Union Web Services - Labor Education and Advocacy

The Labor Center at the University of Massachusetts

Thu, 27 Oct 2005 17:23:18 -0400

The Labor Center at the University of Massachusetts is one of the premier Labor Studies programs in the country. The Masters of Science in Labor Studies, with concentrations in globalization, labor and communities, and strategic corporate research, equips graduates to work in the labor movement and other organizations advocating for workers' rights. visit The Labor Center at the University of Massachusetts

Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health

Thu, 27 Oct 2005 17:20:50 -0400

MassCOSH brings together workers, unions, community groups, and health, safety and environmental activists to organize and advocate for safe, secure jobs and healthy communities throughout eastern and central Massachusetts. visit Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health

Massachusetts Worker Education Roundtable

Thu, 27 Oct 2005 17:19:43 -0400

The Massachusetts Worker Education Roundtable is a network of worker education programs dedicated to promoting partnerships of employers, unions and educators that provide high quality education as well as training for Massachusetts union members. visit Massachusetts Worker Education Roundtable

Labor Notes

Wed, 26 Oct 2005 17:45:37 -0400

Labor Notes is a non-profit organization that has been the voice of union activists who want to "put the movement back in the labor movement" since 1979. visit Labor Notes

Labor Educator

Wed, 26 Oct 2005 17:44:13 -0400

Harry Kelber, founder and editor, has devoted his entire adult life to the labor movement as an organizer, strike leader, union printer, labor editor, pamphleteer, professor of labor studies and author of several books and booklets. visit Labor Educator

The Labor and Worklife Program at Harvard University

Wed, 26 Oct 2005 17:36:02 -0400

The Labor and Worklife Program (LWP) is Harvard University’s forum for research and teaching on the world of work and its implications for society. Located at the Harvard Law School, the LWP brings together scholars and policy experts from a variety of disciplines to analyze critical labor issues in the law, economy, and society. The LWP also provides unique education for labor leaders throughout the world via the oldest executive training program at Harvard University, the Harvard Trade Union Program, founded in 1942. visit The Labor and Worklife Program at Harvard University

Good Jobs First

Wed, 26 Oct 2005 17:33:34 -0400

Good Jobs First frequently testifies before state legislatures, conducts workshops and training, and appears in the press. Unions, community organizations, religious groups, living wage campaigns, public officials, environmentalists, tax and budget advocates, and economic development practitioners consult with GJF when companies seek development subsidies, restructure, close plants, or become involved in other issues of public concern. GJF tracks corporate accountability innovations in all states to develop "best practices" that can then be employed elsewhere. visit Good Jobs First

George Meany Center for Labor Studies

Wed, 26 Oct 2005 17:32:29 -0400

The National Labor College (NLC) began with the vision of George Meany that labor have its own college - a national center that would provide continuous labor education for all union activists. At NLC you can take classes that enable you to be an integral part of building your union; those same union-building classes can start you on the path to finishing the bachelor’s degree.

visit George Meany Center for Labor Studies

The Economic Policy Institute

Wed, 26 Oct 2005 17:27:29 -0400

The Economic Policy Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank that seeks to broaden the public debate about strategies to achieve a prosperous and fair economy. visit The Economic Policy Institute

Coalition of Labor Union Women

Wed, 26 Oct 2005 17:23:33 -0400

The Coalition of Labor Union Women is America's only national organization for union women. Formed in 1974, CLUW is a nonpartisan organization within the union movement.

The primary mission of CLUW is to unify all union women in a viable organization to determine our common problems and concerns and to develop action programs within the framework of our unions to deal effectively with our objectives.

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Coalition of Black Trade Unionists

Wed, 26 Oct 2005 17:22:24 -0400

The Coalition of Black Trade Unionists consists of members from seventy-seven international and national unions with forty two chapters across the country.
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Coalition for Social Justice

Wed, 26 Oct 2005 17:20:48 -0400

The Coalition for Social Justice was formed in January, 1995, to build a grassroots peoples’ movement to fight for economic and social justice in Southeastern Massachusetts. Their work has been driven by the philosophy that by organizing at the grassroots, they can build an army of volunteers who can win campaigns for progressive legislation and have a significant impact on important elections.

visit Coalition for Social Justice

Campaign for America's Future

Wed, 26 Oct 2005 16:07:13 -0400

Over 100 Prominent Americans — citizen activists and policy experts concerned about our country and our planet — joined together to launch and build the Campaign for America's Future. They are challenging the big money corporate agenda by encouraging Americans to speak up — to discuss and debate a new vision of an economy and a future that works for all of us.
visit Campaign for America's Future

Building and Construction Trades Department

Wed, 26 Oct 2005 16:04:23 -0400

The Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO, coordinates activity and provides resources to 13 affiliated trades unions in the construction industry. It has 386 state, local and provincial councils in the United States and Canada.

Created in 1908, the BCTD has helped its 13 affiliated building trades unions to make job sites safer, deliver apprenticeship and journey-level training, organize new workers, support legislation that affects working families, and assist in securing improved wages, hours and working conditions through collective bargaining.
visit Building and Construction Trades Department

Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance

Wed, 26 Oct 2005 16:01:41 -0400

The Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, AFL-CIO, is the first and only national organization of Asian Pacific American union members. It continues a tradition dating from the mid-1800s of workers fighting for justice in the sugar plantations of Hawaii, the factories of Alaska, and the railroad and agricultural camps of the western United States. visit Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance