Legislation and Politics- California Labor Federation

The California Voter Foundation, a pioneer in digital information dissemination on voting in California. They provide a 1998 California Primary Online Voting Guide, an Internet Guide to the California legislature, and much more. Do you want to know who your Senator is or how to reach them by phone or e-mail? If so, check out http://www.calvoter.org/legguide/senateroster.html. Do you want to know who your Assembly member is or how to reach them by phone or e-mail? If so, check out http://www.calvoter.org/legguide/assemblyroster.html.

California Budget Project. Covers everything from budget basics, briefing papers on hot state tax and budget issues, bimonthly updates, reports, and more.

California State Senate and California State Assembly. Provides up-to-date status information on California legislation from this legislative session or last.

Capitol Alert. Another superlative site to track happenings in the state Capitol. They've got links, news, calendars, rookie watch, attorney general opinions, election alert, poll positions and much more.

Jack Kavanagh's "Rough and Tumble" report. A daily drive-by on California politics. Irreverent, gutsy and bold. We love it.

Political Access. Your nonpartisan online guide to California press, political, election, legislative and government information for 1998 and beyond.

Public Policy Institute of California. A private, non-profit organization dedicated to independent, nonpartisan research on economic, social, and political issues that affect the lives of Californians.

American Journalism Review. Links to all newspapers and media outlets.

Canadian Association of Labour Media. Services for union editors, including workshops, graphics and how to build a local union Web site.

Labor Cartoons of Gary Huck and Mike Konopacki. You've seen their labor cartoons everwhere! Now visit their super Web site that is both informative and fun. 

Brave New Work World. Information and thinking about work in the new economy.

Labor Project for Working Families. Sample union contracts covering child care, elder care, flexible work schedules, and other family-friendly policies.

Families and Work Institute. Policy research on the changing workforce and changing family/personal lives.

Electronic Policy Network. Timely information and ideas about national policy and politics.

Economic Policy Institute. Seeks to broaden the public debate about strategies to achieve a prosperous and fair economy.

California's state OSHA program adopted an ergonomics standard that went into effect in 1997. This link shows you the text of the standard (General Industry Safety Order Section 5110 Repetitive Motion Injuries). [Note: Parts of the standard have been challenged in state court, the bulk of the standard is in full effect for most employers. If you need specific information on the status of specific parts of the standard, you will need to consult the section of the Cal/OSHA web site which provides that detail.] http://www.dir.ca.gov/title8/5110.html

Cal/OSHA is drafting a Policy and Procedures document to guide its inspectors when enforcing the ergonomics standard. The latest draft of this policy document is: http://www.dir.ca.gov/dir/osh/policy_procedure/P&PC-173.HTM

AFL-CIO Health and Safety Department has a general Health and Safety page that includes news of H&S activities in Washington, DC, lists of AFL-CIO health and safety resources and specific information on ergonomics activities of the AFL-CIO and in Congress. http://www.aflcio.org/safety/

Federal OSHA's Ergonomics Information Page is filled with useful information:
http://www.osha-slc.gov/SLTC/ergonomics

The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health's (NIOSH) Ergonomics page. NIOSH is the only federal agency that does research on workplace safety. It is a part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This web page gives easy access to all of NIOSH's recent publications and testimony about ergonomics. They have paid special attention recently to effective solutions to ergonomics problems, and to a review of the literature regarding work-related musculoskeletal disorders. http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/ergopage.html

AFL-CIO Web Site.

SEIU International

SEIU State Council

LaborNet's Directory of Union Organizations and Resources on the Internet. A regularly updated list of links.

State Building and Construction Trade Council of California. Contruction and labor issues, prevailing wage, affiliated unions, history and more.

Working Women Working Together. Launched by the AFL-CIO Working Women's Department in September 1998, it features the Equal Pay Web page where women can key in their age, income level, and education level to find out how much they stand to lose over a lifetime because of unequal pay.

The Southwest Organizing School Section at the George Meany Center www.georgemeany.org
www.georgemeany.org/html/southwest_school.html

Centers for Labor Research and Education. Berkeley, telephone (510) 642-0323, and UCLA, telephone: (310) 794-5381.

City College of San Francisco Labor Studies
San Francisco, California. Phone: 415-267-6550.

Henning Center. John F. Henning Center for International Labor Relations.

Laney College Labor Studies telephone: 510-464-3210.

San Francisco State University Labor Studies
San Francisco, California. Phone: 415-338-2885.

Los Angeles Trade Technical College
Tech is www.lattc.edu