Resources and Links

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UC Unions

• AFT California Federation of Teachers University Council, representing lecturers and librarians at UC.
• UC-AFT Berkeley-San Francisco local 1474
• AFSCME 3299 AFSCME, representing PCT and service employees at UC.
• CUE Coalition of University Employees - statewide
• 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

UCB campus organizations

• Cal Staff Sustainability Action Network
• Cal Disorientation Project
• Students Organizing for Justice in America (SOJA)

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.

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
• UC Regents

Workplace Bullying

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

Other Labor Groups

• Clerical Technical Union of Michigan State UniversityAn 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
• International Labour Organization

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.
• 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




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.

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