archives.
- Glossary of Labor and Legal Terminology
Straight forward dictionary of related terms, with only a handful of links. Unfortunately color scheme of black background makes it hard on the eyes.
- Holt Labor Library: Labor Studies and Radical History
Search the library's card catalog or take advantage of their internet links. As its name states heavily focused on labor as one of the radical movements in U.S. history. A solid listing of nearly 40 U.S. and Canadian labor libraries and archives.
- Institute for Industrial Relations
From the University of California, Berkeley includes its various centers, community outreach and research, publications and internet resources.
- International Labour Organization
"Promote and realize standards, fundamental principles and rights at work"
- Labor History Hot Links
From the School of Labor and Industrial Relations at Michigan State University, a simple not too long, but very valuable alphabetical list without notes.
- Labor Research Association
News, polls, trends from non-profit research and advocacy organization covering union, political, and economic news and trends.
- Labor Watch
Z-magazine from the Harvard Trade Union Program and the Midwest Center for Labor Research. Updated every two weeks.
- Labour Economics Gateway: LEG
From Jacques Brosius, Luxembourg. Links to sites of interest to labor economists includes links to the home pages of labour economists, documents and journals, statistics and data. International; watch British spellings.
- Major Work Stoppages
From the Bureau of Labor Statistics on the major (more than 1,000 persons) work stoppages fronm 1947-2000.
- Reference Sources in US Labor Studies
From the Bobst Library at New York University includes biographies, handbooks, primary sources and web pages.
- Southern Labor Archives
From the William Russell Pullen Library at Georgia State University, this library is dedicated to the "documentary heritage of Southern workers and their unions;" it is the official repository of records from various unions and state federations of labor.
- Walter P. Ruether Library
This site at Wayne State University in Detroit provides links to industrial relations libraries and to urban and labor archive sites throughout the US.
- Working - New York Times
This Times section deals with articles on all aspects of the American worker. Free registration is required and is Real Player.
- WTO (World Trade Organization) History Project
A project of various units of the University of Washington including the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies, this site fosuses on the protests of late 1999 in Seate during the WTO meeting with "special attention to the role played by organized Labor;" it also provides an historical perspective.
Unions
Human Rights - Sweatshops
- Behind The Label
From the Global Justice for Garment Workers Campaign, a multimedia news magazine on the global clothing industry.
- Fair Labor Association
A nonprofit organization to protect the rights of workers worldwide; links and resources specificially targeted to eliminating sweatshop practices.
- Human Rights for Workers
Links to sites related to worker right issues worldwide including sweatshops.
- National Labor Committee
A nonprofit organization to promote and defend human and worker rights including sweatshops.
- Sweatshop Watch
A coalition committed to eliminating sweatshop conditions in the global garment industry; covers the garment industry, articles, links and a newsletter.
- Unite: Stop Sweatshops Campaign
A clothing workers union with a definition of sweatshops, a consumers guide to decent clothes and links and resources to related materials.
- United Students Against Sweatshops
With representation from over 200 campuses, supports the rights of working class people everywhere.
Labor Law
- Labor, Employment, and the Law: a Dictionary
In the CSULB Library, KF 3317 A54 1997 Reference; explanations with references to laws and court cases; from absenteeism to zipper clause.
- Labor Relations Reporter
Available electronically to those affiliated with CSULB (students, faculty, staff) through the University Library Home Page, Reference Databases at Labor and Employment Law Library. The most comprehensive labor and employment law tool contains the following:
- AD = Americans with Disabilities Cases
- FEP = Fair Employment {Practice Cases
- IER = Individual Employment Rights Cases
- LA = Labor Arbitration Decisions
- LRRM = Labor Relations Reference Manual decisions of the NLRB National Labor Relations Board and courts
- WH = Wage and Hours Cases
among others; cases, manuals, and newsletters on most topics
- Americans with Disabilities Act Documents Center
ADA statistics, regulations, accessibility guidelines, federal technical sheets. Comprehensive site.
- elaws
From the Department of Labor provides employment laws assistance for workers and small business on the Department of Labor employment laws.
- Employment and Benefits Law
Covers topics such as employment law, labor-management relations, labor standards, employee rights and responsibilities.
- Employment Law Information Network
A portal with links to federal laws including Title VII regulations, employment law articles (federal and state), human resources policies, forms, and contracts and case law for the Supreme Court and circuit and district courts.
- Federal Labor Laws
From the University of Missouri, Labor Education Program. Outline and explanation of federal labor laws covering organizational issues, unfair practices, duty to bargain, collective bargaining and internal union regulations.
- Harassment Hotline
Links to litigation, laws and guidelines, legal definitions, etc. dealing with sexual harassment, discrimination, and retaliation. Includes a white paper and a q&a for small businesses.
- Labor and Employment Law Resources on the Internet
From the Law Library Resource Xchange with links to comprehensive labor and employment legal sites, as well as individual labor and employment sites.
- Labor and Employment Law
From the University of Indiana Law School and part of the WWW Virtual Library Law nearly 150 related sites listed alphabetically or searchable by topic, includes law schools, law firms, government agencies, organizations etc.
- Legal Information Institute
From Cornell Law School an index of legal materials. Scroll through alphabetical list of links to catch all related topics in addition to Labor Law, such as collective bargaining.
- 'Lectric Law Library
Definitions and encyclopedia of legal terms and topics. Good sections on business related topics. Off beat sense of humor.
- Research In Labor and Employment Law
From Gallagher Law Library, University of Washington, School of Law; covers secondary sources, texts, statistics, loose-leaf services and online sources.
- Welcome to California: Labor Law
Covers wages, hours of work and conditions of employment; searchable; from the State of California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement and the Industrial Wefare Commission.
- Workplace Rights
A newsletter from the American Civil Liberties Union with links to worker rights sites and "tools" for activist organizations.
Content maintained by Susan Jackson, Business Librarian
