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UC Labor Groups

• AFT

  California Federation of Teachers University Council, representing lecturers and librarians at UC.

• AFSCME

  AFSCME, representing PCT and service employees at UC.

• UAW Local 2865

  Representing Academic Student Employees (readers, tutors, associate-ins, and teaching assistants) at UC.

• CNA

  California Nurses Association, representing nurses at UC's teaching hospitals.

• UPTE

  University Professional & Technical Employees CWA Local 9119 - AFL-CIO, representing professional and technical employees at UC.

• FUPOA

  Federated University Police Officers Association

Collective Bargaining Agreements

• UC Davis keeps an accurate table of Collective Bargaining Contracts with current status of negotiations.
• UC Systemwide and Local Union Contracts
• Labor Contracts Database from Berkeley's IIR. You can search by state, union, and/or represented occupations.

Other Labor Groups

• Clerical Technical Union of Michigan State University

  An independent clerical union organized since 1974.

• Industrial Workers of the World
• Labor Notes
• LabourStart
• Jobs with Justice
• Pride at Work (organization of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender union activists)
• AFL-CIO

  The home page for the AFL-CIO. Check it out for many interesting programs such as the "Organizing Institute" as well as the jumping off point for Web pages designed by AFL-CIO affiliated Unions.

• International Labour Organization

  UN specialized agency which seeks the promotion of social justice and internationally recognized human and labour rights.

UC Policies Systemwide

• UC Email Policy (Adopted 11-17-00)
• Old UC Email Policy (Re-issued 3/23/98)
• UC Systemwide Policies and Guidelines

Other UC sites: Labor Relations, Human Resources, Benefits, etc.

• UC Human Resources Online
• UC Employee Benefits Plan Administration (BENCOM)
• UC Campus Administrative, Personnel, and Human Resource Sites
• UC Retirement and Savings
• Minutes of the UC Regents

State and Federal Government Agencies

• California Public Employment Relations Board (PERB)
• California Department of Fair Housing
• California EDD Unemployment and Disability Insurance Information
• U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for information and enforcement of civil rights including Title Seven of the Civil Rights Act, protection from race, gender, age, religion, other forms of discrimination.
• US Department of Labor (DOL) for information and enforcement of: wage and hours laws; Family Medical Leave Act; Pension and Welfare Benefits; Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (including LM-2 and other union financial reports).
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for information and enforcement of your right to a safe and healthy working environment; includes information on regulations and cases.
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) for information on wages, salaries, benefits, and other employment statistics.

Legal Resources and Assistance

• HEERA Higher Education Employment Relations Act
• Online site for California Law. The 29 California Codes. Searchable by code number and keyword.
• Legal Aid Society - Employment Law Center. Legal services for low-income workers throughout the Bay Area. Numerous fact sheets on the rights of California workers.
• Law Offices of Michael L. Carver (LaborLawOffice.com)
• A central Workers Compensation website which is very useful.
• A series of California Department of Workers' Compensation guides for injured workers who need help in completing WCAB forms and petititions or performing other specific actions in their case. Each guide is available for downloading in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format.
• The California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation Materials: a set of prototype educational materials for workers regarding workers' compensation.
• Your rights under Skelly and Weingarten
• State Codes pertaining to HEERA

For Legal Assistance:

• National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA)
• Workplace Fairness
• ACLU Workplace Rights Project

For Legal Information, research, text of laws, cases, etc.:

• NOLO - Self-Help Law Center
• HALT - Americans for Legal Reform
• FindLaw
• Cornell University hosts a useful website with information on legal rights, laws and court decisions, collective bargaining, workers compensation and more.

Workplace Bullying

• The Workplace Bullying & Trauma Institute
• Workplace Bullying, Stress, Employment Law and You!
• The Bully At Work
• Scapegoats At Work

Labor Resource Sites

• Union Communication Services

  Labor news and cartoons, and steward training materials for union activists.

• How unions can use the Internet

  Provides a brief overview of the potential uses of the Internet for local unions.

• California Public Employee Relations (CPER) Papers

  A periodical of employee relations in the public sector

• The Association for Union Democracy
• The Steward
• Information for Workers

  A section of the UE (United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America) webpage which has great material on workers' rights, grievances, and more.

• Union Jobs Clearinghouse

  A central site for posting the open staffing and trades positions in organized labor that are now accepting applications.

• Salary.Com

  Check out their Salary Wizard - a comprehensive salary tool enabling users to research salary ranges for thousands of job titles in a comprehensive set of career fields, sorted by occupation and region.

• XPDNC Labour Directory

  California labor links organized alphabetically by city.

• Union Resource Network

  A site organized by the CWA. URN provides union made websites, hosting and solidarity services. "The most complete index of Union Websites on the Internet".

• UCB IIR's "Guide to Labor-Oriented Internet Resources"

  (The best site for internet resources dealing with all areas of labor.)

• LaborNet

  The main Web site for many labor unions and organizations.

• National Political Index: Contacting Political Activist Groups

  Labor unions are only one of a myriad of useful groups that are well-organized and easy to find here.

• Working For Change

  A comprehensive Web site made up of resources for people with progressive values.

Medical Assistance Sites

• Americans with Disabilities Act
• Independent Doctors

  An independant group of doctors trying to change HMO's interference with health care.

• Medical Board of California

  Check out any physician's or dentist's record with the Medical Board of Californa.

• WorkersCompensation.com

  The #1 Online Source for the Workers Compensation Industry.

• UVA-VDT Ergonomics Training and Resources Home page

  The place for information on VDT and Ergonomic guidelines, exercises and more links. Brought to you from the University of Virginia.

• The Typing Injury FAQ

  An educational site, provided by the CTD Resource Network, Inc., containing a wide variety of information about repetitive strain injuries (RSIs), resources for dealing with these ailments, and a broad description of assistive products to reduce injury risk and symptoms.

Labor-related Products and Fun Stuff

• Look4UnionLabel.Com

  A site dedicated to union-made products and services

• Labor Arts

  Featuring a wonderful collection of art devoted to labor issues and particularly the trade union movement.

• Northland Poster Collective

  Fantastic posters, t-shirts, etc. from a labor/progressive movement perspective.

• Labor Beat

  An organization which develops and distributes progressive television, radio, and internet communications programs on labor and social issues.

• Building Bridges: Your Community and Labor Report
• Carol Simpson Home Page

  Cartoons aimed at America's corporate establishment and the US Government