International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers International's website. _________________________________________________________ Yellow Metal USA - Heavy Equipment Operator School National Association of Heavy Equipment Training schools provides accredited training for heavy equipment and crane operators training courses to make you a professional heavy equipment operator. AFL-CIO America's Union Movement  _________________________________________________________ Union Privilege Labor sponsored, credit, insurance, education.  _________________________________________________________ Union Label The Union Label and Service Trades Department, AFL-CIO, was founded in 1909 to promote the products and services produced in America by union members -- especially those products and services identified by a union label, shop card, store card and service button. We are supported by per capita payments from AFL-CIO National and International Unions.  _________________________________________________________ The Unionist Publish and distribute  labor news, graphics and books that help progressive union leaders rally their members and build their unions.   _________________________________________________________ MoveOn MoveOn is working to bring ordinary people back into politics. With a system that today revolves around big money and big media, most citizens are left out. When it becomes clear that our "representatives" don't represent the public, the foundations of democracy are in peril. MoveOn is a catalyst for a new kind of grassroots involvement, supporting busy but concerned citizens in finding their political voice. Our nationwide network of more than 1,700,000 online activists is one of the most effective and responsive outlets for democratic participation available today. _________________________________________________________ Texas Department of Licensing & Regulation State licensing requirements for electricians.  Application forms, rules, law, report violations.  _________________________________________________________ Texas Workforce Commission Unemployment Insurance.  Contact the office nearest you. 1110 W WM CANNON DR STE 301          3401 WEBBERVILLE RD BLDG 1000 AUSTIN , TX 78745-5460                      AUSTIN , TX 78702-3004 512-416-1314                                                   512-223-5400 512-416-7019 FAX                                         512-223-5463 FAX  4175 FREIDRICH LN STE 200                     825 E RUNDBERG LN STE E2 AUSTIN , TX 78744-1017                             AUSTIN , TX 78753-4800 512-381-4200                                                   512-719-4145 512-381-4251 FAX                                         512-719-9016 FAX 8620 BURNET RD STE 132 AUSTIN , TX 78757-7000 512-420-0142 512-420-9053 FAX _________________________________________________________ Unemployed Workers Welcome to this on-line forum created especially for the nation’s jobless and underemployed workers. This resource is available to help the unemployed learn more about the unemployment system, to share their experiences and concerns, and to participate in the national debate over aid to the jobless.    _________________________________________________________ Social Security Administration Retirement, disability, obtain forms, report fraud, etc.  _________________________________________________________ Department of Labor Wages, Health Plans and Benefits, Unemployment Insurance.  _________________________________________________________ Bureau of Labor Statistics The Bureau of Labor Statistics is the principal fact-finding agency for the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics.   _________________________________________________________ National Labor Relations Board Unfair labor practices, union representation elections for private sector employees.  _________________________________________________________ Federal Labor Relations Authority The Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) is an independent agency responsible for administering the labor-management relations program for 1.9 million Federal employees world-wide. Its mission is to promote stable and constructive labor-management relations that contribute to an efficient and effective government. _________________________________________________________ Occupational Safety & Health Administration OSHA and its state partners have approximately 2100 inspectors, plus complaint discrimination investigators, engineers, physicians, educators, standards writers, and other technical and support personnel spread over more than 200 offices throughout the country. This staff establishes protective standards, enforces those standards, and reaches out to employers and employees through technical assistance and consultation programs.  _________________________________________________________ National Resource Center for OSHA Training The National Resource Center for OSHA Training was established in 1994 as the Region III OSHA Training Institute Education Center.  It is run as a consortium of the the George Meany Center for Labor Studies-the National Labor College (GMC-NLC), Building and Construction Trades Department of the AFL/CIO/The Center to Protect Worker’s Rights, and West Virginia University Safety and Health Extension. _________________________________________________________ Building & Construction Trades Department Created in 1908, the BCTD has helped its 15 affiliated building trades unions to make job sites safer, deliver apprenticeship and journey-level training, organize new workers, support legislation that affects working families, and assist in securing improved wages, hours and working conditions through collective bargaining.   _________________________________________________________ National Electrical Contractors Association The National Electrical Contractors Association is an association of more than 4,000 electrical contractors in the United States.  _________________________________________________________ American Civil Liberties Union Workplace rights.  _________________________________________________________ 9to5, National Association of Working Women 9to5, National Association of Working Women is a national, grassroots membership organization that strengthens women's ability to work for economic justice. Founded in 1973, 9to5 has activists in more than 200 cities and members in every state.  _________________________________________________________ The Center to Protect Workers' Rights CPWR's main focus is to develop practical ways to improve safety and health for construction workers and their families. As the research, development, and training arm of the Building and Construction Trades Department and the construction unions in the AFL-CIO, CPWR works with more than 30 organizations nationwide.  _________________________________________________________ U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Discrimination  _________________________________________________________ National Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice The National Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice is a network of people of faith that calls upon our religious values in order to educate, organize and mobilize the religious community in the United States on issues and campaigns that will improve wages, benefits and working conditions for workers, especially low-wage workers.  _________________________________________________________ Electrical Workers' Minority Caucus   _________________________________________________________ Labor Council for Latin American Advancement   _________________________________________________________ Maps Calendar JATC Program Links