Labor & Workplace

Workers considered as a group; the work environment.

Sub-headings:

Labor Unions

Labor unions and federations.

Resources in this category:

Bureau of Labor Statistics Data
http://www.bls.gov/data/

United States Federal Government "fact-finding agency" covering the fields of labor economics and statistics. Reports on employment and unemployment, inflation and prices, pay and benefits, productivity and technology, spending and time management, etc. The site also provides tools for analyzing or viewing data.

Cyber Picket Line
http://www.cf.ac.uk/socsi/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."

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."

The Glass Ceiling Commission
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/glassceiling/

Assorted PDF-formatted articles that offer a variety of viewpoints on how the glass ceiling - as it affects women and minority workers - is a barrier in the workplace (in the United States specifically).

House Committee on Education and the Workforce
http://www.house.gov/ed_workforce/

The committee that monitors legislation on education, child labor, school food programs, workers' compensation, vocational rehabilitation, labor wages and hours, and work incentive programs.

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.

The National Agricultural Workers Survey
http://www.doleta.gov/agworker/naws.cfm

"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.

Office of Compliance, U.S. Congress
http://www.compliance.gov/

"The Office of Compliance advances safety, health, and workplace rights in the U.S. Congress and the Legislative Branch. Established as an independent agency by the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995, the Office educates employees and employing offices about their rights and responsibilities under the Act, provides an impartial dispute resolution process, and investigates and remedies violations of the Act."

U.S. Department of Labor
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.

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."

United States Department of Labor: Worker's Resource Page
http://www.dol.gov/dol/audience/aud-workers.htm

"Provides a shortcut to information and services the Department of Labor (DOL) offers for workers." Includes a link to compliance assistance information and resources that explain the laws enforced and administered by the DOL.