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TrouSerS TrouSerS
TrouSerS- An open-source software stack. Provides FAQ and documentation. ...
Living Income for Vanderbilt Employees Living Income for Vanderbilt Employees
Living Income for Vanderbilt Employees- Student, faculty, staff, and community group advocating for a fair wage at Vanderbilt as well as health care, benefits, child care, paid time off and retirement benefits. ...
CNN.com - Global Public Square: Why Outsource? CNN.com - Global Public Square: Why Outsource?
CNN.com - Global Public Square: Why Outsource?- Harvard Business School alumni offer up rationales in a new report based on nearly 10,000 responses to a survey of 50,000 HBS grads. ...
Jobs Migration Moves Relentlessly Up Skills Chain Jobs Migration Moves Relentlessly Up Skills Chain
Jobs Migration Moves Relentlessly Up Skills Chain- Guardian article on the loss of jobs from the US and Britain to the Far East, not only in manufacturing but also in fields such as accounting. ...
CTA Citizens Taking Action CTA Citizens Taking Action
CTA Citizens Taking Action- A citizens advocacy group for transit dependent riders in the Chicago, IL metropolitan area. ...
Buffalo Moves Closer to Extinction Buffalo Moves Closer to Extinction
Buffalo Moves Closer to Extinction- Article from the Guardian examines the impact on Buffalo, NY, of the loss of manufacturing jobs to other countries with lower wages. ...
Vermont Livable Wage Campaign Vermont Livable Wage Campaign
Vermont Livable Wage Campaign- FAQ, analysis of working incomes, organizing and actions, and Information about the economics and politics of raising the state's minimum wage. ...
Dane County Living Wage Campaign Dane County Living Wage Campaign
Dane County Living Wage Campaign- Campaign reports and articles about Dane County's cost of living and wages. ...
Harvard Living Wage Campaign Harvard Living Wage Campaign
Harvard Living Wage Campaign- Campaign to eradicate poverty wages at Harvard University. Includes a comprehensive report on poverty wages at Harvard, with a detailed discussion of the spread low-wage labor on campus, ana ...
'Living wage' Laws Gain Momentum Across US 'Living wage' Laws Gain Momentum Across US
'Living wage' Laws Gain Momentum Across US- A new study shows higher incomes from 'living wage' outweigh the cost in job losses. From the Christian Science Monitor. ...
The Jus Semper Global Alliance The Jus Semper Global Alliance
The Jus Semper Global Alliance- Long term sustainable development through The Living Wages North and South Initiative (TLWNSI), a corporate social responsibility program for gradual wage equalization. ...
NPR : Low-Wage America NPR : Low-Wage America
NPR : Low-Wage America- According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than 20 million workers earn less than $9 an hour - not enough to buy the basics in some areas. In a series of special reports, NPR's Noah Adams t ...
Campus Living Wage Project Campus Living Wage Project
Campus Living Wage Project- A collection of interviews and information on campus "living wage" campaigns. Includes interviews with student activists and profiles of past campaigns. ...
USAS USAS
USAS- National network of student groups working to end sweatshops and other labor abuses. ...
Coalition of Florida Farmworker Organizations Coalition of Florida Farmworker Organizations
Coalition of Florida Farmworker Organizations- Helps migrant and seasonal farmworkers in south Florida and the Glades with emergency assistance, immigration, substance abuse and mental health, literacy and employment. Pa ...
Migrants.Net Migrants.Net
Migrants.Net- Resources for migrant workers from the Mission for Filipino Migrant Workers Society in Hong Kong. ...
Commission for Farm Workers' Rights Commission for Farm Workers' Rights
Commission for Farm Workers' Rights- Based in Oxnard, California. Its main purpose is to help hard working immigrants and their families obtain justice and fair treatment. ...
International Labour Migration International Labour Migration
International Labour Migration- Resources from the International Labor Organization including a migrant workers database, standards of work, and goals for improving conditions. ...
BBC NEWS | Business | Migrant workers 'face exploitation' BBC NEWS | Business | Migrant workers 'face exploitation'
BBC NEWS | Business | Migrant workers 'face exploitation'- A lack of legal protection for migrant workers who arrive in the UK is giving the green light to unscrupulous employers, the TUC says. ...
Justica For Migrant Workers Justica For Migrant Workers
Justica For Migrant Workers- Activists based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada promoting the rights of seasonal Caribbean and Mexican migrant farm workers who annually participate in the federal government's Caribbean and Mexi ...
The Migrant Experience The Migrant Experience
The Migrant Experience- Examination of the experience of migrant workers in California (Mexicans and "Okies") during the first half of the twentieth century. ...
Overworked, underpaid and over here - Migrant workers in Britain Overworked, underpaid and over here - Migrant workers in Britain
Overworked, underpaid and over here - Migrant workers in Britain- Report from the Trades Union Congress in Britain on issues surrounding migrant workers including the impact on labour in Britain. Introduction is free tho ...
Migration Network Migration Network
Migration Network- Information on migrant workers in Lebanon. ...
The Human Rights of Migrant Workers The Human Rights of Migrant Workers
The Human Rights of Migrant Workers- Background information from the People's Movement for Human Rights Education. ...
Migrant Workers in Israel: A contemporary form of slavery Migrant Workers in Israel: A contemporary form of slavery
Migrant Workers in Israel: A contemporary form of slavery- Report in PDF format on the condition of foreign workers in Israel. ...
Migrant workers sue Wal-Mart Migrant workers sue Wal-Mart
Migrant workers sue Wal-Mart- Conditions of cleaners 'a step from slavery' lawyer alleges. Published in the Guardian. ...
CBPP - New Findings from Oregon Suggest Minimum Wage Increases Can Boost Wages for Welfare Recipients Moving to Work CBPP - New Findings from Oregon Suggest Minimum Wage Increases Can Boost Wages for Welfare Recipients Moving to Work
CBPP - New Findings from Oregon Suggest Minimum Wage Increases Can Boost Wages for Welfare Recipients Moving to Work- Report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. ...
Minimum Wage Escalation Minimum Wage Escalation
Minimum Wage Escalation- Monograph by Thomas Sowell examines legislation that would automatically escalate the minimum wage based on earnings elsewhere in the economy. ...
Real Clear Politics - Ignoring Economics Real Clear Politics - Ignoring Economics
Real Clear Politics - Ignoring Economics- An article arguing that the minimum wage is partly responsible for unemployment among not only African-American youth but also violent young French Muslims as well. ...
OCPP - Minimum Wage Employers Posting Strong Job Growth OCPP - Minimum Wage Employers Posting Strong Job Growth
OCPP - Minimum Wage Employers Posting Strong Job Growth- Report showing strong growth in the restaurant and farm industries that pay the state's high minimum wage, from the Oregon Center for Public Policy. ...
Oregon State - Minimum Wage History Oregon State - Minimum Wage History
Oregon State - Minimum Wage History- Four charts showing changes in the minimum wage, its value, and its relationship to the poverty level over the last several decades. ...
CATO - The Minimum Wage: Washingtons Perennial Myth CATO - The Minimum Wage: Washingtons Perennial Myth
CATO - The Minimum Wage: Washingtons Perennial Myth- 1988 analysis by Matthew B. Kibbe, later head of FreedomWorks, of the economic, social, and political reasons not to raise the minimum wage. ...
Swarthmore College - Policy Debate: Does an Increase in the Minimum Wage Result in a Higher Unemployment Rate? Swarthmore College - Policy Debate: Does an Increase in the Minimum Wage Result in a Higher Unemployment Rate?
Swarthmore College - Policy Debate: Does an Increase in the Minimum Wage Result in a Higher Unemployment Rate?- 2003 debate discussing the employment effects of the minimum wage, including annotated links to other argume ...
Mackinac Center - Minimum Wage Causes Maximum Pain Mackinac Center - Minimum Wage Causes Maximum Pain
Mackinac Center - Minimum Wage Causes Maximum Pain- Essay concerning the origin of the minimum wage and its negative impact on women, minorities, and unskilled workers. ...
Mackinac Center - Minimum Wage and Fairness Mackinac Center - Minimum Wage and Fairness
Mackinac Center - Minimum Wage and Fairness- Study arguing against the minimum wage, by Michael LaFaive. ...
Wikipedia - Minimum Wage Wikipedia - Minimum Wage
Wikipedia - Minimum Wage- Crowd-sourced encyclopedia article about the history and effects of minimum wage laws worldwide. ...
The Guardian - Minimum Wage The Guardian - Minimum Wage
The Guardian - Minimum Wage- Collected news, analysis and comment on the minimum wage issue. ...
ILO - Resource Guide on Minimum Wages ILO - Resource Guide on Minimum Wages
ILO - Resource Guide on Minimum Wages- Provides publications, statistics, media coverage, photos, videos, online resources along with ILO documents, databases and links. From the International Labour Organization, Bureau ...
National Institute for Labor Relations Research National Institute for Labor Relations Research
National Institute for Labor Relations Research- Institute provides the supplementary analysis and research necessary to expose the inequities of compulsory unionism. ...
National Right to Work Foundation National Right to Work Foundation
National Right to Work Foundation- Argues that federal labor law should not promote coercive union power and supports the protection and enactment of additional state Right to Work laws until the federal sanction for com ...
National Taxi Association National Taxi Association
National Taxi Association- This is the official web site of the NTA- National Taxi Association Carlisle Uk England ...
American Institute for Full Employment American Institute for Full Employment
American Institute for Full Employment- Works to develop the concepts needed to achieve full employment in America and to do so in a fashion that will utilize and enhance free enterprise and minimize or eliminate governm ...
Employment Policies Institute Employment Policies Institute
Employment Policies Institute- Research organization dedicated to studying entry-level employment issues. ...
National Right to Work Committee National Right to Work Committee
National Right to Work Committee- Argues that federal labor law should not promote coercive union power and supports the protection and enactment of additional state Right to Work laws until the federal sanction for comp ...
Information for Employees Opposed to Unions Information for Employees Opposed to Unions
Information for Employees Opposed to Unions- How to oppose union organizing and get rid of a labor union through decertification. Describes key labor policy issues. ...
National Legal and Policy Center National Legal and Policy Center
National Legal and Policy Center- Center opposed to compulsory union dues, and responsible for the Organized Labor Accountability Project. ...
Effects of Right to Work Laws on Employees, Unions and Businesses Effects of Right to Work Laws on Employees, Unions and Businesses
Effects of Right to Work Laws on Employees, Unions and Businesses- Michigan Business school student's senior thesis defending Right to Work, and opposing compulsory union membership requirements. ...
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center* National Underground Railroad Freedom Center*
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center*- This organization has a museum devoted to "the Underground Railroad" and programs that educate the public about modern slavery and human trafficking. ...
The Fairtrade Foundation | Fairtrade The Fairtrade Foundation | Fairtrade
The Fairtrade Foundation | Fairtrade- From the website of the Fairtrade Foundation, home of the FAIRTRADE Mark, the only independent guarantee of a better deal for Third World producers ...
Polaris Project Polaris Project
Polaris Project- This organization works on all forms of human trafficking and serves victims of slavery and human trafficking. ...

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