Labor Internet Sites

The following list of major labor links is by no means comprehensive. To recommend a new link, e-mail N.C. Industrial Commission webmaster Robert W. McDowell mcdowelr@ind.commerce.state.nc.us This list was last updated 27 June 2006.

Government Agencies

U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)—http://www.dol.gov/
200 Constitution Avenue NW
Washington, District of Columbia 20210
    Alexis M. Herman, Secretary, (202) 219-8271
DOL's Employment Standards Administration (ESA)—http://www.dol.gov/dol/esa/
(202) 219-6692, Fax: (202) 219-8568
    Dr. Bernard E. Anderson, Assistant Secretary, (202) 219-6191
ESA's Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP)—http://www.dol.gov/dol/esa/public/owcp_org.htm
(202) 219-6191
    T. Michael Kerr, Deputy Assistant Secretary, (202) 219-7503
    Shelby Hallmark, Deputy Director, (202) 219-7503
    Diane Svenonius, Director, Planning, Policy, and Standards, (202) 219-7491
    Joseph Olimpio, Director, Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation, (202) 219-8721
        Contacts for Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation—http://www.dol.gov/dol/esa/public/contacts/owcp/lscontac.htm
    Thomas Markey, Director, Federal Employees' Compensation, (202) 219-7552
        Contacts for Federal Employees' Compensation—http://www.dol.gov/dol/esa/public/contacts/owcp/fecacont.htm
    James L. DeMarce, Director, Coal Mine Workers' Compensation, (202) 219-8721
        Contacts for Coal Mine Workers' Compensation—http://www.dol.gov/dol/esa/public/contacts/owcp/blcontac.htm
    

Other U.S. Department of Labor agencies and programs:

• Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)—http://stats.bls.gov/blshome.htm
   
• Drug-Free Workplace Programs—http://www.dol.gov/asp/programs/drugs/workingpartners/dfworkplace/dfwp.asp
   
  • List of North Carolina Drug-Free Workplace Programs
     
• Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA)—http://www.msha.gov/

• Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)—http://www.osha.gov/

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission—http://www.eeoc.gov/

U.S. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)—http://www.nlrb.gov/
1099 14th Street
Washington, D.C. 20570-0001
    John C. Truesdale, Chairman
    (202) 273-1790, Fax: (202) 273-4270
"The NLRB is an independent Federal agency created in 1935 to enforce the National Labor Relations Act. We conduct secret-ballot elections to determine whether employees want union representation and we investigate and remedy unfair labor practices by employers and unions.... If you have a job-related question or problem that appears to be within our jurisdiction, please contact the local NLRB office nearest you." Can the NLRB Provide Assistance to You?

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)—http://www.pbgc.gov/
1200 K Street N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20005-4026
    David M. Strauss, Executive Director
    (202) 326-4000, TTY/TDD: (800) 877-8339 (ask to be connected to (202) 326-4000)
"The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) protects the retirement incomes of about 42 million American workers—one of every three working persons—in more than 44,000 defined benefit pension plans. PBGC is a federal government corporation established by Title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) in 1974 to encourage the growth of defined benefit plans, provide timely and uninterrupted payment of benefits, and maintain pension insurance premiums at the lowest level necessary to carry out the Corporation's obligations."

State of North Carolina

N.C. Department of Labor—http://www.nclabor.com/
4 W. Edenton Street
Raleigh, North Carolina 27601
(800) LABOR-NC (625-2267)
    Cherie K. Berry, Commissioner, (919) 733-7166, Commissioners.Office@nclabor.com

• Apprenticeship and Training Bureau—http://www.nclabor.com/appren/appindex.htm

• Boiler Safety Bureau—http://www.nclabor.com/boiler/boiler.htm

• Elevator and Amusement Device Bureau—http://www.nclabor.com/elevator/elevator.htm

• Employment Discrimination Bureau—www.nclabor.com/edb/edb.htm

• Mine and Quarry Bureau—http://www.nclabor.com/mq/mq.htm

• Occupational Safety and Health Division—http://www.nclabor.com/osha/osh.htm

 
• Agricultural Safety and Health Bureau—http://www.nclabor.com/ash/ash.htm
   
• Compliance Bureau—http://www.nclabor.com/osha/compliance/compliance.htm
   
• Consultative Services Bureau—http://www.nclabor.com/osha/consult/consult.htm
   
  • Carolina Star Safety Programs—http://www.nclabor.com/osha/star/star.htm
    The Carolina Star Program is designed to recognize and promote effective safety and health management programs. In STAR, management, labor, and OSH establish a cooperative relationship at the workplace. OSH verifies that the program meets STAR criteria, publicly recognizes the site's exemplary program, and removes the site from programmed OSH compliance inspections.
     
  • North Carolina Star Sites—http://www.nclabor.com/osha/star/starsite.htm
     
  • Safety Awards Program—http://www.nclabor.com/osha/consult/safaward.htm
     
• Education, Training and Technical Assistance Bureau—http://www.nclabor.com/osha/etta/etta.htm
   
•  Planning, Statistics, and Information Management—http://www.nclabor.com/osha/psim/psim.htm
   
  • Statistical Reports—http://www.nclabor.com/dol_statistics/stats.htm
  
   
• Wage and Hour Bureau—http://www.nclabor.com/wh/wh.htm
  • Private Personnel Office and Job Listing Services— http://www.nclabor.com/wh/pps_jls_acts_packet.pdf

Labor Unions

American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)—http://www.aflcio.org/front.htm

Unions Affiliated with the AFL-CIO:

• Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA)—http://www.alpa.org/

• Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU)—http://www.atu.org/atu/

• American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE)—http://www.afge.org/splash/splash.htm

• American Federation of Grain Millers (AFGM)

• American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada (AFM)—http://www.afm.org/

• American Federation of School Administrators (AFSA)—http://www.admin.org/

• American Federation of State, County, & Municipal Employees (AFSCME)—http://www.afscme.org/

  AFSCME Affiliates—http://www.afscme.org/afscme/otherlnk/weblnk01.htm

• American Federation of Teachers (AFT)—http://www.aft.org/

• American Flint Glass Workers Union (AFGWU)

• American Postal Workers Union (APWU)—http://www.apwu.org/

• American Radio Association (ARA)

• American Train Dispatchers Association (ATDA)

• Associated Actors and Artists of America (the 4As)

• Association of Flight Attendants (AFA)—http://www.flightattendant-afa.org/

• Bakery, Confectionery and Tobacco Workers International Union (BC&T)

• Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (BLE)—http://www.ble.org/

• Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees (BMWE)—http://www.bmwe.org/

• Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen (BRS)—http://www.brs.org/

• Communications Workers of America (CWA)—http://www.cwa-union.org/

• Federation of Professional Athletes (FPA)

• Flight Engineers' International Association (FEIA)

• Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics and Allied Workers International Union (GMPIU)—http://www.gmpiu.org/

• Graphic Communications International Union (GCIU)—http://www.gciu.org/

• Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees International Union (HERE)—http://www.hereunion.org/

• International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, Its Territories and Canada (IATSE)—http://www.iatse-intl.org/

• International Association of Bridge, Structural & Ornamental Iron Workers (IABSOIW)

• International Association of Firefighters (IAFF)—http://www.iaff.org/iaff/index.html

• International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers (IAHFIAW)—http://www.insulators.org/

• International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM)—http://www.iamaw.org/

• International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers (IBB)—http://www.boilermakers.org/

• International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)—http://www.ibew.org/

• International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades (IBPAT)—http://www.ibpat.org/

• International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT)—http://www.teamster.org/

• International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE)—http://www.ifpte.org/

• International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU)—http://www.ilwu.org/

• International Longshoremen's Association (ILA)

• International Union of Allied Novelty & Production Workers (IUANPW)

• International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers (IUBAC)—http://www.bacweb.org/

• International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Salaried, Machine, and Furniture Workers (IUE)—http://www.iue.org/

• International Union of Elevator Constructors (IUEC)

• International Union of Journeymen Horseshoers of United States & Canada

• International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE)—http://www.iuoe.org/

• International Union of Police Associations (IUPA)—http://www.sddi.com/iupa/

• Laborers International Union of North America (LIUNA)

• Laundry & Dry Cleaning International Union (LDCIU)

• Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association (MEBA)

• National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA)—http://home.natca.org/natca/

• National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC)—http://www.nalc.org/

• National Health and Human Service Employees Union (NHHSEU)

• National Maritime Union (NMU)

• Newspaper Guild (NG)—http://www.newsguild.org/

• Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU)—http://www.opeiu.org/

• Oil, Chemical & Atomic Workers International Union (OCAW)—http://www.webshells.com/ocaw/

• Operative Plasterers' & Cement Masons' International Association of the United States & Canada (OP&CMIA)—http://www.opcmia.org/

• Plate Printers, Die Stampers & Engravers Union of North America (PPDSEUNA)

• Retail, Wholesale & Department Store Union (RWDSU)

• Seafarers International Union (SIU)—http://www.seafarers.org/

• Service Employees International Union (SEIU)—http://www.seiu.org/

• Sheet Metal Workers' International Association (SMWIA)—http://www.smwia.org/

• Transport Workers Union of America (TWUA)—http://www.twu.com/

• Transportation Communications International Union (TCU)—http://www.tcunion.org/

• Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees (UNITE)—http://www.uniteunion.org/

• United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada (UA)—http://www.ua.org/

• United Auto Workers (UAW)—http://www.uaw.org/

• United Farm Workers of America (UFW)—http://www.ufw.org/

• United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW)—http://www.ufcw.org/

• United Mine Workers of America (UMWA)—http://www.umwa.org/

• United Paperworkers International Union (UPIU)—http://www.upiu.org/

• United Steelworkers of America (USWA)—http://www.uswa.org/

• United Transportation Union (UTU)—http://www.utu.org/

• United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers—http://www.unionroofers.com/

• Utility Workers Union of America (UWUA)—http://www.uwua.org/

• Writers Guild of America, East, Inc. (WGAE)—http://www.wgaeast.org/

State of North Carolina

North Carolina AFL-CIO—http://www.aflcio.org/nc/

Labor Links Pages

AFL-CIO Labor Links—http://www.aflcio.org/unionand.htm

Communications Workers of America—Union & Labor Information—http://www.cwa-union.org/resource/labinfo.htm

N.C. Department of Labor—Labor Links—http://www.dol.state.nc.us/links.htm

Labor Research Association—Labor Links—http://www.lra-ny.com/lra/laborlinks.html

U.S. Department of Labor—Related Links—http://www.dol.gov/dol/asp/public/doloutside/outside.htm