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Instant links between related organizations and useful resources are a major advantage of the
Internet. The links to other sites provided on this page are divided into the following categories:
GCIU Local Unions and Schools
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U.S. and Canadian Unions
- Actors and Artistes of America, Associated
- Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA)
- Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU)
- American Federation of Government Employees
(AFGE)
- American Federation of Musicians of the United States
and Canada (AFM)
- American Federation of School Administrators
(AFSA)
- American Federation of State, County and Municipal
Employees (AFSCME)
- American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
- American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO
(APWU)
- Asbestos Workers, International Association of
Heat and Frost Insulators and (AWIU)
- Association of Flight Attendants (AFA)
- Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain
Millers International Union (BCTGM)
- Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths,
Forgers and Helpers, International Brotherhood of (IBB)
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (BLE)
- Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes
(BMWE)
- Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen (BRS)
- California School Employees Association (CSEA)
- Canadian Auto Workers (CAW)
- Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions (CFNU)
- Canadian Media Guild
- Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW)
- Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE)
- Communications, Energy and Paper Workers Union
of Canada (CEP)
- Communications Workers of America
(CWA)
- Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics and Allied Workers
International Union (GMP)
- Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees
International Union (HERE) includes a searchable database of union hotels.
- International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees
(IATSE)
- International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF)
- International Association of Machinists and Aerospace
Workers (IAM)
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
(IBEW)
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters
(IBT)
- International Federation of Professional and Technical
Engineers (IFPTE)
- International Longshoremen's Association AFL-CIO
(ILA)
- International Longshore and Warehouse Union
(ILWU)
- International Organization of Masters, Mates
& Pilots
- International Union of Bricklayers and Allied
Craftworkers (BAC)
- International Union of Elevator Constructors
(IUEC)
- International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE)
- International Union of Painters and Allied Trades
- International Union of Police Associations (IUPA)
- Laborers' International Union of North America
(LIUNA)
- Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association
(MEBA)
- National Air Traffic Controllers Association
(NATCA)
- National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC)
- National Education Association
- National Union of Public and General Employees
(NUPGE)
- National Writers Union
- Office and Professional Employees International Union
(OPEIU)
- Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association
(OECTA)
- Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation
(OSSTF)
- Operative Plasterers' and Cement Masons'
International Association of the United States and Canada (OP&CMIA)
- Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC)
- Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union
(RWDSU)
- Seafarers International Union of North America
(SIU)
- Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
- Sheet Metal Workers International Association
(SMWIA)
- Teamsters Canada
- Transportation Communications International Union
(TCU)
- Transport Workers Union of America (TWU)
- The Newspaper Guild
- Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile
Employees (UNITE!)
- United American Nurses (UAN)
- United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the
Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada (UA)
- United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural
Implement Workers of America International Union (UAW)
- United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO
(UFW)
- United Food and Commercial Workers International
Union (UFCW)
- United Mine Workers of America (UMWA)
- United Steelworkers of America (USWA)
- United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and
Allied Workers
- Utility Workers Union of America (UWUA)
- Writers Guild of America, East, Inc.
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U.S. Labor Federations and Councils
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Canadian Labour Federations and Councils
Federations
Councils
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Union-Linked Organizations
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International Labor
- Amicus the union is the product of a
merger of three unions in the United Kingdom that represent workers in many industries
from aerospace , chemicals and energy to services and transport. It includes members of the
former Graphical, Paper and Media Union (GPMU).
- Australian Council of Trade Unions
- Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro
Italian union federation. (Italian language site.)
- Congress of South African Trade
Unions (COSATU)
- The European Trade Union Confederation
- FILPAC
Fédération des Travailleurs des Industries du Livre, du Papier, et de la
Communication. Union for workers in the publishing, paper and communication industries in
France. (French language site.)
- German Federation of Trade Unions
- International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
(ICTFU)International union federation.
- International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and
General Workers
- International Federation of Journalists
- International Labour Organization (ILO)
The government, employer, and worker representatives of the Geneva-based ILO set worldwide
work standards.
- Irish Congress of Trade Unions
Union federation of Ireland.
- Korean Confederation of Trade Unions
Korean unions' struggle for democracy and a free trade union movement.
- National Union of Journalists Media
unions in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland.
- New Zealand Council of Trades Unions
- Norwegian Graphical Union The website of
the printing and publishing union for Norway.
- Public Services International is the global
federation for public sector unions.
- Swedish Graphic Workers Union
- Swedish Trade Union Confederation (LO)
- Trades Union Congress Union
federation of the United Kingdom.
- Trade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC) to the
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) The Paris-based
OECD is an organization funded by nations in Europe, North America, and Asia.
- Union Network International
The new international federation created by the merger of the International Graphical
Federation (IGF), Communications International, Media and Entertainment International, and the
Federation of Commercial, Clerical, Professional and Technical Employees.
- ver.di Vereinte
Dienstleistungs-gewerkschaft (German Unified Services Union). Ver.di is the newly formed union
created through the merger of five unions in Germany, including IG Medien, which represented
workers in the printing and publishing industries. The union represents workers in
communications, public services, commerce, banking, insurance, media, papermaking, and
transportation.
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Worker Campaigns
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United States Government
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Canadian Government
Workplace Safety and Health
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Labor Education, Research, and History
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Politics
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Printing and Publishing Industry
[The following links are for convenience only. This list does not constitute endorsement of any
product or organization.]
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Other
- ACORN, the Association of
Community Organizations for Reform Now.
- Association for Progressive Communication is a
computerized network of non-governmental organizations.
- BIGLabor.com, sponsored by Union
Communication Services, Inc., offers links to U.S. unions, steward tips, and labor-related quotes,
cartoons, songs, and jokes, among other information.
- Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
(CCPA)
- Canadian Committee on Labour History
- Canadian Health Coalition
- Canadian Labour and Business Centre
- Canadian Labour History
from 18501999 from the Canadian Museum of Civilization.
- Canadian Centre for Policy
Alternatives
- Corporate Campaign, Inc. provides
research and strategy for unions and other groups fighting corporate injustice.
- Corporate Watch Organizes
campaigns to
fight sweatshop and other multinational corporate issues.
- The Council of Canadians/Le Conseil des
Canadiens is an independent citizens' interest group that provides a progressive voice
on national social and economic issues.
- Cyber Picket Line is an international
union activist site headquartered in Wales. It includes the World Directory of Trade Unions with
more than 1,200 links to international and local unions worldwide.
- Debs Page
Includes speeches, writings, and photos of the American labor leader Eugene V. Debs.
- Economic Policy Institute is a non-profit, nonpartisan
think tank that seeks to broaden the public debate about strategies to achieve a prosperous and
fair economy. EPI, which is supported by grants from foundations, corporations, labor unions,
and individuals, analyzes economic issues that impact working families.
- FAIR, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting,
focuses public awareness on the narrow corporate ownership of the press and the mainstream
media's allegiance to corporate agendas.
- The Samuel Gompers
Papers provides documents, illustrations, and information about the history of the U.S.
labor movement.
- Hard Miles Music Folk music
site of an independent record label. Features real audio and UNITE's Whiteville Apparel Choir
with Phil Cohen, a UNITE organizer.
- Human Rights Watch Tracks
international workplace and other human rights issues.
- Inkworks Press is a worker-owned and
operated union print shop serving the peace and social movements since 1974. The site includes
a poster gallery, publishing project news, and technical information about offset printing and
digital file preparation.
- Institute for Global Communication includes the
WomensNet, EcoNet and PeacNet.
- International Foundation of Employee Benefit
Plans deals with issues that affect multi-employer health and welfare programs.
- Jewish Labor Committee
- LaborNet, an online community
of unions, provides national and international labor news, resources, and links.
- LabourNet-UK provides international news for
workers.
- Labor Project for Working
Families Works with unions to develop work and family policies and innovative
contract language and maintains a work/family database of contract language.
- Labor Research
AssociationWorker-oriented news and analysis of economic topics.
- Labour Research Department, based in the United
Kingdom, is an independent research organization publishing news and information for trade
unionists. Fee-based service with some free news briefs.
- Labour Start provides international labor
news.
- Maquila Solidarity Network
- Multinational Monitor
Tracks global corporate issues.
- National Consumers League is an
activist organization that works for U.S. consumers. Headquarters of the Stop Sweatshops
campaign.
- National Labor Committee Fights global
sweatshops.
- National Organization for Women
- Northland Poster
Collective"Where art meets organizing."
- Ontario Workers Arts and Heritage
Center
- Shareholder Association for Research and
Education focuses on institutional investment practices.
- Sweatshop Watch
- Union Communications Services, Inc.
Offers services to local unions that include a monthly labor news service, a monthly labor graphics
service, and a bi-monthly newsletter for union stewards. The site also offers the "labor song of the
week" and the "labor cartoon of the week."
- Union Jobs Clearinghouse posts open union
staff, trades and apprentice positions in the United States and Canada and includes some other
international listings.
- Union Ring
provides links to its member organizations, including unions and other groups focusing on
workers, worker rights, labor history, and other workplace issues.
- Unions-America.com is a Seattle 767M
shop that provides union web site hosting and design.
- Universidad Obrera de Mexico A
university dedicated entirely to workers in Mexico.
- WebActive An electronic
magazine with news and features for activists.
- WomensNet Provides
Internet resources for women.
- Workers Independent News Services (WINS)
produces worker-oriented information for radio stations. News headlines in audio format.
Subscription-based service.
- Working TV: Labour news on television
Working TV produces a weekly half-hour magazine program, from labor's point of view.
- XPDNC Suitable Solutions provides "the most
extensive labour link site on the web" and includes organizing, law, health and safety, trade, news,
politics, history, research, and other topical links.
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