Helpful Information Links
United States Department of Labor DOL
www.dol.gov
The Department of Labor fosters and promotes the welfare of 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.
Civil Rights Center
www.dol.gov/oasam/programs/crc
The Civil Rights Center CRC administers
and enforces various Federal statutes,
regulations,
and Executive
Orders that relate to nondiscrimination and equal opportunity.
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
www.eeoc.gov
Title
VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Americans
with Disabilities Act Civil Rights Center (ADA) cover all private employers, state and local governments, and educational institutions that employ 15 or more individuals. These laws also cover private and public employment agencies, labor organizations, and joint labor management committees controlling apprenticeship and training. The Age
Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) covers all private
employers with 20 or more employees, state and local governments
(including school districts), employment agencies and labor
organizations. The Equal
Pay Act (EPA) covers all employers who are covered by the Federal
Wage and Hour Law (the Fair Labor Standards Act). Virtually all
employers are subject to the provisions of this Act.
Industrial Commission of Arizona ICA
www.ica.state.az.us
The Arizona Department of Labor has three
areas of jurisdiction: Resolution
of Disputes Involving Wages , Youth
Employment Law Enforcement , and Licensing
of Private Employment Agencies that Charge Fees to Applicants.
Can My Boss Do That?
www.canmybossdothat.com
This user-friendly site
covers a comprehensive range of the most common workplace related
legal terms and situations, providing explanations and answers in
clear and concise terminology that breaks down nuances without
overwhelming the already-stressed out worker with too much text or
extra detail.
The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial
Organizations (AFL-CIO)
www.aflcio.org/aboutus/thisistheaflcio/
A voluntary federation of 56
national and international labor unions. The AFL-CIO union
movement represents 11 million members, including 2.5
million members in Working America, its new community affiliate. We
are teachers and taxi drivers, musicians and miners,
firefighters and farm workers, bakers and bottlers, engineers and
editors, pilots and public employees, doctors and nurses, painters
and plumbers—and more.
Occupational Safety & Health Administration OSHA
www.osha.gov/index/html
Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, OSHA's role
is to assure safe and healthful working conditions for working men
and women; by authorizing enforcement of the standards developed
under the Act; by assisting and encouraging the States in their
efforts to assure safe and healthful working conditions; by providing
for research, information, education, and training in the field of
occupational safety and health.
Know Your Rights Guides
AFL-CIO Guides
http://www.aflcio.org/issues/jobseconomy/workersrights
The national AFL-CIO website includes helpful "know your rights" guides and materials on
how employers can legally react to worker efforts to form a union, as well as information
on health and safety, workplace discrimination, sexual harassment, paid overtime and leave.
American Rights at Work
http://www.americanrightsatwork.org
American Rights at Work is an educational and advocacy organization dedicated to improving
the climate in which workers can exercise their rights in the workplace. This is the most
comprehensive site on workers rights to organize a union; it includes legislative updates,
case studies, background materials, and links to research and resources.
"Can the NLRB help you?"
http://www.nlrb.gov/nlrb/employee
A useful Question & Answers document from the National Labor Relations Board on how
and when workers can exercise rights under the National Labor Relations Act.
ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principle and Rights at Work
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/relm/ilc/ilc86/com-dtxt.htm
The full text of the International Labor Organization’s document on
workers’ rights to organize and bargain collectively. Visit the ILO
website at www.ilo.org
Right to Organize and Collective Bargaining Convention (Convention No. 98)
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/j_ilo98.htm
This page includes the full text of Convention (No. 98) concerning the "Application of the
Principles of the Right to Organize and to Bargain Collectively" adopted by the International
Labour Organization, 1949.
It's Your Right to Organize!
http://www.ranknfile-ue.org/org_rights.html
A good quick resource on worker rights to organize under the National Labor Relations Act
from the United Electrical Workers.
What Can You Expect From the Boss
http://www.usw.org/usw/program/content/294.php
A quick overview of how bosses frequently react to union organizing efforts from the United
Steelworkers.
Know Your Rights
http://www.ilwu19.com/edu/kyr.htm
A quick overview of workers' rights to organize under the National Labor Relations Act,
designed for ILWU members.
Organize Your Workplace
http://www.cwa-union.org/organize/
A quick overview of why and how to organize a union from the Communications Workers of America.
What Faith Groups Say About the Right to Organize
http://www.iwj.org/aboutus/org_phil.html
A fact sheet from Interfaith Worker Justice