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Trade unions

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Congress of Industrial Organizations: Information on workers' rights.
Author: American Federation of Labor
Subjects: industrial relations, trade unions
DeweyClass: 331.880973
Resource type: documents, news
Cyber Picket Line: Site intended to assist communications between unions around the world, and to signpost useful trade union resources on the Web. Includes a World Directory of Trade Unions.
Author: Davies, Steve
Subjects: trade unions
DeweyClass: 331.8
Resource type: index
EmpowermentResources.com: Index to Internet resources covering personal growth, social change, personal, cultural and political empowerment.
Author: EmpowermentResources.com
Subjects: civil liberties, minorities, political science, trade unions
DeweyClass: 300
Resource type: index
GFTU: General Federation of Trade Unions: The GFTU, the federation for specialist unions, aims to provide immediate and open access to union pages covering news, research, education, and related information.
Author: GFTU Educational Trusts
Subjects: trade unions
DeweyClass: 331.8
Resource type: service
National Union of Students: The NUS represents the interests of around three million students in further and higher education throughout the United Kingdom. It provides research, representation, training and advice for individual students and students unions. As well as information about the NUS, welfare and financial advice, there is an online version of Network, the magazine produced by the NUS for student union officers, and the latest news and events affecting students.
Author: National Union of Students
Subjects: higher education students, trade unions
DeweyClass: 378.1
Resource type: documents
Police Federation of England and Wales: The representative body to which every police officer below the rank of superintendent belongs.
Author: Police Federation of England and Wales
Subjects: law enforcement, trade unions
DeweyClass: 363.2
Resource type: documents
South Wales Coalfield Collection: Collection of documents which provide an insight into the social, economic and cultural history of South Wales during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The documents mainly concentrate on the employee side of the industry and particularly to trade union activities. The material is held in many media: manuscript documents, photographs, audio and videotapes, posters and banners. Links to a small number of images of documents in the collection have been provided, in particular to a series of photographs from the 1984/85 Miners' Strike.
Author: University of Wales Swansea
Subjects: trade unions, welsh history
DeweyClass: 942
Resource type: documents, image collection
Spartacus Internet Encyclopedia: Peterloo Massacre: A detailed analysis of the events at St. Peter's Field, Manchester on the 16th August, 1819. Includes background information on the Manchester area at the time, eyewitness accounts and biographical details of 25 people who saw what happened that day including the views of radicals, moderates, magistrates, soldiers, reporters and impartial observers. The final section deals with the consequences of the Peterloo Massacre.
Author: Spartacus Educational
Subjects: british history - local, british history from 1800, trade unions
DeweyClass: 942.08
Resource type: documents
Spartacus Internet Encyclopedia: The Trade Union Movement: Information on the Trade Union movement in Britain, including biographies of prominent trade unionists, details of major unions and trade union legislation, and significant events in union history.
Author: Spartacus Educational
Subjects: trade unions
DeweyClass: 331.8
Resource type: biography, documents
Spartacus Internet Encyclopedia: US Trade Unionism 1840-1960: Offers information on the trade union movement in the US, including biographies of activists such as James Hoffa, John L. Lewis, and Mary 'Mother' Jones, organisations and journals, and significant events in union history.
Author: Spartacus Educational
Subjects: trade unions
DeweyClass: 331.88
Resource type: biographies
Tolpuddle Martyrs Museum: Museum commemorating the six Tolpuddle Martyrs led by George Loveless, providing an insight into the foundations of modern day trade unionism. Describes the establishment of the Tolpuddle union, its suppression by James Frampton, transportation of members to New South Wales, and the homecoming. Museum facilities and opening hours are provided.
Author: Tolpuddle Martyrs Museum
Subjects: british history from 1800, british museums, trade unions
DeweyClass: 331.881
Resource type: museum
TUC Online: Trades Union Congress: Aim is to promote the rights and welfare of those in work and to campaign for policies which help the unemployed in their search for quality jobs.
Author: TUC
Subjects: employment, industrial relations, trade unions
DeweyClass: 331.8
Resource type: institution
UCU: University and College Union: UCU is a trade union representing all types of professional staff across the UK higher education sectors. Includes news, press releases, economic reports, and a campaigns archive with details of AUT responses to major events and reports, such as the UK Budget and the Dearing Report.
Author: University and College Union
Subjects: industrial relations, trade unions
DeweyClass: 331.88113711
Resource type: institution
UNISON: Trade union working to defend and improve the interests of people working in the public services and essential industries. Represents workers employed in local government, health care, higher education, electricity, gas, water, public transport, police authorities, and the voluntary sector.
Author: UNISON
Subjects: industrial relations, local government, trade unions
DeweyClass: 331.8
Resource type: institution
Your Voice at Work: Released as a follow up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, this series of reports examine trends relating to fundamental principles and rights in the workplace. Areas addressed include forced or compulsory labour, child labour, and discrimination.
Author: International Labour Organisation
Subjects: employment, trade unions
DeweyClass: 331.8
Resource type: documents