An easy way to access the many great labor Web sites is through DC 37's site at www.dc37.net. There you will find up-to-date union news and information as well as links to DC 37 locals and the wider labor web.

DC 37's links include the sites of a dozen DC 37 local unions, DC 37's parent union, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (www.afscme.org), other AFSCME locals and other New York City unions.

For national labor and political developments there is, of course, the AFL-CIO Web site (www.afl-cio.org). Their recent coverage of the AFL-CIO convention, for instance, includes a stirring video "call to action" by Jesse Jackson. Labornet (www.labornet.org) is a leading independent source of breaking national and local labor news.

Global labor struggles
For international labor news, try www.labourstart.org, which posts news sources from throughout the world in a number of different languages. If you're looking for information on labor struggles in such hot spots as South Africa, India or Pakistan, this is the first place to go.

Labornet.org also links to a worldwide family of labor networks.

Also useful for labor and economic news are the numerous independent media sites that sprang up worldwide after the Seattle protests against globalization. The New York City address, for example, is www.nyc.indymedia.org. These have been especially interesting during and after protests like the one that greeted the recent World Economic Forum.

At these sites, you can contribute your own stories, photographs, sound or video, which are posted immediately.

Working families, of course, do not live by bread alone. There are a number of interesting sites on labor history and culture. The 1199 SEIU Bread and Roses Cultural Project (www.bread-and-roses.com) presents pictures, posters and slide shows of past and present exhibits and notices of upcoming events.

The www.laborarts.org site adds a historical dimension to this mix with buttons, cartoons, photographs, leaflets, and even songbooks and sheet music.

You can purchase labor cultural material, especially music and video, at the Labor Heritage Foundation site (www.laborheritage.org) and the Northland Poster Collective (www.northlandposter.com).

For a catalog of labor books for sale, try www.unionist.com (Union Communication Services).

One of the most useful selections from the DC 37 links section is "AFSCME Laborlinks," which is one of the best lists of labor web sites available. From here, you can go by subject listing to specialized sites on topics such as safety and heath, privatization, bargaining, and women and the labor movement. There are also sections on politics, which can lead to information about upcoming legislation and how to contact your national legislators.

There are also education sites for you and your children. For last month's Black History Month celebration, the links offered an expanded section on "African-American Labor History Links."

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—Ken Nash
Rifkin Solidarity Library
DC 37 Education Fund