Table of Contents
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
- U.S. and Canadian Unions
- U.S. Labor Federations and Central Labor Councils
- Canadian Labour Federations and Councils
- Union-Linked Organizations
- International Labor
- Worker Campaigns
- U.S. Government
- Canadian Government
- Workplace Safety and Health
- Education
- Politics
- Printing and Publishing Industry
- Other
GCIU Local Unions and Schools
- Chicago 458M
- Detroit 13N
- Graphic Communications Union District Council 3—Founding local unions: Cincinnati 508M; Greensburg 761S; Washington Court House 774S. Affiliated local unions: Detroit 2-289M; Grand Rapids 550M; and Leipsic 270M.
- Detroit/Toledo/Lansing Graphic Arts Institute — GCU Local 289M's school.
- Milwaukee-Madison 577M
- Newark 8N
- New York 1L – "Home of the Amalgamated Lithographers of America"
- Philadelphia 4C
- Philadelphia 14M and The Gress Graphic Arts Institute
- Providence 12N
- San Francisco 4N
- San Francisco 583M
- Seattle 767M
- Toronto 100M
- Washington 72C
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)
- Le Syndicat Canadien de la function publique – CUPE's French language site.
- 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.
U.S. Labor Federations and Councils
- AFL-CIO
- Building and Construction Trades Department
- Food and Allied Service Trades
- Metal Trades Department
- Transportation Trades Department
- Union Label Department provides up-to-date information on the union "do buy" and "don't buy" lists.
- Alabama AFL-CIO
- Arizona State AFL-CIO
- California Labor Federation
- Colorado AFL-CIO
- Connecticut AFL-CIO
- Florida AFL-CIO
- Georgia State AFL-CIO
- Hawaii State AFL-CIO
- Idaho State AFL-CIO
- Illinois AFL-CIO
- Indiana State AFL-CIO
- Iowa Federation of Labor
- Kansas AFL-CIO
- Kentucky State AFL-CIO
- Louisiana AFL-CIO
- Maine AFL-CIO
- Massachusetts AFL-CIO
- Michigan State AFL-CIO
- Minnesota AFL-CIO
- Missouri AFL-CIO
- Montana State AFL-CIO
- Nevada State AFL-CIO
- New Hampshire AFL-CIO
- New Jersey State AFL-CIO
- New York State AFL-CIO
- North Carolina State AFL-CIO
- Ohio AFL-CIO
- Oklahoma AFL-CIO
- Oregon AFL-CIO
- Pennsylvania AFL-CIO
- Tennessee Labor Council
- Texas AFL-CIO
- Vermont State Labor Federation, AFL-CIO
- Virginia State AFL-CIO
- Washington State Labor Council
- West Virginia AFL-CIO
- Wisconsin State AFL-CIO
Canadian Labour Federations and Councils
Federations
- Canadian Labour Congress/Congrés du travail du Canada
- Alberta Federation of Labour
- British Columbia Federation of Labour
- Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec
- Manitoba Federation of Labour
- New Brunswick Federation of Labour
- Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Labour
- Ontario Federation of Labour
- Quebec Federation of Labour
- Saskatchewan Federation of Labour
Councils
- Brantford and District Labour Council
- Kingston and District Labour Council
- London and District Labour Council
- Metro Toronto and York Region Labour Council
- Ottawa and District Labour Council
- Peterborough and District Labour Council
- Sarnia and District Labour Council
- Saskatoon and District Labour Council
- Winnipeg Labour Council
Union-Linked Organizations
- AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust's "Hit
Home" offers special homebuying benefits for union members, including affordable purchase
and refinance loans.
- Alliance for Retired Americans(U.S)
- A. Philip Randolph Institute (U.S.)
- Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (AFL- CIO)
- Canadian Association of Labour Media
- Canadian Union Savings/Pourvoir Syndical offers union members savings on a MasterCard, mortgage guidance, travel discounts, and accident insurance.
- Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (AFL-CIO)
- Coalition of Labor Union Women (AFL-CIO)
- International Labor Communications Association (AFL-CIO)
- The Labor Heritage Foundation (AFL- CIO) works to strengthen the labor movement through the use of music and the arts. "We fight for roses, too."
- Labor Council for Latin American Advancement
- National Labor College–George Meany Campus(AFL-CIO)
- Pride At Work
- Solidarity Center, sponsored by the AFL-CIO, promotes workers' rights around the world..
- Union Plus – Benefit programs for members of GCIU and other participating AFL-CIO-affiliated unions.
- Working for America Institute
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.
Worker Campaigns
- Quebecor organizing
campaign is the campaign by the Teamsters, GCC, UNI, and other unions to win the right to
organize for better wages and working conditions at Quebecor World plants.
- National Labor Committee – Leads a global campaign against sweatshops.
- Press for Change Nike Campaign
United States Government
- Bureau of Labor Statistics is an agency of the Department of Labor that reports data on employment, economic indicators, safety and health and other work-related areas.
- Commerce Department
- EDGAR: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
- Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) provides services to assist in reaching contract settlements.
- The Federal Web Locator is provided by the Villanova Center for Information Law and Policy for federal government information on the World Wide Web.
- GPO Access, is the award-winning website operated by the U.S. Government Printing Office. The site provides no-fee access to information from all three branches of the U.S. Government.
- Labor Department – This site provides Department of Labor news and connects to DOL agencies.
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health – The research organization for safety and health.
- National Labor Relations Board
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration – Agency of the Department Labor.
- Social Security Administration
- THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet
- U.S. Federal Government Agencies – A list provided by Louisiana State University of federal agencies on the Internet.
- U.S. House of Representatives
- U.S. Senate
- The White House
Canadian Government
- Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
- Government of Canada Information Search
- Industry Canada – Information on Canadian industries and companies.
- National Library of Canada – This site provides links to federal and provincial government web pages.
- Parliament of Canada
- Prime Minister's Office
Workplace Safety and Health
- AFL-CIO safety and health at work.
- Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
- The European Commission, as part of the European Union's Europa website, is developing guidance documents on hazardous substances.
- Hazards Magazine provides health and safety news for workers.
- International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) provides a database on occupational carcinogens.
- International Occupational Safety and Health Information Centre (CIS) – Works in conjunction with the International Labour Office in Geneva to collect and disseminate information on the prevention of occupational accidents and diseases. CIS maintains a worldwide health and safety database.
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health – The research organization for U.S. safety and health.
- NIOSH Pocket Guide to Hazardous Chemicals
- NYCOSH — The New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health is a non-profit provider of health and safety training, information and advocacy. NYCOSH also provides health and safety news for workers throughout the New York metropolitan area.
- Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers Inc.
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration – Agency of the Department Labor.
- Workers Health and Safety Centre in Ontario provides job-related health and safety information.
Labor Education, Research, and History
- Cornell University Industrial & Labor Relations
- Holt Labor Library in San Francisco.
- Illinois Labor History Society
- Indiana University-South Bend Division of Labor Studies
- Institute of Industrial Relations Library at the University of California, Berkeley.
- Labour College of Canada
- Labour Education Centre is a workers' education program created by the Toronto Labour Council.
- Michigan State University Labor Education Program
- National Labor College–George Meany campus (AFL-CIO)
- Ryerson University Library is a source for links to union and work-related web sites in Canada.
- San Francisco State University Labor Archives and Research Center
- Simon Fraser University Center for Labor Studies, Burnaby, BC
- University of California at Berkeley Labor Center
- University of California at Los Angeles Center for Labor Research & Education
- University of Hawaii Center for Labor Education & Research
- University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations
- University of Iowa Labor Center for Human Rights
- University of Oregon Labor Education & Resource Center
- Walter P. Reuther Library – The labor library and archives at the College of Urban, Labor and Metropolitan Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.
- West Virginia University Institute for Labor Studies and Research
Politics
- Center for Voting and Democracy – The center is a non-profit organization that educates the public about the impact of voting systems on political representation, proportional representation, voter turnout, and the influence of money in elections.
- Congressional Email Directory – This site provides e-mail addresses for members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.
- The Democratic Party (US)
- Federal Election Commission – The FEC's website includes campaign finance records for candidates, political parties, and political action committees.
- The Labor Party in the United States.
- The New Democratic Party of Canada
- Reformwatch monitors Canada's Reform Party's politics and players.
- The Republican Party (US)
Printing and Publishing Industry
[The following links are for convenience only. This list does not constitute endorsement of any product or organization.]
- Agfa
- Adobe
- American Printing History Association
- Apple
- Barco
- Bitstream
- Canon
- Digital Ink – Links to more than 800 print, pre-press, newspaper, and print college sites (based in the United Kingdom).
- Dotprint – The web site of Printing World Magazine.
- Douthitt Corp.
- DuPont
- Flint Ink Corp.
- Fuji Film
- Graphic Arts Information Network links to Printing Industries of America, the Graphical Arts Technical Foundation, and other employer trade associations.
- Graphic Arts Monthly
- Hamada
- Heidelberg USA
- Kodak
- Komori
- MAN Roland
- MBO America
- Mitsubishi
- Misomex International
- Newspaper Association of America
- The Paper Industry Web , formerly the Finishing Net, includes technical papers, calculators and a forum.
- Pulp and Paper Net – Information on pulp and paper industry resources.
- Quark
- RIP-It
- Screen
- Seybold Reports
- Sun Microsystems
- Museum of Virtual Printing-Press explores the history of printing technology.
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 1850–1999 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 Association–Worker-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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