Join the movement to unionize workers in California, across the nation, and around the world! Get to know the non-governmental organizations advocating every day for the right of workers to form democratic unions, providing resources to workers and their families, and promoting social justice issues.

CALIFORNIA​

• California Labor Federation 
  Dedicated to promoting and defending the interests of working people and their families for the betterment of California’s communities. Each AFT/CFT local union is affiliated with its regional Central Labor Council and the statewide Labor Federation.
• Voters Injured at Work 
  Serves injured California workers and their families by providing a voice for changing workers’ compensation laws and educating the public about problems experienced by injured workers.
• Young Workers’ Health and Safety 
  A resource network that helps prevent California’s young workers from being injured or killed on the job. Includes a resources section for educators. 

NATIONAL

LABOR NEWS

• Labor Notes 
  National media and organizing project that has been the voice of union activists who want to put the movement back in the labor movement since 1979. Sign up for emails to get labor news and learn about trainings and conferences.

ORGANIZATIONS

• AFL-CIO
  Building power for more than 12.5 million working people across North America. The CFT is affiliated with the AFT, and through it with the AFL-CIO.
• Association for Union Democracy 
  The only national, pro-labor, non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the principles and practices of democratic trade unionism in North America
• Coalition of Labor Union Women 
  A national organization affiliated with the AFL-CIO that offers valuable resources for female unionists.
• Jobs for Justice 
  Fighting corporate attacks on working people and standing up for our rights as working people to a decent standard of living and to organize and bargain collectively.
• Labor Project for Working Families 
  Download resources, reports and publications on organizing, bargaining, and advocating for family-friendly workplace programs and policies.
• United for Respect 
  A multiracial national movement of working people advancing a vision of an economy where corporations respect our work, recognize our humanity, and in which everyone can live and work in dignity. 
• United Students Against Sweatshops 
  A national student labor organization fighting for workers’ rights with chapters on more than 150 campuses.

INTERNATIONAL

LABOR NEWS

• LabourStart 
  World labor news with the tagline, “Where trade unionists start their day on the net.”

ORGANIZATIONS

• AFL-CIO Solidarity Center
  Assists workers across the globe as, together, they fight discrimination, exploitation and the systems that entrench poverty—to achieve shared prosperity in the global economy.
• Global Unions 
  International trade union organizations working together with a shared commitment to the ideals and principles of the trade union movement.
• International Labour Organization 
  The ILO is devoted to promoting social justice and internationally recognized human and labor rights.
• Workers Rights Consortium 
  An independent labor rights organization that conducts investigations of working conditions in factories around the globe with the aim of combatting sweatshops and protecting the rights of workers who make apparel and other products.