Union Community Services
The links below provide connections to resources to help you in your job, help your family, help your personal life, and in your community. Food banks link is at the bottom. We strive to remain active participants in the wider labor movement by anticipating member needs and providing the right community resource. Stay connected and let us know where we can help.
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.
Know Your Rights In The Workplace
Find information on workplace 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
www.working-families.org - Institute of Industrial Relations
www.iir.berkeley.edu - Equal Employment Opportunity Commission –
www.eeoc.gov - State Employment Sites
www.statelocalgov.net/50states-jobs.cfm - American Civil Liberties Union
www.aclu.org - Living Wage Ordinances:
AFL-CIO
www.afl-cio.org - Living Wage Resource Center
www.livingwagecampaign.org - Good resources about overtime.
www.dol.gov/esa/whd - HIV/ AIDS Workplace Education – BRTA/ LRTA
www.hivatwork.org
Disability Resources:
- American with Disabilities
www.ada.gov/ - ADA online news
www.ada.gov/disabilitynews.htm - Job Accommodation Network Homepage
janweb.icdi.wvu.edu/ - From Cornell University: Guide to Disability and Employment
www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/subjectGuides/disabilityAndTheWorkplace.html - Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
www.dredf.org/ - Technology for people with Disabilities
www.abilityhub.com/ - Independent Living Institute
www.independentliving.org
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 the Commissioner of Social Security on matters on Social Security and Supplemental Security Income Program
www.ssab.gov
Medicare
MedPAC advises Congress on Medicare issues.
www.medpac.gov
Health and Support Programs
- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases gives information on a variety of health issues. The site is in both English and Spanish.
www.niams.nih.org - 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.
www.ncd.gov - The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled is an independent Federal agency that administers the Javits-Wagner-O’Day (JWOD) Program. The JWOD Program’s mission is to provide 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
www.jwod.gov/jwod - Important information can be found on this website about common and contagious diseases.
www.cdc.gov - National Institutes of Health
www.nih.gov
Cardiovascular Health:
- American Heart Association
www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1200000
Cancer Resources
- American Cancer Society
www.cancer.org/docroot/home/index.asp - Cancer Information Center
www.oncolink.com/ - Cancer Information for Patients and Families
www.cancercare.org/ - Information on Cervical Cancer Prevention Works (CCPW)
www.cluw.org/cervcancer.html - National Cancer Institute
www.cancer.gov/
Multiple Sclerosis Resources:
- National MS Society
www.nationalmssociety.org - MS Pathways
www.mspathways.com/index.jsp - MS Foundation for Women
www.ms.foundation.org - Multiple Sclerosis Foundation
www.msfacts.org
Muscular Dystrophy:
- Muscular Dystrophy Campaign
www.muscular-dystrophy.org/ - Muscular Dystrophy Family Foundation
www.mdff.org/ - The MD Association
www.mdausa.org/ - Parent Project: Muscular Dystrophy
www.parentprojectmd.org/site/PageServer?pagename=nws_index
Especially for Women
- Women’s Health
www.womenshealthmatters.ca
Mental Health
- National Institute of Mental Health
www.nimh.nih.gov/ \
Workers’ Compensation: What you need to know
The US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board is a federal agency investigating chemical accidents to protect workers, the public, and the environment.
chemsafety.gov/
Diversity Resources
- Civil Rights Information
www.civilrights.org - Coalition of Black Trade Unionists
www.cbtu.org/ - A. Philip Randolph Institute
www.apri.org/ - National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
www.naacp.org/ - Labor Council for Latin American Advancement
www.lclaa.org/ - National Council of La Raza
www.nclr.org/ - Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, AFL-CIO
www.apalanet.org/ - National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
www.thetaskforce.org/library/dp_pub.htm - Pride At Work
www.prideatwork.org - National Center for Lesbian Rights
www.nclrights.org
Permanent Insurance benefits
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 them with financial support for graduate study.
www.truman.gov/
Food Banks