Labor in the U.S.A. and Worldwide

AFL-CIO   -  American Federation of Labor - Congress of Industrial Organizations
Labornet
California Labor Federation

A.A.U.P.  -  American Association of University Professors
A.F.G.E.  -  American Federation of Government Employees
A.F.M.   -   American Federation of Musicians
A.F.T.   -   American Federation of Teachers
A.F.T.R.A.  -  American Federation of Radio and Television Artists
A.F.S.C.M.E.  -  American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
A.L.P.A.  -   Air Line Pilots Association, International
A.L.P.A.  -  Airline Pilots Association - Delta
A.L.P.A.  -  Airline Pilots Association - TWA
A.M.F.A.  -   Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association
A.P.F.A.  -  Association of Professional Flight Attendants
A.P.A.   -  Allied Pilots Association - American Airlines
A.P.W.U.  -  American Postal Workers Union
A.S.P.E.P.  -  The Association of Scientists and Professional Engineering Personnel
A.T.U.  -    Amalgamated Transit Union

B.A.C.  -   Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers
B. of L.E.     -   Brotherhood ofLocomotive Engineers
B.M.W.E.  -  Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees
Boilermakers   -  The International Brotherhood of Iron Ship Builders,
 Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers
Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen  -  founded in 1901

C. N. A.   -  California Nurses Association
C.F.A.  -  California Faculty Association
C.S.E.A.  -  California State Employees Association
C.U.E.  -  Coalition of University Employees
C.W.A.   -  Communication Workers of America

G.A.G.  -  Grapkic Artists Guild
G.C.I.U.  -  Graphic Communications International Union

H.E.R.E.  -  Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees  -  Before you Meet, Eat or Sleep you
should visit this site. It's an on-line guide to spots where labor disputes, including: picketing
or demonstrations, are likely to be under way. They also have a list of hotels to NOT patronize.

I.A.C.P.  -  Independent Association of Continental Pilots
I.A.F.F.  -  International Association of Fire Fighters
I.A.M.A.W.  -  International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
I.A.T.S.E.  -  International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and
Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States and Canada
I.B.E.W.  -  International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
I.B.P.A.T.  -  International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades
I.B.T.  -  International Brotherhood of Teamsters
I.B.U.  -  Inland Boatmen's Union of the Pacific
I.C.C.S.A.S.W.  -   International Commission for Coordination of
Solidarity Among Sugar Workers
I.F.P.T.E.  -  International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers
I.F.P.T.E.   -  Local 17 - Seattle Wa.
I.L.W.U.  -  International Longshore and Warehouse Union
I.L.W.U.  -  an unofficial International Longshore and Warehouse Union site
I.P.A.   -  Independent Pilots Association - UPS Pilots
I.O.M.M.P.  -  International Organization of Masters, Mates and Pilots
Ironworkers Union  -  links to many Locals and District Councils
I.U.O.E.   -  International Union of Operating Engineers
I.U.P.A.  -  International Union of Police Associations
I.W.W.  -  Industrial Workers of the World (the Wobblies)

Journeyman Stonecutters   -  Journeyman Stonecutters Association of North America
The OLDEST and perhaps the smallest active union in North America. They first
marched in 1792 !

L.I.U.N.A. -  Laborers' International Union of North America
L.O.M.W.U.  -  Licensed Officers and Maritime Workers Union
Marine Engineers Benevolent Association
Motion Picture Screen Cartoonists - Local 839

N.A.B.E.T.  -  National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians
N.A.L.C.  -  National Association of Letter Carriers
N.A.P.S.   -  National Association of Postal Supervisors
N.A.T.C.A.  -  National Air Traffic Controllers Association
The NATCA Voice  -  A National Grassroots Publication
N.E.A.  -  National Education Association
N.P.M.H.U.  -  National Postal Mail Handlers Union
N.R.L.C.A.  -  The National Rural Letter Carriers Association
N.T.E.U.   -  National Treasury Employees Union
N.W.A. - A.L.P.   -  Northwest Airlines - Air Line Pilots Association
N.W.U.  -  National Writers Union
N.Y.P.N.U.  -  New York Professional Nurses Union

O.C.A.W.   - Oil. Chemical and Atomic Workers Union
O.P.E.I.U.  -  Office and Professional Employees International Union

R.D.T.E.U.  -  Research, Development, and Technical Employees Union - M.I T.

S.A.G.  -  Screen Actors Guild
S.E.I.U.  -  Service Employees International Union
S.M.W.I.A.   -  Sheet Metal Workers International Association
S.I.U.   -  Seafarers International Union  - Brotherhood of the Sea
S.P.E.E.A.  -  Seattle Professional Engineering Employees
S.S.D.C.  -  Stage Directors and Choreographers
S.U.P.  -  Sailors Union of the Pacific - Organized in 1885

T.M.G.  -  The Models Guild
Tradeshow and Convention Workers  -  southern California -  the members are
represented by Teamsters Local 986 and the Tradeshow Decorators Union Local 831
T.W.U.  -  Transport Workers Union of America

U.A.P.D.  -  Union of American Physicians and Dentists
U.A.W.   -  United Auto Workers
U.A.P.P.  -  The United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing
and Pipefitting Industry
U.B.C.J.A.  -  United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
U.E.  -  United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
U.F.C.W.  -  United Food and Commercial Workers Union
U.F.W.  -  United Farm Workers
U.M.W.A.  -   United Mine Workers of America - Organized in 1890
U.N.I.T.E.  -  Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees
United Scenic Artists   -  Designers and Artists for the Entertainment Industry
U.P.G.W.A.  -  United Plant Guard Workers of America - Local 728
U.P.I.U.  -  United Paperworkers International Union
U.S.W.A.  -   United Steelworkers of America
U.T.U.  -  United Transportation Union
U.W.U.   -  Utility Workers Union

Tradeshow and Sign Crafts  -  Local 831
Chicago Unions and Guilds  -  a telephone directory
Wire Service Guild
The Detroit Journal
Writers Guild of America, East

A.C.T.U.   -  Austrailian Council of Trade Unions
A.E.E.U.  -  Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union
A.F.T.U.  -  Austrian Federation of Trade Unions
C.A.L.M.  -  Canadian Association of Labour Media
Canadian Labour Congress
Congress of South African Trade Unions
Education International
F.I.E.T.  -  Commercial, Clerical, Professional and Technical Employees
 

I.C.E.M.  -  Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers
I.C.T.U.  -  Irish Congress of Trade Unions
I.F.B.W.W.   -  International Federation of Building and Wood Workers
I.F.J.   -  International Federation of Journalists
I.G. Metall   -  German Metalworkers Union
I.M.F.  -  International Metalworkers Federation
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions

International Metalworkers Federation
International Transport Federation
I.W.W.  -  Industrial Workers of the World  (The Wobblies)
Japanese Trade Union Confederation
LabourNet  -  Austria
LabourNet -  Germany
LabourNet   -  U.K.

Maritime Union of Australia
Montreal Dockworkers Union
Multinational Monitor  -  tracking labor and corporate activity, especially in
third world countries
Musicians Union  - U.K.
N.C.T.U.   -  Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions
N.E.C.U.   -  The Norwegian Elevator Constructors Union
N.U.J.  -  National Union of Journalists - members in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland
N.Z.T.U.C.   -  New Zealand Council of Trade Unions

O.S.S.T.F.  -  Ontario Secondary Schools Federation
Public Service Alliance of Canada
P.S.I.   -  Public Services International - representing 20 million workers in 130 countries
S.T.A.V.L.A.  -  Union of Passenger Cabin Crew Members of Spanish Airlines
Swedish Dockworkers Union
Trade Unions and Industrial Health Organisations
T.U.A.C.  -  Trade Union Advisory Committee
T.U.C.  -  Trades Union Congress - U.K.
T.W.U.  -   Telecommunications Workers Union - Canada

UnionNet   -   Labour Organizations and News
Unison   -  the U.K.'s largest Trade Union
Web Networks   -  Canada's Unionized ISP
Workers' Party    -   Brazil
World Confederation of Labour   -   Belgium - Life of the International Trade Union World
W.W.F.   -   Working Women's Forum - India

A.C.L.U.   -  American Civil Liberties Union
American Labor History
A Short History of American Labor
Association for Union Democracy
Barnes & Noble Employees Need a Union !
Bisbee Deportation of 1917
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Boycott Borders Books   -   (Waldenbooks)

Campaign for Labor Rights
Civil Society - U.S.A.
Committee for Postal Workers Legal Defense
Committee to Organize Professional Boxing
Cornell University   -  School of Industrial Labor Relations
Corporate Watch
C.P.W.R.   -  Center to Protect Workers Rights
CWA Members   -  An UNOFFICIAL meeting place for CWA members
CWA With Uswest   -  A Place for CWA members to vent
Cyber Picket Line

Disgruntled    -  The Business Magazine For People Who Work for a Living
Dennis Kenny   -   anAttorney with reduced fees to participating union members
Dumpster Divers  -  for Union organizers
Employment Law Forum of California
The Electronic Activist  -  government e-mail addresses
George Meany Center for Labor Studies
Harry Bridges
How to Unionize
Industrial Worker  -   The Voice of Revolutionary Unionism

Labor Archives and Research Center  -  San Francisco State University
Labor Exchange  -  a bi-monthly look at workplace issues
The Labor Home Page  -   Workplace Issues Online
L.A. Labor News
Laborers.Org
Laborer's Pal  -  Political Action League
Labor Law Materials   - Cornell University
Labor Notes   -  an activist organization
Labor Project for Working Families
Labour and Business History  - WWW virtual library
LabourStart  -  where trade unionists start their day on the net
Las Vegas Labor Unions  -  a list of Trade Unions in Las Vegas, Nevada
Le-Hi Creations   -  a Union embroidery shop, Union-made garments
Lobbying Expenditures   -  Labor Unions - State of California

Mother Jones  -  uncovering the stories you haven't heard
N.L.R.B.  -  National Labor Relations Board
NELA  -  The National Employment Lawyers Association
N.I.L.R.R.  -  NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LABOR RELATIONS RESEARCH
One Flew Over the Post Office  -  to help you survive the harassment & postal insanity
O.S.H.A.  -  Occupational Safety and Health Administration
O.S.H.A. Data    - Regulatory Compliance History Information
Paywatch  -   want to know what the CEO of your company is making ?
Postal Workers Meeting Place
Public Citizen  -  founded by Ralph Nader
Rutgers University   -  Management and Labor Relations Library

Saint Louis University School of Law
Samuel Gompers  -  1850-1924  the First President of the American
Federation of Labor, from 1886 to1924
The Samuel Gompers Papers

Solidarity   -   a Democratic, Socialist, Feminist Organization
Solidarity   -   a UAW publication
State of the Union
The Steward
Steward's Corner  -  Good Information from the Transport Workers Union
SWEAT Labor Magazine  -  On-Line Independent Labor News
Tidewater Labor Support Coalition   -  Hampton Roads, Virginia
Travel Advisory   -  union hotel guide
Unions Around the World Archive
Union Communication Services   -  Communications and Education Tools for
Activist Union Leaders
Union Friendly Systems, Inc.  -  union made computers / software
Union Label and Service Trades Department
The Union Man
Union Online
Union Privliege   -  money saving benefits / consumer information

University of Illinois  - Labor Agreements - in PDF format
U.S. Unions Archive  -  Union Songs, Research Papers
U.S. Labor History   -  starting in 1800
Walter P. Reuther Library
Washington D.C. Library Union Catalog
WBAI 99.5   -  radio station / internet forum
Workers of America  -  a voice for the concerns of the worker
Working Today   -  A National Voice for America's Independent Workforce
Workers World  -  a news service for workers