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Official union websites, AFL-CIO/Change to Win (Links do not represent an endorsement. In the case of official union websites, we generally link to unions that link to AUD -- please let us know if your union has a link to www.uniondemocracy.org.)

• List of official union sites: http://www.iir.berkeley.edu/library/webguides/unionsgd.html#usunions
• List of trade unions. US and international. With links to union websites. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_trade_unions#United_States
• The American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) www.aflcio.org
• Change to Win Coalition. "a coalition that includes the Teamsters Union, the Laborers' International Union, UNITE HERE, the United Farm Workers, and the Service Employees International Union. http://changetowin.org
• The Animation Guild Local 839 IATSE. http://www.mpsc839.org/
• BMWE Lodge 3014. http://www.bmwe3014.org/
• Carpenters Local 157. "my goal is to use the incredible power of the Internet to keep you up-to-date on important carpenter news, labor news and to communicate, connect, inspire, teach and amuse." http://www.carpenterslocal157.org/
• Charleston Central Labor Council. "to secure and ensure all working men and women a safe working environment through organizing, mobilzing, educating, and promoting economic growth." http://www.charlestonlaborcouncil.org
• Kendall Union. "online home of the Kendall Square Cinema's employee union," affiliated with the UFCW. http://www.kendallunion.org/
• Oregon Workers Union. "Why a New, Member-run Union? Because we don't like what we're getting out of the old one and we don't believe they're capable of timely reform in a time of great peril for working people." http://www.oregonworkersunion.org/index.html
• Professional Staff Congress, AFT 2334. "represents more than 20,000 faculty and staff at the City University of New York (CUNY). It is dedicated to advancing the professional lives of its members, enhancing their terms and conditions of employment, and maintaining the strength of the nation's largest, oldest and most visible urban public university." http://www.psc-cuny.org/index.htm
• A New Day in ODOT 730 (SEIU). "Your voice belongs here, helping to run Local 730. It's a New Day in ODOT...and you've got the right, power and responsibility to be an effective part of it." http://www.anewdayinodot.org/
• Unite-HERE local 50. The Food and Entertainment Union for Orange County Long Beach, California. http://www.local50.com/ (old site: http://www.heredemocracy.com/index.html)
• Utility Workers Union of America Local 223. Our work is guided by our belief in the right of all workers to participate in decisions which affect them and to be treated with dignity, fairness and respect. http://www.local223uwua.org/
• Unofficially OPEIU Local 30. "a relevent source for information of interest for members of the Office and Professional Employee's International Union, Local 30 as well as all union interested people... in no way affiliated with Office and Professional Employee's International Union (OPEIU)" http://www.opeiu30.org/

Official union constituency groups

• National Labor Committee in Support of Worker and Human Rights www.nlcet.org 
• ILCA. "web site of the International Labor Communications Association." http://www.ilcaonline.org/
• Jobs with Justice www.jwj.org
• Massachusetts Jobs with Justice www.massjwj.org
• Pride at Work (organization of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender union activists) www.prideatwork.org/

independent and international (non-AFL-CIO/Change to Win) unions

• British Columbia Carpenters Union. "a diverse union of over 7000 members including carpenters, carpenter apprentices, lathers, millwrights, floorlayers, piledrivers, industrial workers and many other construction trades and school board employees... Through our members and our departments, the BC Carpenters Union fights for workplace justice every day. Join us." http://www.bccarpentersunion.com/
• Coalition of University Employees (CUE). "the independent, member-run union [of] clerical employees throughout the UC system...We do the work that keeps this University going and makes it effective." http://www.cueunion.org/cue_home.php
• Connecticut Independent Labor Union/Connecticut Independent Police Union. "an Independent and Democratic Union comprised of Municipal Workers throughout the State." Affiliated to the UE. http://www.cilu.org/index.cfm
• Coordinadora Sindical. "una organizacio'n de unidad y solidaridad sindical que agrupa a varias de las uniones mas importantes y militantes en Puerto Rico." http://www.coordinadorasindical.org
• The Independent Union Connection. Part of the UE website, with information on independent unions. www.ranknfile-ue.org/independentunions.html
• Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) http://bari.iww.org; www.iww.org
• Public Service Alliance British Columbia. http://www.psacbc.com/home
• United Campus Workers. "an independent, rank-and-file union of hourly workers at the University of Tennessee." www.korrnet.org/ucw/who.htm
• UE. "a democratic national union representing some 35,000 workers in a wide variety of manufacturing, public sector and private non-profit sector jobs...proud of its democratic structure and progressive policies. http://www.ranknfile-ue.org/index.html
• Virginia Public Service Workers Union. "Right here is where the voices of the Virginia Public Service Workers can be heard loud and clear calling for solidarity, respect and dignity. We are workers sharing experiences and giving mutual support locally, regionally and internationally." http://vaue160.org/

workers centers

• Coalition of Immokalee Workers (workers center in Florida) www.geocities.com/rainforest/andes/5565/index.html
• Latin American Workers Project. "trabajadores Latinos dispuestos a crear espacios para que la comunidad tenga una voz fuerte para defender sus derechos, su dignidad, mejorar y levantar la calidad de vida de los/as trabajadores/as." http://latinamericanworkersproject.org/
• LELO (Northwest Labor and Employment Law Organization) www.lelo.org
• We Make the Road by Walking /Se Hace el Camino al Andar (community-based workers center in NYC) www.maketheroad.org

international

• The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) http://www.icftu.org

• Norsk Transportarbeiderforbund. Website of the Norwegian transport workers, with an article on AUD. www.transportarbeider.no/nytt/2001/010806a.shtml

• UE/FAT International Labor Information and Action Site. A Mexico/United States cross-border solidarity site sponsored by two independent unions: the United Electrical Workers and the Frente Autentico de Trabajo. http://ueinternational.org/

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