This page has been put together to assist our tutorial students and others as they start to use the Internet as a source of information and for research purposes. The list is in no way exhaustive and the notion of 'usefulness' is highly subjective. If you have any suggestions for additions or alterations please E-mail JoMike.
NEW ZEALAND
NZ Council of Trade Unions New Zealand's peak union organisation WWW page with links to useful local and international material, including a number of downloadable documents on contemporary NZ, industrial relations, socio-political and economic issues.
NZ Business Roundtable the leading 'New Right' organisation in New Zealand, lots of interesting material including downloadable documents, copies of speeches and submissions etc.
NZ Department of Labour Industrial Relations Service a very good, 'official' industrial relations site with lots of useful New Zealand material.
NZ Department of Labour Occupational Safety and Health Service same as above for OSH material.
The Privacy Commissioner as above for general and workplace related privacy material.
The Equal Employment Opportunities Trust in the endless search for equality in New Zealand's 'more market' economy.
NZ Government Online access to just about everything else (that we are allowed to see!!) about Government in New Zealand.
The New Zealand Reforms Index a source of alternative views on the NZ reform experiment, an antidote to "TINA" (there is no alternative)
The Jobs Research Website more alternative views this time on jobs
New Zealand Coalition for Public Health
AUSTRALIA
Australian Council of Trade Unions(ACTU) the peak union organisation in Australia.
OSIRIS A useful Australian site with a searchable database of Federal Awards, Decisions, Agreements etc.
THE AMERICA'S
American Federation of Labor-Council of Industrial Organisations (AFL-CIO) the peak union organisation in the USA.
Canadian Center for Occupational Health and Safety
AFRICA
Congress of South African Trade Unions(COSATU) the peak union organisation in South Africa.
EUROPE
European Industrial Relations Observatory Online contains up-to-date information and analysis on the most important events and issues in industrial relations in the15 European Union Member States and Norway, and at the overall European level.
International
International Labour Organisation(ILO)
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions Online (ICFTU)
Society for the Promotion of Human Rights in Employment (SPHRE)
Directories, Lists and other Useful Things
LabourStart where it is said that trade unionists start their day.
Directory of Directories, useful for finding labour and union related sites around the world.
Online Bookstore run in conjunction with Amazon Books, it specialises in labour and union related books etc.
Cyber Picket Line run by a Welshman from Cardiff, very useful and friendly.
LabourNet promotes computer communications as a medium for strengthening and building organised labour. We are in the forefront of using the resources of the internet to provide communications, news and information for the labour movement.