Labor Studies 

See also: Human Resources

Databases and Indexes to Journal Articles

See: Databases and Indexes: Business

See also: Sociological Abstracts

Internet Sites

Guide to Labor Oriented Internet Resources (provided by the Institute of Industrial Relations Library, University of California, Berkeley)

Michiana Oral Labor History

Organization of American Historians' Magazine of History
Special Issue on Labor History

Cases, Decisions, Laws, Regulations, and Policies

GPO Access -

Coverage: 1994 to present Brief Description: Provides full-text access to such items as bills, laws, hearings, Congressional Record, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, public papers of the Presidents Supreme Court decisions, and much more. Tools Available: General Searching instructions are available online.

Collective Bargaining Negotiations and Contracts, looseleaf. (Reference HD6500 .B8)

Contains bargaining techniques and trends, contract settlements and wage data, texts of selected contracts, laws and regulations.

EEOC Compliance Manual. Bureau of National Affairs, looseleaf. (Reference HD4903.5 .U58 A5183)

"Produced by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for the guidance of its personnel in processing charges of discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990." The manual includes a topical index, a table of cases, a table of EEOC decisions, and a finding list of EEOC Regulations. The EEOC is currently in the process of placing its Compliance Manual on the Web.

Labor Arbitration Reports and Dispute Settlements. Bureau of National Affairs, looseleaf.
(Reference HD5481 .N3)

Text of selected decisions of arbitrators and reports of fact-finding boards. Includes an index to awards by arbitrator and a table of cases. (See the introductory pages for a description of the case selection process and standards.)

Available: The library owns the cumulated volumes of this service (issued semiannually) from volume 81 (1965) to the present.

National Labor Relations Board Decisions and Orders. NLRB, irregular.

Decisions of the National Labor Relations Board as they are released.

Available: The library has the official version of the NLRB Decisions in the government documents collection (Government Publications LR 1.8:) covering 1995 to present as well as a Classified Index covering 1992 through March 1998 and the current Weekly Summary. The Web version covers volume 316 (1995) to the present. The library also has the CCH version of the NLRB Decisions (Stacks KF3362 .A261 U58) covering 1960 to 1990.

Union Labor Report. Bureau of National Affairs, looseleaf. (Reference HD6508 .B9)

Designed to aid the union official by providing texts of labor laws and regulations and major rulings from the National Labor Relations Board. Also included are state laws and regulations and economic and wage data.

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Dictionary of Arbitration and Its Terms: Labor, Commercial, International. (Katharine Seide, ed.) Oceana, 1970. (Reference KF9085.A68 S4)

Employee Benefit Plans: A Glossary of Terms. (Becky A. Wright, ed.) 5th ed. International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, 1984. (Reference HD4928.N6 E46 1984)

Approximately 1700 brief definitions including over 600 acronyms and abbreviations.

Facts on File Dictionary of Personnel Management and Labor Relations. (Jay M. Shafritz) Rev ed. Facts on File, 1985. (Reference HF5549.A23 S52 1985)

Includes definitions of terms and phrases, court cases and laws, and federal agencies. Some entries include references to further information.

Labor Conflict in the United States: An Encyclopedia. (Ronald L. Filippelli, ed.) Garland, 1990. (Reference HD5324 .L32 1990)

Articles describe events (primarily strikes, lockouts) that have shaped struggles between capital and labor in America. Articles include references for further research.

Roberts' Dictionary of Industrial Relations. (Harold S. Roberts) 3rd ed. Bureau of National Affairs, 1986. (Reference HD4839 .R612 1986)

Definitions include source references. Covers terms and phrases, summaries of important cases, international unions, and some laws.

Directories and Biographical Sources

Biographical Dictionary of American Labor. (Gary M Fink, ed.) Rev. ed. Greenwood Press, 1984.
(Reference HD8073.A1 B56 1984)

Presents over 700 biographical sketches of "the most significant figures in the world of American labor." Each entry includes bibliographical references.

Directory of U.S. Labor Organizations, 1986-1987. (Courtney D. Gifford, ed.) Bureau of National Affairs, 1986.

Profile of American Labor Unions. (Donna Craft and Terrance W. Peck, eds.) Gale, 1998. (Reference HD6504 .P64 1998)

Includes information for more than 33,000 locals plus biographical sketches for more than 170 key labor officials. Also included are current selected bargaining agreements.

Who's Who in Labor. Arno Press, 1976. 2v. (Reference HD8073.A1 W5)

Labor leaders of the 1970s.

Government Information

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

This site includes a wide variety of data, including work stoppage data, consumer and producer price indexes, employee benefits survey, occupational safety and health data and the new National Compensation Survey (NCS).

U.S. Department of Labor

U.S. Employment and Training Administration

U.S. National Labor Relations Board

"The NLRB is an independent Federal agency created in 1935 to enforce the National Labor Relations Act. We conduct secret-ballot elections to determine whether employees want union representation and we investigate and remedy unfair labor practices by employers and unions."

Indiana Department of Labor

Indiana Department of Workforce Development

Handbooks and Statistical Information

The 1994 Geographic Reference Report BTA Economic Research Institute, 1994. (Reference HD6977 .G46 1994)

Annual report of costs, wages, salaries, and human resource statistics, U.S. and Canada, arranged by city. Includes for each city: percentage employment by industry, major private sector area employers, unemployment, weather normals, area crime rate, housing ownership, hospital and health care costs, per diem allowances, cost of living analyses, institute estimate of annual median salaries by job type.

Area Wage Surveys. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, annual. (Government Publications L 2.2: W12/36/)

Brief History of the American Labor Movement. Bicentennial Edition. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1976. (Government Publications L2.3: 1000/5)

Employment and Wages. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, annual. (Government Publications L 2.014/2:)

Handbook of U.S. Labor Statistics: Employment, Earnings, Prices, Productivity, and Other Labor Data. (Eva E. Jacobs, ed.) 2nd ed. Bernan, 1998. (Service Desk [6c], Reference HD8051 .H36 2nd ed.)

Based on the Handbook of Labor Statistics formerly published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, this volume reproduces a wide range of data collected and generated by the U.S. government as well as other sources.

Indiana Employment Review. Indiana Department of Workforce Development, monthly with annual summaries. (Reference HD5725.I6 A48532)

Provides employment and earnings data by establishment and by MSA (including the Fort Wayne MSA). The Library has 1974 to the present.

INews: Indiana's New Economy Workforce Statistics

Labor Almanac. (Adrian A. Paradis and Grace D. Paradis) Libraries Unlimited, 1983. (Reference HD8072.5 .P37 1983)

Covers such topics as labor history highlights, national labor organizations, principal federal labor laws and agencies, and sources of labor information and statistics.

Labor Unions. (Gary M Fink, ed.) Greenwood, 1977. (Reference HD6508 .L234)

"Historical sketches of more than 200 national unions and labor federations that have been part of the American labor movement." Most entries include references for further information.

Monthly Labor Review. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, monthly. (Periodicals HD8051 .A78)

"The print edition of Monthly Labor Review regularly features 47 tables of current labor statistics. These tables can be downloaded and printed for reference."

Journals Related to Labor Studies

Note: This is a highly selective list of key journals available in IPFW's Helmke Library. For additional titles, check the IUCAT Catalog (Indiana University's online library catalog).

Employee Relations Law Journal (Periodicals HD7106 .E1)

Industrial and Labor Relations Review (Periodicals HD4802 .I53)

Industrial Relations: Journal of Economy and Society (Periodicals HD6951 .I52)

International Labour Review (Periodicals HD4811 .I65)

Journal of Collective Negotiations in the Public Sector (Periodicals HD8011 .J6)

Journal of Individual Employment Rights (Periodicals K10 .O865)

Journal of Labor Economics (Periodicals HD4802 .J678)

Journal of Labor Research (Periodicals HD4802 .J68)

Labor's Heritage: Quarterly Journal of the George Meany Memorial Archives (Periodicals HD8051 .L33)

Labor History (Periodicals HD4802 .L124)

Labor Law Journal (Periodicals K12 .A2)

Labor Studies Journal (Periodicals HD4802 .L49)

Professional and Trade Organizations

AFL-CIO

American Arbitration Association

Industrial Relations Research Association

International Industrial Relations Association

International Labour Organization

Labor Research Association