Labor & Workplace

Workers considered as a group; the work environment.

Sub-headings:

Labor Unions

Labor unions and federations.

Resources in this category:

Canadian International Labor Network
http://www.ciln.mcmaster.ca/

"CILN is a collaborative research venture between the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) and McMaster University. Additional funding is provided by the University of British Columbia, the University of Toronto, Queen's University, York University and Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC). The budget for the five-year project is almost $2 million, of which almost $1.24 million has been awarded by the SSHRC, through its Major Collaborative Research Initiative (MCRI) competition. Peter Kuhn, Professor of Economics at McMaster University, is the project's principal investigator." The project ended in 2002. The site is now an archive.

International Association of Labor History Institution
http://www.iisg.nl/~ialhi/

"The International Association of Labour History Institutions (IALHI) brings together archives, libraries, document centres, museums and research institutions specializing in the history and theory of the labour movement from all over the world. It was founded in 1970 by the Arbetarrörelsens Arkiv (Stockholm), the Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund (Düsseldorf), the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (Bonn), the Internationaal Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis (Amsterdam), the Labour Party (London), the Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv (Zürich) and the Trades Union Congress (London), among others."

The International Institute of Social History
http://www.iisg.nl/index.html

"The International Institute of Social History (IISH) is one of the world's largest documentary and research institutions for social history in general and for the history of the labor movement in particular. Its homepage contains a formidable online catalog of the IISH's 2,000 archival collections which hold over one million printed volumes and about as many audio-visual items. Also included are a listing of current books put out by the Institute's publishing house, a digital social history archive of "relevant parts of the Internet," and the online newsletter of the Institute for the International Association of Labour History Institutions. Two other items of interest are a collection of useful social and labor history links, and digital editions of recent exhibitions at the IISH.Scout Report, Copyright Susan Calcari, 1994-1997."

The National Academy of Social Insurance
http://www.nasi.org/

"A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that promotes research and education concerning Social Security, Medicare, Unemployment Insurance, Workers' Compensation, the appropriate role of government in protecting individuals from the costs of personal health care services, and related public and private programs. The Academy provides a forum in which to explore challenges and opportunities facing social insurance and health care financing; assesses social insurance programs and their relationship to other public and private programs; helps develop scholars and administrative leaders; supports basic study, policy analysis, and research; and promotes public understanding of social insurance principles and programs. The Academy has nearly 500 members, who represent a balance of disciplines and ideologies and who are recognized experts in social insurance and health care financing."

National Employment Lawyers Association
http://www.nela.org/

The National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) provides "assistance and support to lawyers in protecting the rights of employees against the greater resources of their employers and the defense bar. NELA is the country's only professional organization that is exclusively comprised of lawyers who represent individual employees in cases involving employment discrimination, wrongful termination, employee benefits and other employment-related matters." Created in 1985, NELA has a membership of more than 2,800 lawyers in the United States. This site provides membership information, employment law case summaries, legislative developments regarding affirmative action, an affirmative action fact sheet, and links to other employment law sites.