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- By the Numbers: Privacy in the Workplace - Scientific American magazine article about the monitoring of employees by employers (drug testing, e-mail monitoring, etc.).
www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=000E068C-D90E-1C6A-84A9809EC588EF21
- Commission for Farm Workers' Rights - Based in Oxnard, California. Its main purpose is to help hard working immigrants and their families obtain justice and fair treatment.
cfwr.tripod.com
- December18 - Network for the promotion and protection of the rights of migrant workers. French and Spanish versions also.
www.december18.org
- Delmarva Poultry Justice Alliance - Calls for poultry companies to meet basic ethical and moral standards of operations.
www.dpja.org
- Exotic Dancers Alliance - Advocacy group for female exotic dancers attempting to obtain adequate working conditions and civil rights within the sex industry.
www.bayswan.org/EDAindex.html
- Farmworker Justice Fund - Monitoring, analysis and ways to get involved on issues affecting migrant and seasonal farmworkers, including labor and employment, occupational safety and health, farmworker women, immigration, and access to the justice system.
www.fwjustice.org
- German Forced Labour Compensation Program - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) handles claims and pays compensation to former non-Jewish forced and slave labourers under the Nazi regime. Information on eligibility and how to file claims.
www.compensation-for-forced-labour.org
- Human Rights for Workers - Explores the consequences of globalization for ordinary workers in both developed and developing countries, and analyzes initiatives seeking solutions.
www.senser.com
- ICEM Online - World labor news and views from a global trade union.
www.icem.org
- Job Training and Vocational Education - Background information and links on U.S. job training and vocational education policy from the Almanac of Policy Issues.
www.policyalmanac.org/economic/job_training.shtml
- Just Labour - Academic journal published by York Universitys Centre for Research on Work & Society.
www.justlabour.yorku.ca
- Lack of Security and the Unorganized Sector - Examines the plight of unorganized workers in Asia who lack pensions or old age security.
members.tripod.com/~sadashivan_nair/unorganisedsectorandlackofsocialsecurity
- National Alliance for Fair Employment - Homepage for a network of over 40 regional and national groups in the U.S. and Canada fighting for better pay, benefits and working conditions for all workers in temp, part-time, day labor, contract, on-call and independent contractor jobs.
www.fairjobs.org
- National Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice - People of faith who educate, organize, and mobilize the religious community in the U.S. on issues and campaigns that will improve wages, benefits, and working conditions for workers.
www.igc.org/nicwj
- National Jobs for All Coalition - Building a new movement for full employment at livable wages.
www.njfac.org
- National Labor Committee - Human rights advocacy group that focuses on the promotion and defense of worker rights. Educates and involves the public in actions aimed at ending labor abuses, improving living conditions for workers and their families and promoting the concept of a living wage.
www.nlcnet.org
- Social Cost of Asian Crisis - Examines the human rights impact of the Asian economic disaster.
www.hrw.org/hrw/campaigns/asia-cst.htm
- The Global Workplace - Aims to promote awareness of globalisation and to encourage grassroots trade union activity on international issues.
www.globalworkplace.org
- The Steward for Human, Civil and Worker's Rights - Examines human rights issues and battles around the world.
www.thesteward.net
- The Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Advisory Panel - US agency advising the Commissioner of Social Security, President and Congress on issues related to work incentive programs, planning and assistance for individuals with disabilities. Includes panel member information, minutes of meetings, relevant legislation and links.
www.ssa.gov/work/panel
- Unemployment Compensation - An overview of the unemployment insurance program in the United States, including benefits paid and federal and state unemployment taxes.
www.policyalmanac.org/social_welfare/archive/unemployment_compensation.shtml
- Work4World Issues - Campaigning for changes on global employment andsocial responsibility issues.
work4world.com
- Working Partnerships USA - Conducts research, produces policies, and develops programs to address the needs of working families in Silicon Valley.
www.wpusa.org
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