Web Resources--Categorized list

Working class studies is an interdisciplinary field, and the resources that are useful for working class studies are likewise difficult to classify: unions undertake political projects, community organizations do useful research, and academic organizations study labor. Below is an attempt to organize some of the many resources available on the web for working class studies. Click here for an alphabetical listing.

Organized labor: unions, labor councils, solidarity networks
Community action : community organizations, working class issues, labor parties
Research: academic institutes, research resources
Media: journalism, topical reports

Organized labor
AFL-CIO
Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance
Association for Union Democracy
Bread and Roses
Change to Win
Coalition of Black Trade Unionists
Coalition of Labor Union Women
Global Unions
International Labor Rights Fund
Jobs with Justice
Labor and Workers Links
Labor Arts
Labor Council for Latin American Advancement
Maquila Solidarity Network
National Labor Committee: For Workers & Human Rights
Pride at Work
SEIU: Service Employees International Union
Unions against Corporate Tyranny
Union Resource Network
Union Ring
Unite Here!

Community action
Alliance for Sustainable Jobs and the Environment
CEE Bankwatch Network
Center for Campus Organizing
Center for Commercial Free Public Education
Center for Economic Justice
Center for Economic and Social Rights
Center for Third World Organizing
Child Labor Coalition
Citizens for Tax Justice
Class Action
Class War: Class Unity, Class Pride
Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking
Corportate Accountability International
Corporate Accountability Project
Democratic Socialists of America
Food Not Bombs
Highlander Research and Education Center
Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility
Interfaith Worker Justice
Jews for Radical & Economic Justice
Kensington Welfare Rights Union
Kids against Pollution, Poverty & Prejudice
Labor Heritage Foundation
Labor Party
National Alliance to End Homelessness
Ontario Coalition against Poverty
Oxfam International
Poverty and Race Research Action Council
Raise the Floor
Religion and Socialism Commission
United for a Fair Economy
WTOACTION.org
Young Democratic Socialists

Research
African American Working Class History
Antagonism: Anti-Capitalist & Anti-State Struggle for World Community
Center for Popular Economics
Center for the Study of Working Class Life
Center for Working Class Studies
Commercialism in Education Research Unit
Economic Democracy Information Network
Economic Policy Institute
Institute for Women and Work
Labor Relations and Research Center
Labor Research Association
Marxists Internet Archive
Public Citizen Global Trade Watch
Radical Philosophy Association
UC Berkeley Labor Center
Union for Radical Political Economics
Working Class Movement Library

Media
Center for Media and Democracy: PR Watch
Corporate Watch: Holding Corporations Accountable
Frontline News: The Struggle against Imperialism and Transnational Capital
Information for Socialists
LaborNet: Global Communication for a Democratic, Independent Labor Movement
Labor Notes: Putting the Movement Back in the Labor Movement
Labour Start: Where Trade Unionists Start Their Day on the Net
McSpotlight
Open Secrets.Org: Your Guide to the Money in American Elections
Sweatshop Watch
Tim’s Brain
U.S. Department of Labor: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Wal-Mart Watch
World Socialist Web Site