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Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
 
Easy entry into the full range of economic data and analysis produced by BLS. Find the statistics and reports on employment and unemployment, price (such as the Consumer Price Index) living conditions, compensation, productivity, and much more. From the U.S. Department of Labor.
http://www.bls.gov/
Topics: Finance, Jobs & Work, Labor, Statistics
Last updated Apr 1, 2006
International Labour Organization (ILO)
The ILO "is the UN specialized agency which seeks the promotion of social justice and internationally recognized human and labour rights." The library section of this site offers specialized databases and research guides on country and regional information, labor legislation, labor statistics, occupational health and safety, and more. Site also includes fact sheets, photos, and related features. In English, French, and Spanish, with some information also available in other languages.
http://www.ilo.org
Topics: Jobs & Work, Labor, Law, Law, Law by Place (U.S. States & non-U.S.)
Last updated Jun 13, 2007
LaborNet
News and opinion pieces from and about labor unions, activists, and organizations using computer networks for information-sharing and collaboration. "A point of view that is independent (and critical) of official Labor yet sympathetic to it, ... idiosyncratic yet consistently grounded in working class priorities." Searchable.
http://www.labornet.org/
Topics: Labor
Last updated Jun 1, 2005
Monthly Labor Review Online
This is the online version of the print periodical of the same name, providing "research in a wide variety of fields - the labor force, the economy, employment, inflation, productivity, occupational injuries and illnesses, wages, prices, and many more." Archived and indexed back to 1982. "Current Labor Statistics" has Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data tables and a link to the BLS LABSTAT database where you can download data for use in spreadsheets and databases.
http://stats.bls.gov/opub/mlr/mlrhome.htm
Topics: Jobs & Work, Labor, Law, Law, Magazines, Statistics
Last updated Aug 10, 2009
Report: A Chartbook of International Labor Comparisons: The Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe
"This Chartbook of International Labor Comparisons provides a comparative labor market perspective--including employment levels, jobless rates, hours worked, labor costs, and productivity trends." Each chart includes the United States, Canada, and Mexico, and selected Asian-Pacific and European countries. Statistical tables compare the gross domestic product (GDP), labor market indicators, competitiveness indicators for manufacturing, and other indicators such as hours worked and taxes. From the United States Department of Labor.
http://www.dol.gov/asp/archive/reports/chartbook/
Topics: Finance, Labor, Regions of the World, Regions of the World, Statistics
Last updated Jun 4, 2009
UC Berkeley Labor Center
The UC Berkeley Labor Center "conducts research and education on issues related to labor and employment," with an emphasis on California and the San Francisco Bay Area. The site contains publications on topics such as living wage initiatives, health coverage, and homecare workers. See "Special Projects" for report "Black Workers in the Bay Area: 1970-2000." The center is a program of the Institute of Industrial Relations, University of California, Berkeley.
http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu
Topics: Labor
Last updated Sep 18, 2006
WWW Virtual Library: Labour History
A directory of Web sites about labor "to assist historians, political and social scientists, and others with a historical interest." Topics include countries world-wide, libraries, museums, associations, journals, anarchism, gender, Jewish labor, Marxism, and more. Maintained by the International Institute of Social History, located in Amsterdam. A Virtual Library site.
http://www.iisg.nl/w3vl/
Topics: Business, Labor, United States History
Last updated Sep 15, 2009
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