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  • AFSCME International Union, based in Washington, D.C., represents locals and affiliates at the national level — lobbying Congress and the White House — and coordinates the union’s activities on major issues that affect the members, such as privatization, taxes, health care and Social Security. The International helps councils and local unions mount organizing campaigns, provides technical assistance and support for political action, bargaining and training, and administers a package of members-only benefits such as a low-interest-rate credit card, home mortgages, legal assistance, and scholarships for members’ children.
     
  • AFL-CIO International brings social and economic justice to our nation by enabling working people to have a voice on the job, in government, in a changing global economy and in their communities.
     
  • International Labor Organization is a specialized, independent agency of the United Nations, based in Geneva, Switzerland, with 175 member countries represented by workers, employers and governments. It is the only international agency in which non-governmental sectors of society participate fully with government.
      

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  • A. Philip Randolph Institute A national organization of black trade unionists. APRI builds black community support for the trade union movement, and conveys to labor the needs and concerns of black Americans.
     
  • Center on Budget and Policy Priorities is a nonpartisan research organization and policy institute that conducts research and analysis on a range of government policies and programs, with an emphasis on those affecting low and moderate income people.
     
  • Coalition of Black Trade Unionists aims to be a catalyst for progressive social and political action by providing visitors with data and information relevant to the lives of African American workers and the unions and communities that they support.
     
  • Coalition of Labor Union Women focuses on key concerns to working women — equal pay, child and elder care benefits, job security, safe workplaces, affordable health care, reproductive rights, and protection from sexual harassment and violence at work.
     
  • Economic Policy Institute provides high-quality research and education in order to promote a prosperous, fair, and sustainable economy. The Institute stresses real world analysis and a concern for the living standards of working people, and it makes its findings accessible to the general public, the media, and policy makers.
      
  • Jobs with Justice improves working people's standard of living, fights for job security, and protects workers' right to organize. JwJ's core belief is that in order to be successful, workers' rights struggles have to be part of a larger campaign for economic and social justice. To that end, JwJ has created a network of local coalitions that connect labor, faith-based, community, and student organizations to work together on workplace and community social justice campaigns.
     
  • Labor Heritage Foundation works to strengthen the labor movement through the use of music and the arts.
     
  • LaborNet This website is devoted to providing workers, businesses, policymakers, and the media with information and analyses to facilitate a better understanding of today's workplace issues. The Labor Home Page is a comprehensive source of current studies, facts, and links to other web sites related to workplace issues.
     
  • National Committee and Policy Priorities is the national membership coalition of over 80 organizations, including labor unions, women's and civil rights organizations, religious, professional, education and legal associations, commissions on women, state and local pay equity coalitions and individual women and men working to eliminate sex- and race-based wage discrimination and to achieve pay equity.
     
  • National Interfaith Committee for Workers Justice is a network of people of faith that calls upon our religious values in order to educate, organize and mobilize the religious community in the United States on issues and campaigns that will improve wages, benefits and working conditions for workers, especially low-wage workers.
     
  • NAACP The primary focus of the NAACP is the protection and enhancement of the cival rights of African Americans and other minorities
     
  • OSHA and its state partners have approximately 2100 inspectors, plus complaint discrimination investigators, engineers, physicians, educators, standards writers, and other technical and support personnel spread over more than 200 offices throughout the country. This staff establishes protective standards, enforces those standards, and reaches out to employers and employees through technical assistance and consultation programs.
     
  • Union Jobs Clearinghouse is a central site for posting the open staffing and trades positions in organized labor that are now accepting applications.
     
  • Union Label and Service Trades Department, AFL-CIO, was founded to promote the products and services produced in America by union members - especially those products and services identified by a union label, shop or store card or service button. The Department is supported by voluntary per capita payments from international or national unions that are affiliated with us.
     
  • Union International Systems is a national company dedicated to providing software solutions and full-service support to labor unions and Taft-Hartley benefit funds. Since we began in 1981, we have used our knowledge of unions and their specific needs and problems to create powerful yet simple-to-use applications that help union professionals all across the U.S. and Canada get their jobs done quickly and efficiently each day. We've won the trust of hundreds of union leaders and fund administrators, and our software is in use by locals and benefit funds affiliated with some 30 international unions.
     
  • U.S. Dept. of Labor fosters and promotes the welfare of the job seekers, wage earners, and retirees of the United States by improving their working conditions, advancing their opportunities for profitable employment, protecting their retirement and health care benefits, helping employers find workers, strengthening free collective bargaining, and tracking changes in employment, prices, and other national economic measurements. In carrying out this mission, the Department administers a variety of Federal labor laws including those that guarantee workers’ rights to safe and healthful working conditions; a minimum hourly wage and overtime pay; freedom from employment discrimination; unemployment insurance; and other income support.

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  • Connecticut Dept. of Labor is committed to protecting and promoting the interests of Connecticut workers. In order to accomplish this in today's ever-changing environment, we must assist workers and employers in becoming competitive in the global economy. We must take a comprehensive approach to meeting the needs of workers, employers, and other agencies that serve them. We must provide the highest quality, integrated services in response to our customers' needs.
     
  • Connecticut Offical State Website contains information pertaining to executive, judicial and legislative agengies and organizations. There are also special interest links for licensing and permits, tourism, commerce, education and local town and city information.
     
  • Connecticut Demographic Information and Town Profiles is a compilation of current statistics describing the State of Connecticut's 169 towns. The most recent town-level statistics available are presented by the subject areas of demographics, economics, education, housing, labor force, government, and quality of life.
     
  • Connecticut Citizen Action Group (CCAG) is a statewide membership organization dedicated to working with people to bring about social, economic and environmental justice.CCAG has been fighting for economic and social justice for over 30 years. By utilizing grassroots power, CCAG has created change on the issues our members care about including quality, affordable health care and the protection of our environment. It is our 30,000 members statewide who give us the clout we need to win!
     
  • Connecticut Voices for Children seeks to promote the well-being of all of Connecticut's young people through high-quality research and public policy analysis, an active communications program, a commitment to promoting youth leadership and youth voice, and effective citizen mobilization and organizational collaboration.
     
  • Connecticut AFL-CIO
     
  • State of CT Insurance Department is to protect the consumer by administering and enforcing the insurance laws in the most responsive and cost effective manner to ensure the financial reliability and responsibility of all regulated entities. This site contains insurer ratings and other information.
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