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Links to Non-UMass Lowell Sites
Links to UMass Lowell Sites
Center for Family, Work, and Community (CFCW)
Center for Industrial Competitiveness (CIC)
Committee on Industrial Theory & Assessment (CITA)
The Center for Women and Work (CWW)
The
Links to Non-UMass
ACORN - Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. Advocates for local involvement and control over issues affecting communities. Sponsors of 'living wage' laws in many cities.
AFL-CIO - American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. The nation's main federation of unions. Conducts organizing, research, education, and advocacy on labor issues.
Bureau of Economic Analysis - US Department of Commerce
Federal Reserve System Beige Book - provides national and regional summaries of current
US Census Bureau - links to census publications on the population and economy, including an on-line version of the Statistical Abstract.
Center for
Corporation for
US Department of Labor
Ercomer - Large list of links to immigration-related activist groups, university organizations, conferences, research papers, and journals.
Garment Industry Development Corporation - an organizations tarted by
HandsNet - A national nonprofit organization that promotes information sharing and advocacy among individuals working on a broad range of public interest issues, focusing on human services.
Gender, Science, and Technology Program
Women, Globalization and Trade - Clearinghouse of information.
Dollars and Sense - Articles on current economic issues from a progressive perspective.
ILO (International Labour Organization): ILO in the U.S (with links to their publications and data bases).
The Irish Times
Institute for Women's Policy Research - Researches economic issues important to women and families, including low-wage work, poverty, welfare reform, child care, family leave, contingent work, pay equity, and healthcare.
Local government homepage - Links the home pages of many city and county governments.
Massachusetts government site - Background information on every community in
NAACP - National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
National Council of LaRaza - National umbrella organization working for civil rights and economic opportunities for Latinos.
National Governor's Association - Has information on state-level policies.
Joint Center for Poverty Research - Organizes academic research conferences and publishes papers on all aspects of poverty. Focuses on the causes of poverty and the effectiveness of policies aimed at reducing poverty.
The Straits Times (
The Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Institute (TURI)
United Auto Workers union web site. Keep up with bargaining and other issues that concern this union.
UNDP (United Nations Development Program) - UNDP's Human Development Report.
Urban Institute - Liberal research institute that conducts research on public policy issues.