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  • AFT Guide on Bargaining for Family Issues
    This resource guide titled Bargaining for Family Issues was produced by the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) to provide locals bargaining tools on issues such as child care, family leave, flexible work options, etc. The guide includes current, important family issues, background information on these issues and sample contract language to be used as a model. For more information, call Connie Cordovilla at (202) 879-4490 or email ccordovi@aft.org.
  • Bargaining Equality Binder
    This publication of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) shows CUPE locals how to take issues such as child care, duty to accommodate, health and safety, discrimination, parental leave, pensions, pay equity and violence to the bargaining table and negotiate collective agreements that meet their equality goals.
  • Bargaining Women's Equality
    A publication from the Canadian Union of Public Employees' (CUPE) Bargaining Equality Conference held in February 2009.
  • Challenging Times - Innovative Ways of Organizing Working Time: The Role of Unions
    A report based on the proceedings of a conference organized by the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) held in London, UK in 2005.
  • Getting Organized: Unionizing Home-Based Child Care Providers
    This report by the National Women’s Law Center shows how communities benefit when workers join unions. The report highlights three states where home-based child care providers have joined unions and signed a contract. The workers, in turn, used their political power to help their communities receive increased funding for child care and improved working conditions for providers.
  • I Knew I Could Do This Work
    This report from the Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) outlines strategies to promote women's voices and leadership in unions.
  • One Sick Child Away from Being Fired: When "Opting Out" is Not an Option
    A review by WorkLife Law of published arbitrations in which unions argued that employees were improperly punished due to family responsibilities.
  • Out of the Box Summary - New Approaches to Organizing In the Child Care Industry
    by Dan Bellm
    Proceedings from a conference examining new and innovative ways to organize child care workers, and linking child care policy to organizing.
  • Unions and Upward Mobility for Women Workers
    This report from the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) documents a large wage and benefit advantage for women workers in unions relative to their non-union counterparts.
  • Women Organizing Women: How Do We Rock The Boat Without Getting Thrown Overboard
    Recommendations by 19 highly experienced women organizers on making union organizing jobs more attractive to women.
  • Work and Family Provisions in Canadian Collective Agreements
    This publication of the Human Resources Development Canada, Labor Program, features an analysis of work and family clauses in major collective bargaining agreements in Canada.
  • Workplace Solutions for Childcare
    A new book from the International Labor Organization (ILO) shows why and how different workplace partners have come together to develop solutions to help workers with childcare needs. The book features Child Care Fund programs in the United States negotiated by unions such as the 1199 SEIU, ATU Local 192, UNITE HERE Local 2 as well as the work of the Labor Project for Working Families. Purchase Book