Labor History Links

Current Issues

Wealth Distribution
Household Debt
Race and Money statistics of income and jobs
Paul Street on Prisons powerful article about the role of prisons in respect to labor surplus
Economic Mobility Project Report

Inequality of wealth

Gender Inequity

UNFAIR ADVANTAGE Workers' Freedom of Association in the United States under International Human Rights Standards by Human Rights Watch, 2000
Kate Bronfenbrenner No Holds Barred The Intensification of
Employer Opposition to Unions

Special Response Corporation, ad for 1991 New York Newspaper Strike

Shorter hours	References for shorters hours and American Labor history 32 hours—action for full employment Canadian site, with numerous links to European and Canadian websites associated with quest for shorter hours The Labor Project for Working Families - advocacy and policy organization providing technical assistance, resources, and education to unions and union members on family issues in the workplace including: Childcare, Elder care, Family leave, Work hours, Quality of life. Shorter Work Time Group U.S. based group

LEARNING ABOUT THE GLOBAL ECONOMY page of Institute for Labor Studies
WTO History Project “Our unique collection of interviews with protest organizers and participants sheds light on the behind-the-scenes cooperative (and sometimes contentious) relationships among social movement organizations involved in the protests.
“Labor Has To Be International:” David Abdulah Describes Workers Strategies for Organizing Transnational Corporations
AFL-CIO Global Economy page -- lots of links, including women in the global economy statistics, children in the global economy, etc.
National Labor Committee for worker and human rights—
Debtweek site * action to cancel illegitimate debt in poverty- stricken nations
global Economy page of KC Labor Institute for Labor Studies