HRfolks.com

Trade Unions on World Wide Web
http://www.fnv.nl/~Marcel/unionsen.html
A splendid and well maintained list from the Netherlands. An excellent place to start surfing unions of the world.

Unions on the Web-list from AFL-CIO
http://www.aflcio.org/unionand.htm
Another excellent collection of union home pages and other relevant websites.

Transport and General Workers Union
http://www.tgwu.org.uk/
This union has grown to become the largest general union in Britain and one of the biggest in Europe. Despite a significant drop in membership because of the recessions and contraction of manufacturing industry over the last 15 years, it retains close to a million members throughout Britain and Ireland.

Media Unions Home Page (UK)
http://www.gn.apc.org/media/
From this page you will be able to follow links to organisations representing media workers within the UK and Ireland, to global media resources, and to other unions and labour movement organisations.

MSF
http://www.msf.org.uk/
The home page of MSF, the union for skilled and professional people. SF represents half a million skilled and professional members in all sectors of the economy in the UK and Republic of Ireland, and is the country's fifth largest union.

Unison's Home Page
http://www.poptel.org.uk/unison/
The UK’s largest trade union hits the Web.

Communication Workers Union
http://www.cwu.org/
The CMU was formed in January 1995 when the Union of Communication Workers joined forces with the National Communications Union. The combined organisation, with over a quarter of a million members, is the biggest union for the communications industry in the UK, and the second largest in Europe.

PCS.The public services,tax and commerce union
http://www.pcs.org.uk/
Britain's newest trade union PTC was formed on 1st January 1996. PTC represents 160,000 members working in all areas of central Government, many other public bodies, and a growing number of private employers.

Office and Professional Employees International Union
http://www.opeiu.org/
The US's largest trade union's home page.

Trade Union Congress
http://bizednet.bris.ac.uk/compfact/tuc/tucindex.htm
The UK's federation of trade unions.

COSATU: The Congress of South African Trade Unions
http://www.cosatu.org.za/
The Congress of South African Trade Unions was founded in 1985 and has since then been in the forefront of the struggle for workers' rights and against apartheid. COSATU is a partner in the Tripartite Alliance consisting of the African National Congress and the South African Communist Party.

General Federation of Trade Unions
http://www.gftu.org.uk/
The General Federation of Trade Unions is an independent federation of specialist unions. Set up by the TUC in 1899, we provide a range of services to our affiliates including information, research, and education.

AFL-CIO Organising Institute
http://www.aflcio.org:80/orginst/
The Organizing Institute was founded by the AFL-CIO in 1989 to promote and foster union organizing as a vehicle for social and economic justice. One of the first projects of the Institute was to recruit and train a new generation of union organizers.

Association of University Teachers
http://www.aut.org.uk/
The Association of University Teachers,the UK's trade union for the Universities now established on the Web.

The International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions
http://www.icem.org/
A very comprehensive page with up to date IR news and valuable links.

Commonwealth Trade Union Council
http://www.commonwealthtuc.org/
"The Commonwealth Trade Union Council links trade union national centres, representing over 30 million trade union members, throughout the Commonwealth. It operates in close co-operation with other international trade union organisations and seeks to promote a democratic and prosperous Commonwealth in which international labour standards are observed."

Strike Page
http://www.igc.apc.org/strike/
The Strike Page is an attempt to deliver news about ongoing strikes
in a timely manner. These workers are putting themselves out on the line!

Worker's International
http://www.labornet.org/workers/
Information on international industrial relations issues.

UK Welfare at Work
http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/town/estate/ac742/
A resource for Trade Union activists,shop stewards and health and safety representatives.

O*Net-The Occupational Information Network
http://www.doleta.gov/programs/onet/
A US government resource which aims to "support national efforts to revitalize the American workforce".

Labor Publications
gopher://gopher.igc.apc.org/11/labor/pubs
A variety of articles on labour matters in the US

Email Discussion Lists on Labour Issues
gopher://garnet.berkeley.edu:1250/11/.labor/.e-mail
Join these lists and take part in some important labour discussions.

Email Addresses of Labour Groups Online
gopher://garnet.berkeley.edu:1250/00/.labor/.resource/.lab-online
This provides a point of contact with Trade Unions. Labour research groups and pressure
groups worldwide. Be patient, it is a long list.

Comparative Industrial Relations Source List
gopher://garnet.berkeley.edu:1250/00/.labor/.resource/.comp.ind
An extensive list of books and journals from 1993.

Emire: a database on Employment Practice and
Industrial Relations in Europe
http://www.eurofound.ie/information/emire.html
Extensive searchable database on Employee Relations provided by the EU.

Employee Relations Law Journal
http://www.journals.wiley.com/wilcat-bin/ops/ID1/0098-8898/prod
Titles of recent articles in US journal.

Union Members in 1994 (USA)
gopher://ftp.SHSU.edu:70/00/Economics/bls/news.release/History
/union2.020995.news
Valuable insights into contemporary unionisation in the States.

US Bureau of Labor (Labstat) Labor Statistics
gopher://stats.bls.gov:70/1
Full statistical data from US Bureau of Labor

LaborNet: Internet Resources on Labor Groups
gopher://gopher.igc.apc.org:70/11/labor
A US source of news and communication for the Labour Movement with full internet access this claims to be "Labor’s gateway to the Information Superhighway".

Labor Net-Labor Council of New South Wales
http://www.labor.org.au/
An Australian source which enables you to participate in union email conferences, add urgent actions and news events and learn about unions in educational materials.

A Union Guide To Computers
gopher://gopher.igc.apc.org/00/labor/pubs/unionguide
An excellent guide to computer applications which, although written specifically for the US labour movement, it is universally applicable.

Workers of America
http://www.vais.net/~bweiner/woa.html
Pressure group seeking to improve the lot of the US worker.

ILR The School of Industrial and Labor Relations Cornell University
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu:80/
This provides interesting information about the work of the School and a host of valuable links for anyone interested in the field of employee relations.

US Department of Labor
gopher://marvel.loc.gov:70/11/federal
/fedinfo/byagency/executive/labor
Masses of employment information from the US government.

National Center for the Workplace(US)
gopher://uclink.berkeley.edu:3030/1
By bringing together national leaders in business, labor, and government with eminent researchers to address workplace issues, and develop public and private policies, the NCW plans to fulfill its ambitious and important goal of improving the competitiveness and performance of the American workplace.

Diversity Links for Women and Minorities from Career Mosaic
http://www.careermosaic.com/cm/cm33.html
Very useful and informative set of US links.

Women in the Workforce
http://www.inform.umd.edu:8080/Educational_Resources/
academicResourcesByTopic/
WomensStudies/GenderIssues/WomenInWorkforce
US page containing a variety of information and perspectives on female employment.

Employee Relations in Action (US Journal)
gopher://gopher.enews.com/11/business/pubs/brp/era
I quote " EMPLOYEE RELATIONS IN ACTION is a twice-monthly news service for the busy HR professional who needs to handle employee complaints and manage potential repercussions to the organization."

Inside Labor Relations (US Journal)
gopher://gopher.enews.com/11/business/pubs/brp/ilr
Another quote " INSIDE LABOR RELATIONS is a new, timely service that tells you not only what happened, but WHY--and--WHAT HAPPENS NEXT--in the world of labor relations."

Labor Center Reporter (US Journal)
gopher://violet.berkeley.edu:2521/11/.lcr
From the University of Berkeley, this is provides excellent article on contemporary issues.

Industrial Relations Research
http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists-f-j/industrial-relations-research/
A UK based forum for academic discussion on industrial relations broadly conceived. It covers current research, methods, results and theories on employment relations, collective relationships, trade unions, HRM & employment law.

Brave New Work World
http://www.newwork.com/
BraveNewWorkWorld is a service of The New Work Corporation, an innovative professional association of researchers, consultants, publishers, and media producers specializing in the needs of the revolutionary new world economy.

Winning Associates Employee Relations Consulting
http://www.ewin.com
This site offers an email question and answer session for questions about employee relations issues (U.S. only), also published HR articles.

Court Law Center-The Ultimate Employee Handbook
http://www.courttv.com/legalhelp/business/seminars/handbook/
A seminar,on the varied aspects of the employee handbook, held in Feb 1996 which is full of useful advice.

American Arbitration Association
http://www.adr.org/
A not-for-profit, public service organization, the Association provides a forum for the hearing of disputes, with tested rules and procedures that have broad acceptance and a roster of over 20,000 impartial neutrals to hear and resolve cases.

Worksite News
http://www.worksite-news.com/
"Worksite News is the premier news source for the occupational health, safety and environment professional, industry leader, human resource director and quality control supervisor throughout Western Canada. We share the latest services and products needed to reduce costly workplace injuries, as well as hard hitting and informative editorials about the issues affecting your daily careers".

Labor/Media Watch
http://www.fair.org/extra/9411/wsj-workplace.html
Each month, journalist Janine Jackson's column Labor/Media Watch explores the complex, difficult and often antagonistic relationship between organized labor and the media.

Teamwork for America Initiative
http://www.teamwork.org/
The Teamwork for America Initiative is a national,grass-roots,public information campaign to support the passage of the TEAM Act through the US Congress.

Labor Policy Association
http://www.lpa.org/
"Labor Policy Association is a public policy advocacy organization of the senior human resource executives of America's major corporations whose purpose is to ensure that U.S. employment policy support competitive goals of its member companies and their employees."

Working and Living Overseas
http://www.magi.com/~issi/
A Canadian guide based on his own book by Jean-Marc Hachey.Likely to be of value to all nationalities.

The Federation of European Employers
http://www.euen.co.uk/
An organisation offering information and advice on European social/employment developments.Some free information but a subscription is required for the full service.

Employee Network, Inc. Behavioral Healthcare
http://www.eniweb.com/
A behavioral healthcare resource with a subpage that provides several free human resource articles.

HR Positive Employee Relations Council
http://www.perc.net/
This free site has interactive business simulations, employee attitude survey forms, books released chapter by chapter each month, free downloadable computer based programs, employment law information, union avoidance tactics and a lot more.

Self Directed Work Teams
http://users.ids.net/~brim/sdwth.html
"The SDWT site is designed to help share useful team information so that 1) prospective teams can develop some foundation for team development 2) operating teams can find ways to and grow, as well as some helpful skills to get unstuck 3) dispel some myths, rumors and misinformation about teams designed to throw you off course 4)people studying business organization can have an information resource."

Ananth's Indian HRD Resource Page
http://www.digiweb.com/discovery/ananth/
Focuses on labor laws and employee relation strategies in India.

AIRAANZ
http://www.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/depts/sml/airaanz/airaanz.htm
The Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand.
These pages provide up to date information about the activities and resources
and links that AIRAANZ offers to its members.

John Budd's Home Page
http://www.csom.umn.edu/WWWPages/Faculty/JBudd/links.htm
Excellent set of links not only to IR sites but also to IR people on the Web.

Japanese Labor Unions, IR and HRM WWW Homepages
with English Contents
http://comp-irh.tamacc.chuo-u.ac.jp/comp-irh
/ARCCHUVES/UNION-LINK.html
An interesting mixture of sites direct from Japan.

Expat Forum
http://www.expatforum.com/
Expat Forum is a online community for expatriates and international business. It includes an active messageboard, cost-of-living info, etc. It is very useful for HR managers who want to understand some of the issues associated with a "global" workforce.

Work In America Institute
http://www.workinamerica.org/
Work in America Institute is a non-profit work research organization specializing in human resource management. The Institute is involved in identifying and promoting high performance work systems through sponsored site visits, roundtable sessions, special events, national policy research, and member activities with experts from labor, management, government, academia and other fields.

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
http://europa.eu.int/agencies/efilwc/index.htm
The European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions is an autonomous body established by the European Community to assist the formulation of future policy.It aims to provide the Community with a scientific basis against which to develop medium and long term policy for the improvement of social and work-related matters.

Labor Beat
http://shoga.wwa.com/~bgfolder/lb/
Labor Beat is the Chicago-based organization which develops and distributes progressive television,radio, videos, and computer communications on labor and social issues.The Web site is informative with some useful links.

Jobs with Justice
http://www.igc.apc.org/jwj/
Jobs With Justice is a US labor, community and religious coalition dedicated to fight for the rights of working people.The site provides information on recent campaigns as well as points of contact.

The Psychiatric Disability Management Resource page
http://www.psychdismgmt.com/
This page is an information and services resource in the field of managing mental illness or psychiatric disability in the workplace. Its audience consists of consumers, mental health professionals, human resource professionals, benefits managers, and attorneys.

EIROnline
http://www.eiro.eurofound.ie/
"EIROnline is the database/website of the European Industrial Relations Observatory, a project run by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, an agency of the European Union. The aim is to provide accurate and up-to-date and objective information on developments in industrial relations in the countries of the European Union (plus Norway) and at European level. The target audience is made up of trade union and employer organisations (at all levels) EU institutions and national governmental bodies, but we aim, through the website, to make EIRO's information and analysis generally available to anyone with an interest in industrial/labour relations."A well presented and valuable site.

Cyber Picket Line
http://www.cf.ac.uk/ccin/union/index.html
From Steve Davies comes this excellent site with comprehensive links and news about
the labour movement.

Equal Opportunity-Gateway to Diversity
http://www.equalopportunity.on.ca/
A website featuring discussion and resources on workplace equal opportunity. A component of the Government of Ontario's Equal Opportunity Plan. Facilitated by the Ministry of Citizenship,Culture and Recreation. An excellent site with opportunities to give and recieve information regarding equal opportunity.

Diversity Resources Online
http://www.nadm.org/
A depository of resources related to diversity in human resources and education sponsored by the National Association for Diversity Management. A well designed site with extensive materials.

Value Systems Applications
http://www.vsapplications.com/
"Value Systems Applications is a seminar and employee relations consulting group founded by Vince Flowers, Ph.d. and Debra Heflich, M.A. We specialize in teaching the Value Systems Analysis theory and its applications, "Our Values for Working" seminar, to managers, supervisors and others to help them become more effective leaders and communicators. This seminar presents a time-proven approach to positive employee relations
that will help you be union free or proactively manage with unions."

International Employment Relations Resources Online
http://www.mtsu.edu/~rlhannah/ier.html
Another excellent resource from Richard Hannah.

elaws-U.S. Department of Labor
http://www.dol.gov/elaws/
Elaws (Employment Laws Assistance for Workers and Small Businesses) is comprised of a series of individual Advisors designed to help you understand your rights and responsibilities as an employee or employer.An online "regulatory library",the site has a search engine which allows users to research employment regulations with great ease.

New Zealand Journal of Industrial Relations
http://telperion.otago.ac.nz:800/mgmt/nzjir/
"The Journal concentrates on New Zealand industrial relations, but its coverage is much greater. It welcomes articles on related topics such as industrial law and human resource management. It also welcomes industrial relations articles from overseas, particulary if the articles have international interest."

The Industrial Relations Association of South Africa
http://home.intekom.com/irasa/
"South Africa's leading IR association welcomes the membership and support of all persons, associations or other bodies involved in the broad field of industrial relations."Its services include a newsletter, a journal, an annual conference and labour market projects.

How to Comply with Federal Employee Laws-CD-ROM
http://www.viziaenterprises.com/fedlaw1.html
An interactive CD-ROM and book with an informative website too.

Safety Info.Com
http://www.safetyinfo.com/
Award winning free site providing safety programs, training material and safety information for business and industry.

Center for the Study of Work Teams, University of North Texas
http://www.workteams.unt.edu/
"The Center for the Study of Work Teams is based at the University of North Texas and was created for the purpose of education and research in the interest of all areas of teaming."

NATLEX-A database of national labour law
http://ilis.ilo.org/ilis/natlex/ilintrna.html
"NATLEX is a bibliographic database that contains information on national laws on labour, social security and related human rights. It is the only legislative database in the labour field that endeavours to cover as many legal systems as possible throughout the world."

Fairness in the Fire Service
http://www.fairness.freeserve.co.uk/
Based in the Uk the author of this site states "Creating a culture of fairness, dignity and respect within the fire service is in everyone's interest - the personnel, management, organisation and the community they serve all stand to gain. The undeniable problems of discrimination, harassment and bullying that exist within the fire service around the world will not be resolved overnight. But by raising the profile of these issues, debating the way forward and sharing information regarding successful initiatives, practices etc., we can begin to tackle these problems"

Employee Sabotage
http://www.uncc.edu/ragiacal/sabframes.html
From Robert A. Giacalone at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, a "homepage designed to help understand sabotage,aggression, vandalism and other forms of employee destructiveness".

uksafety.net
http://www.uksafety.net/
"A one-stop site for health and safety resources on the Internet designed to take the frustration out of searching. Facilities include links to UK and EU government sites, HSE, Manufacturers and suppliers of safety equipment, Consultancy practices, Training providers, Professional bodies and more."

Safety Info.Com
http://www.safetyinfo.com/
A very extensive US site which gives a wide range of free Safety Information for Business & Industry.

HRLawForum.com
http://www.hrlawforum.com/
An open (free) forum for Human Resource Managers (United States). Site includes various articles of interest. Forums moderated by experienced lawyers. Forums include: 1. Discipline & Discharge 2. Family & Medical Leave Act 3. OSHA 4. Employee Performance & Evaluation 5. Wage and Hour

California Department of Industrial Relations.
Includes workers' compensation and workplace safety information

Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations.

Employment Policy Foundation.

Hard @ Work.

Labor Policy Association.

Legislative issue briefs, employment Laws, policy statements, voting analyses and more.

Layoff Connections.

Weekly update of layoff actions around the country. From HR Live.

National Labor-Management Association.

Devoted to helping management and labor work together for constructive change.

National Labor Relations Board.

Home page of agency created in 1935 to administer the National Labor Relations Act.

Positive Employee Relations Council.

Working Stiff.

Iconoclastic look at the modern workplace from workers' perspectives.

AFL-CIO Home Page

AFL-CIO Organizing Institute

American Federation of State and County Municipal Employees.

Includes workplace issues section.

American Federation of Teachers.

Executive Paywatch.

AFL-CIO guide to "monitoring and curtailing the excessive salaries, bonuses and perks in CEO compensation packages."

Executive Paywatch.

AFL-CIO guide to "monitoring and curtailing the excessive salaries, bonuses and perks in
CEO compensation packages."

International Labour Organization.

LaborNet.

Information for union activities and members

Service Employees International Union

Strike Page.

Information about walkouts and lockouts around the U.S.

Teamsters Union Home Page.

Trade Union Sites on World Wide Web.

Links to union Internet resources around the world.

UAW On-Line.

United Auto Workers

Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees

Cornell University's Employment Law documents

E-LAWS.

Developed by the US Dept. of Labor to assist the human resource community understand and comply with workplace employment laws.

Employment Law: California.

Emphasis on California Law: Full text of policies, guides,government guidelines, leave of absence rules, recent cases and more.

Employment Law Central.

Includes employment law newsletter, summaries of and links to employment related judicial decisions and employment-related state and federal statutes, and a directory of professional contacts.

FindLaw's Labor Law Subject Index.

HR Law Index.

Database of employment law articles from websites of attorneys, government agencies,
publishing companies and law school libraries. Requires registration.

HRM Law Mega-Links.

Comprehensive lists of links about issues in HR law.

LawInfo.Com Forum.

Includes ind-depth analyses of workplace discrimination laws and recent rulings.

Law Journal Extra's Employment and Labor Law. Analysis of decisions affecting HR, as well as links.

'Lectric Law Library's Law for Business area.

Includes section on employer/employment issues

Legal Survival Guide. From Court TV. Includes many HR-related topics.

National Employment Lawyers' Association.

Provides assistance and support to lawyers in protecting the rights of employees.

Nolo Press's Business & Workplace Issues page

Prairielaw.com.

Online journal and multiple discussion forums on employment laws.

Privacy and American Business.

Up-to-date coverage and analysis of the vital privacy issues confronting businesses today.

Q&A: Recent Changes in Health Care Law

TempLaw Online.

Includes legal developments affecting temporary, contract and leased employment. Features include interactive Breaking News and Q&A, Commentary, and
Summaries of Legal Developments.

The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Labor and Employment Law.

Maintained by Indiana University.

WWLIA Legal Dictionary.

The law in plain language from the World Wide Legal Information Association.

American Arbitration Association's

ADR home page

Guide to Alternative Dispute Resolution.

From Hieros Gamos, "the comprehensive legal site."

Foundation for Prevention & Early Resolution of Conflict.

Includes online training course on mechanics of conflict resolution.

Mediation Information & Resource Center.

Articles and forums on workplace mediation. Also includes a national database of mediators.