The links below provide connections to resources to help you in your job, your family and personal life, your community and as a active participant in the wider labor movement. Stay connected. Let us know if you have a suggestion for a link that would be helpful to fellow union members. 

Labor Links

• OPEIU International
• APRI  A. Philip Randolph Institute: The Home for Black Trade Unionists
• CLUW Coalition of Labor Union Women
• CBTU Coalition of Black Trade Unionists
• LCLAA Labor Council For Latin American Advancement
• APALA Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance
• PAW Pride At Work
• NCPE National Committee on Pay Equity
• Working For America
• AFLCIO The American Federation of Labor, Congress of Industrial Organizations.

Know Your Rights In The Workplace

Find information on work discrimination and how to proceed when you have been victimized. Remember that you cannot be discriminated against because of sex, race, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender expression, identity, military status or handicap. Know your rights!

• Labor Project for Working Families
  www.working-families.org
• Institute of Industrial Relations
  www.iir.berkeley.edu
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission -
  www.eeoc.gov
• State Employment Sites
  www.statelocalgov.net/50states-jobs.cfm
• American Civil Liberties Union
  www.aclu.org
• Living Wage Ordinances:
  AFL-CIO
  www.afl-cio.org
• Living Wage Resource Center
  www.livingwagecampaign.org
• Good resources about overtime.
  www.dol.gov/esa/whd
• HIV/ AIDS Workplace Education - BRTA/ LRTA
  www.hivatwork.org

Disability Resources:

• American with Disabilities
  www.ada.gov/

• ADA online news
  www.ada.gov/disabilitynews.htm

• Job Accommodation Network Homepage
  janweb.icdi.wvu.edu/

• From Cornell University: Guide to Disability and Employment
  www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/subjectGuides/disabilityAndTheWorkplace.html

• Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
  www.dredf.org/

• Technology for people with Disabilities
  www.abilityhub.com/

• Independent Living Institute
  www.independentliving.org

Social Security: What you need to know

The Social Security Advisory Board (SSAB) is an independent board created by Congress to advise the President, Congress and he Commissioner of Social Security on matters on Social Security and Supplemental Security Income Program
www.ssab.gov
 

Medicare

MedPac advises the Congress on Medicare issues.
www.medpac.gov

Health and Support Programs

• National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskelatar and Skin Diseases gives information on a variety of health issues. The site is in both English and Spanish.
  www.niams.nih.org
  
  
• The National Council on Disability (NCD) is an independent federal agency making recommendations to the President and Congress to enhance the quality of life for people with disabilities and their families.
  www.ncd.gov
  
  
• The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled is an independent Federal agency that administers the Javits-Wagner-O'Day (JWOD) Program. The JWOD Program's mission is to provide employment opportunities for people who are bl ind or have other severe disabilities in the manufacture and delivery of products and services to the Federal Government
  www.jwod.gov/jwod
  
  
• Important information can be found in this website about common and contagious diseases.
  www.cdc.gov
  
  
• National Institutes of Health
  www.nih.gov

Cardiovascular Health:

• American Heart Association
  www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1200000

Cancer Resources

• American Cancer Society
  www.cancer.org/docroot/home/index.asp

• Cancer Information Center
  www.oncolink.com/

• Cancer Information for Patients and Families
  www.cancercare.org/

• Information on Cervical Cancer Prevention Works (CCPW)
  www.cluw.org/cervcancer.html

• National Cancer Institute
  www.cancer.gov/

Multiple Sclerosis Resources:

• National MS Society
  www.nationalmssociety.org
• MS Pathways
  www.mspathways.com/index.jsp
• MS Foundation for Women
  www.ms.foundation.org
• Multiple Sclerosis Foundation
  www.msfacts.org

Muscular Dystrophy:

• Muscular Dystrophy Campaign
  www.muscular-dystrophy.org/
• Muscular Dystrophy Family Foundation
  www.mdff.org/
• The MD Association
  www.mdausa.org/
• Parent Project: Muscular Dystrophy
  www.parentprojectmd.org/site/PageServer?pagename=nws_index

Especially for Women 

• Women's Health
  www.womenshealthmatters.ca

Mental Health

• National Institute of Mental Health
  www.nimh.nih.gov/ \ 

Workers' Compensation: What you need to know

The US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board is a federal agency investigating chemical accidents to protect workers, the public, and the environment.
chemsafety.gov/

Diversity Resources

• Civil Rights Information
  www.civilrights.org
• Coalition of Black Trade Unionists
  www.cbtu.org/
• A. Philip Randolhp Institute
  www.apri.org/
• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
  www.naacp.org/
• Labor Council for Latin American Advancement
  www.lclaa.org/
• National Council of La Raza
  www.nclr.org/
• Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, AFL-CIO
  www.apalanet.org/
• National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
  www.thetaskforce.org/library/dp_pub.htm
• Pride At Work
  www.prideatwork.org
• National Center for Lesbian Rights
  www.nclrights.org

Other Links

The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation's mission is to "recognize college juniors with exceptional leadership potential who are committed to careers in government, the non-profit and advocacy sectors, education or elsewhere in the public service or to provide the with financial support for graduate study.
www.truman.gov/