The links below provide connections to resources to help you in your job, your family and personal life, your community and as a active participant in the wider labor movement. Stay connected. Let us know if you have a suggestion for a link that would be helpful to fellow union members. 

Labor Links

• APRI  A. Philip Randolph Institute: The Home for Black Trade Unionists
• CLUW Coalition of Labor Union Women
• CBTU Coalition of Black Trade Unionists
• LCLAA Labor Council For Latin American Advancement
• APALA Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance
• PAW Pride At Work
• NCPE National Committee on Pay Equity
• Working For America
• AFLCIO The American Federation of Labor, Congress of Industrial Organizations.

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Know Your Rights In The Workplace

Find information on work discrimination and how to proceed when you have been victimized. Remember that you cannot be discriminated against because of sex, race, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender expression, identity, military status or handicap. Know your rights!

• Labor Project for Working Families 
• Institute of Industrial Relations
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
• State Employment Sites 
• American Civil Liberties Union

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• American with Disabilities
• Job Accommodation Network
• Cornell University: Guide to Disability and Employment
• Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
• Independent Living Institute

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Social Security: What you need to know: 

The Social Security Advisory Board (SSAB) is an independent board created by Congress to advise the President, Congress and he Commissioner of Social Security on matters on Social Security and Supplemental Security Income Program
 
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Medicare

MedPac advises the Congress on Medicare issues.

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• National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskelatar and Skin Diseases gives information on a variety of health issues. The site is in both English and Spanish. 
• The National Council on Disability (NCD) is an independent federal agency making recommendations to the President and Congress to enhance the quality of life for people with disabilities and their families.
• The Ability One Program (Javits-Wagner-O'Day Program) provides employment opportunities for people who are blind or have other severe disabilities in the manufacture and delivery of products and services to the Federal Government.
• Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
• National Institutes of Health.

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• American Heart Association  

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Cancer Resources

• American Cancer Society
• Cancer Information Center
• Cancer Information for Patients and Families
• National Cancer Institute

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Multiple Sclerosis Resources:

• National MS Society
• MS Foundation for Women

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Muscular Dystrophy:

• Muscular Dystrophy Campaign
• Muscular Dystrophy Family Foundation
• The MD Association
• Parent Project: Muscular Dystrophy 

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Especially for Women 

• Women's Health

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Mental Health

• National Institute of Mental Health 

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Workers' Compensation: What you need to know

Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC)

The US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board is a federal agency investigating chemical accidents to protect workers, the public, and the environment.

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Diversity Resources

• Civil Rights Information
• Coalition of Black Trade Unionists
• A. Philip Randolph Institute
• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
• Labor Council for Latin American Advancement
• National Council of La Raza
• Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, AFL-CIO
• National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
• Pride At Work
• National Center for Lesbian Rights

Other Links

The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation's mission is to "recognize college juniors with exceptional leadership potential who are committed to careers in government, the non-profit and advocacy sectors, education or elsewhere in the public service or to provide the with financial support for graduate study.
www.truman.gov/