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CyberSolidarity  - http://www.cybersolidarity.com  Labor news, information on labor law and networking information for activists dedicated to labor and human rights activists.  National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) - Union Organizing  - http://www.laborlawyers.com/FSL5CS/booklets/booklets330.asp  Basic principles under which unions can acquire (and lose) the right to represent employees, and techniques used by unions and what management should & should not do.  TAP: Vol 11, Iss. 20. Labor Organizing as a Civil Right. Richard D. Kahlenberg.  - http://www.prospect.org/print/V11/20/kahlenberg-r.html  This biweekly magazine of politics, policy and culture provides intelligent, entertaining and enlightening commentary on important issues of our time.  Labor Organizing: A Struggle in the South  - http://www.ibiblio.org/prism/may98/labor.html  Article on the challenges of organizing in the southern United States.  OFFICE Depot Workers Union Organizing  - http://odepotunion.tripod.com/index.htm  Maintained by Office Depot employees to assist others in oranizing their workplaces.  Berkeley Labor Guides: Union Organizing  - http://ist-socrates.berkeley.edu/~iir/library/blg/unionorg.html  Scope, newspaper articles, books and links.  Investigating the attitudes toward labor unions in the 1930s  - http://www.davison.k12.mi.us/newdeal/union2.htm  Webquest: includes teacher guide and student assignments.  GCIU:Union Privilege: an organizing tool  - http://www.gciu.org/archives/99oct/unpriv.shtml  Union Privilege benefits can be the turning point in organizing campaigns  UFCW 141 Nurses - You Have Rights  - http://www.ufcw141nurses.org/rights.htm  Employee rights are protected by Federal Labor Law. Explains what employees and employers can and can not do during organizing.  Unionize Lowes Home Improvement  - http://members.tripod.com/id8948/index.html  Seeks unionize all Lowes Home Improvement employees.  StreetNet is an alliance of international street vendor organisations  - http://www.streetnet.org.za  StreetNet aims to provide information and resources to enable street vendor organisations to solve their problems by building their bargaining power and visibility. It aims to expand and strengthen street vendor networks at international, regional and national levels.  The Farmworkers' website  - http://www.farmworkers.org/  Sin Fronteras Organizing Project. This website is dedicated to publicize our work and to educate the public about the plight of the agricultural workers.  You Are Worth More  - http://www.youareworthmore.org  A free online resource for retail workers who want a voice or have a question about work.  National Association of Federal Air Marshals (NAFAM)  - http://www.nafam.0catch.com  A grass roots association intending to organize Federal Air Marshals to improve work conditions.  GE Workers United  - http://www.geworkersunited.org/  The unions at GE in the United States invite GE workers worldwide to unionize.  WirelessWorkers  - http://www.wirelessworkers.org  Features news and resources for wireless communication workers to organize and unionize. It also highlights updates regarding the Verizon Wireless company. Organizing site for the Communications Workers of America.  Organizing Institute  - http://www.aflcio.org/aboutunions/oi/  Program by the AFL-CIO to train union organizers and put them in the field.  Union Works  - http://groups.msn.com/unionworks  An informal message board to talk about getting associates of Wal Mart to join a union.  New School University Academics Come Together - ACT-UAW  - http://www.newschooluaw.org  Workers organizing a union for the faculty of New School University. Site contains general information, faq, and downloadable union petition.  Whole Foods Workers Unite  - http://www.wholeworkersunite.org  Operated by and for Whole Foods workers who want to better the working conditions of all Whole Foods workers.  CATA - The Farmworker Support Committee  - http://www.cata-farmworkers.org  Informative site on the organizing efforts of migrant and immigrant farmworkers in the mid-atlantic region of the U.S. Site in Spanish and English.  Association of Pizza Delivery Drivers  - http://www.pizzadeliverydrivers.org  Discussion of problems and interests for people in the industry.  How to Unionize!!!  - http://www.hawaflcio.org/unionize.html  A primer on the organizing process.  Gay Labor Goes Global in Australia  - http://www.thegully.com/essays/gaymundo/020813_gay_unions_aus.html  The Gully interviews Ken Davis, Australian gay labor activist and organizer of the 2002 World Conference of LGBT Trade Unionists in Sydney. Focus: history of gay organizing.  Wal Mart Workers Canada  - http://www.walmartworkerscanada.com  Campaign to unionise Wal-Mart workers across Canada.  Union Summer  - http://www.aflcio.org/aboutunions/unionsummer/  A campaign by the AFL-CIO which recruits students and young people to spend their summers organizing for the labor movement.  Employee Issues at IBM Research Triangle Park, NC  - http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/IBMEMPLOYEEISSUESRTPNC/  A site for IBM Employees to discuss current Union activies, lay-offs, benefit and retirement changes, or anything that's work related.