The Key Workplace Documents series was established by Stuart Basefsky, an Information Specialist and Instructor at Catherwood Library and Director of the IWS News Bureau for the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS). Content for the series is currently selected by librarians and staff of the Catherwood Library.
Manuscripts from 2013
Protecting Your Home From Foreclosure, AFL-CIO
Protecting Your Home From Foreclosure, AFL-CIO
Manuscripts from 2012
Civil Rights News, AFL-CIO
Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect, AFL-CIO
Facts About Worker Safety and Health - 2012, AFL-CIO
Job Safety and Health Update April 2012, AFL-CIO
Profile of Workplace Safety and Health in the United States, AFL-CIO
Manuscripts from 2011
AFL-CIO Legislative Guide: 112th Congress (2011–2012), AFL-CIO
Now is NOT the Time for the Columbia FTA, AFL-CIO
Seven Immigration Myths and Facts, AFL-CIO
Retirement Security, Gail Dratch and Lauren Rothfarb
Health Care, Tom Leibfried
Manuscripts from 2010
Fact Sheet: Support Legislation to Protect the Safety and Health of America’s Workers (H.R. 5663), AFL-CIO
Stop the Foreclosure Crisis: Make Wall Street Banks Pay, AFL-CIO
When the Paycheck Stops: An AFL-CIO Survival Guide to Unemployment, AFL-CIO
Young Workers: A Lost Decade (One Year Later), AFL-CIO
Your Rights at Work, AFL-CIO
Sending Jobs Overseas: The Cost to America’s Economy and Working Families, Working America and AFL-CIO
Manufacturing Insecurity: America's Manufacturing Crisis and the Erosion of the U.S. Defense Industrial Base, Joel Yudken Ph.D.
Manuscripts from 2009
2009 Health Care for America Survey, AFL-CIO
2009 Health Care for America Survey, AFL-CIO
AFL-CIO Legislative Guide, 2009, AFL-CIO
Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect (2009), AFL-CIO
Energy Training Partnership Green Jobs SGA Application Guide, AFL-CIO
Healthcare Workers in Peril: Preparing to Protect Worker Health and Safety During Pandemic Influenza, AFL-CIO
What Workers Need to Know About Pandemic Flu: Protecting Workers During Pandemic Flu, AFL-CIO
Young Workers: A Lost Decade, AFL-CIO
The Labor Movement’s Framework for Comprehensive Immigration Reform, AFL-CIO and Change To Win
Iced Out: How Immigration Enforcement Has Interfered with Workers’ Rights, Rebecca Smith, Ana Ana Avendaño, and Julie Martínez Ortega
Manuscripts from 2008
AFL-CIO Comparison of 2008 Presidential Candidate Health Care Proposals, AFL-CIO
AFL-CIO Comparison of 2008 Presidential Candidate Health Care Proposals, AFL-CIO
Workers' Rights, Violence and Impunity in Colombia, AFL-CIO
Workers’ Rights, Violence and Impunity in Colombia, AFL-CIO
Manuscripts from 2007
Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect, AFL-CIO
Manuscripts from 2006
America’s Working Families, AFL-CIO
Global Fairness 2006: Oman’s Labor Laws Fall Far Short of International Standards, AFL-CIO
Retirement Security: How Do Investment Managers Stack Up?, AFL-CIO
The Wal-Mart Tax: Shifting Health Care Costs to Taxpayers, AFL-CIO
Unchecked: How Wal-Mart Uses its Might to Block Port Security, AFL-CIO
Who's on our Side? A Report on the State of America's Working Families, AFL-CIO
Enablers of Excess: Mutual Funds & the Overpaid American CEO, AFL-CIO, AFSCME, and The Corporate Library
Human Rights and Workers’ Rights in the United States, Lance A. Compa
Manuscripts from 2005
Overcoming Barriers to People of Color in Union Leadership, AFL-CIO
Review of Judge Samuel Alito’s Record in Worker Rights Cases, AFL-CIO
The Employee Free Choice Act: Meaningful Remedies Against Employer Coercion, AFL-CIO
The Wal-Mart Tax: A Review of Studies Examining Employers' Health Care Cost-Shifting, AFL-CIO
Wal-Mart Imports From China, Exports Ohio Jobs, AFL-CIO Wal-Mart Campaign
Manuscripts from 2004
The Bush Record on Shipping Jobs Overseas, AFL-CIO
The Bush Record on Shipping Jobs Overseas, AFL-CIO
Washington State Job Exports: An Analysis of the Role Trade Plays in Manufacturing Job Loss, AFL-CIO
AFL-CIO Key Votes Survey: How Investment Managers Voted in the 2004 Proxy Season, AFL-CIO Office of Investment
Behind the Curtain, AFL-CIO Office of Investment
Manuscripts from 2003
Exercising Authority, Restoring Accountability: AFL-CIO Proxy Voting Guidelines, AFL-CIO
Wal-Mart: An Example of Why Workers Remain Uninsured and Underinsured, AFL-CIO
Central America: Labor Reports and Child Labor Reports Pursuant to the Trade Act of 2002, Section 2102(c)(8)-(9), AFL-CIO and UNITE!
PESH/OSHA Standards: Information for Workers, New York State Public Employees Federation, AFL-CIO
Manuscripts from 2002
Ask a Working Woman Survey 2002, AFL-CIO
Bush Administration Ergonomics "Plan" Fails to Protect Workers From Crippling Injuries, AFL-CIO
Manuscripts from 2001
Bargaining Fact Sheet: Elder Care, AFL-CIO
Bargaining Fact Sheet: Family Leave and Expanding the Family and Medical Leave Act, AFL-CIO
Control Over Work Hours and Alternative Work Schedules, AFL-CIO
Workers' Rights in America: What Workers Think About Their Jobs and Employers, AFL-CIO
Control Over Work Hours and Alternative Work Schedules, AFL-CIO Working Women’s Department and Labor Project for Working Families
Manuscripts from 2000
Living Wage Laws: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions, AFL-CIO Department of Public Policy
Manuscripts from 1996
America Needs a Raise, AFL-CIO Department of Economic Research
Productivity Grows, But Workers Don’t Share, Bill Cunningham
Manuscripts from 1995
Restore the Floor: It’s Time to Raise the Minimum Wage, Iain Gold
Housing and the American Dream: Unions Have a Role; So Does Government, Frank Parente
Working But Poor in America, Frank Parente
Manuscripts from 1994
Assault on Workers’ Rights, Richard W. Hurd