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Labor & Workplace Resources

Workers considered as a group; the work environment.

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Labor Unions

Labor unions and federations.

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Bureau of Labor Statistics Data

http://www.bls.gov/datahome.htm

Bureau of Labor Statistics timeseries data. The Bureau of Labor Statistics public database, called LABSTAT, provides current and historical data for 26 surveys, as well as numerous press releases.

Author: Bureau of Labor Statistics (labstat.helpdesk@bls.gov)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Labor & Workplace

Business & Economics--Statistics

Keywords: Labor Statistics

Cyber Picket Line

http://www.cf.ac.uk/ccin/union/

"This site is intended as a service to the international trade union movement. Its purpose is to assist direct communications between union activists around the world, signpost shortcuts to the huge amount of useful resources available on the net to union activists, and to spice this up with some humour and opinionated commentary. The centrepiece of the site is the World Directory of Trade Unions. There are now well over 1000 links to international union organisations, national unions and locals in every continent. As a general rule, the unions are classified by continent, country, then trade union centre(s), regional/state councils, individual national unions then locals. There are now two pages of Trade Union Resources that should be of use to stewards and branch officers."

Author: Steve Davies (DaviesSM3@cardiff.ac.uk)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Labor & Workplace

Keywords: Labor Unions

Education, Training and Development Resource Center for Business and Industry

http://www.tasl.com/

"A free access online database where people can find resources when, where, in the form, and by the providers of their choice. They can also apply to register, purchase or request a proposal while online."

Author: Margie Sweeny (mms@tasl.com)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Labor & Workplace

Keywords: Training; Development; Eucation

The Glass Ceiling Commission

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/e_archive/gov_reports/glassceiling/default.html

Provides downloading of a variety of articles that offer a variety of viewpoints on how the glass ceiling - as it affects women and other minorities - is a barrier in the workplace.

Author: Constance Finley (cf13@cornell.edu)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Labor & Workplace

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race

Social Sciences--Gender & Sexuality--Women--Careers

Keywords: Glass Ceiling

LaborNet

http://www.labornet.org/

"Through computer communications, news, information and resources, LaborNet supports the guarantees of human rights and economic justice for workers." Explore a number of articles and other data related to the job force. Links to other Web sites are also provided.

Author:

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Labor & Workplace

Keywords: Unions; Workforce

The National Agricultural Workers Survey

http://www.dol.gov/dol/asp/public/programs/agworker/naws.htm

"The U.S. Department of Labor is the only national information source on the demographics, and working and living conditions of U.S. farmworkers. Since the NAWS began surveying farmworkers in 1988, it has collected information from over 25,000 workers. The survey samples all crop farmworkers in three cycles each year in order to capture the seasonality of the work. The NAWS locates and samples workers at their work sites, avoiding the well-publicized undercount of this difficult-to-find population." This site links to the most recent reports of the findings of the survey.

Author: US Department of Labor (carroll-daniel@dol.gov)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Labor & Workplace

U.S. State Fact Sheets

http://www.ers.usda.gov/statefacts/

"The [United States Department of Agriculture] State Fact Sheets contain information on: Population, Per-capita income, Earnings per job, Poverty rate, Total number of jobs, Unemployment rate, Percent employment change, Farm & farm related jobs, Top export commodities, Farm characteristics, and Farm financial indicators."

Author: Tom Carlin (tcarlin@econ.ag.gov)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Labor & Workplace

Reference--Census Data & Demographics

Science & Technology--Agriculture & Aquaculture

Keywords: Farming

United States Department of Labor (DOL)

http://www.dol.gov/

"The U.S. Department of Labor is charged with preparing the American workforce for new and better jobs, and ensuring the adequacy of America's workplaces. It is responsible for the administration and enforcement of over 180 federal statutes. These legislative mandates and the regulations produced to implement them cover a wide variety of workplace activities for nearly 10 million employers and well over 100 million workers, including protecting workers' wages, health and safety, employment and pension rights; promoting equal employment opportunity; administering job training, unemployment insurance and workers' compensation programs; strengthening free collective bargaining and collecting, analyzing and publishing labor and economic statistics." The searchable DOL website includes information about the department and its agencies, labor laws and trends, press releases, texts of regulations, and information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Mine Safety and Health Administration.

Author: United States Department of Labor (Webmaster@dol.gov)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Labor & Workplace

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government--Executive--Agencies

Workers.gov

http://www.workers.gov/

"We created Workers.gov so you can easily find government resources for workers and their families, even if what you want crosses traditional bureaucratic boundaries. Direct and easy access to government information and services in 9 core categories: Jobs, Learning, Family & Health,Transportation & Housing, Money Management, Rights & Protections, Disabilities Resources, Citizenship, Recreation & Travel."

Author: U.S. Department of Labor and the National Partnership for Reinventing Government (contact@workers.gov)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Labor & Workplace

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government

Social Sciences--Social Issues and Social Welfare--Disabilities

WorkIndex

http://workindex.com/

Annotated guide to Internet resources in "human resources, labor relations, benefits, training, technology, staffing, recruiting, leadership, motivation, insurance, relocation, legal issues and more." Search the collection or browse by subject.

Author: School of Industrial Labor Relations, Cornell University

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Business Administration & Management

Business & Economics--Employment

Business & Economics--Labor & Workplace

Keywords: Resources

Yahoo! News Full Coverage: Labor and Union News

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/Business/Labor_and_Union_News/

Features current news stories related to labor issues and labor unions. Also links to news sources, opinions & editorials, magazine articles, video sources, and related Web sites.

Author: Yahoo! News (full_coverage@yahoo-inc.com)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Labor & Workplace

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