See also Employment

U.S. Department of Labor - wages, benefits, highlights, "latest numbers", information for workers, employers and job seekers, etc. with links to sub-agencies:

• Bureau of Labor Statistics - inclues the titles: Occupation Outlook Handbook, the Consumer Price Index, Real Earnings report along with economic statistics for the nation and states
• Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) - worker safety and health standards, technical information, training & registration

• Introducing the QCEW State and County Map Application - (BLS) has developed an interactive state and county map application, http://beta.bls.gov/, which displays geographic economic data through maps, charts, and tables, allowing users to explore employment and wage data of private industry at the National, State, and county level. Includes maps, charts, tables, and a link to standard BLS data tables and graphs. QCEW State and County Map

O*NET - database of occupational information

FIRSTGOV for Workers - statistics for all current or prospective federal workers about jobs, learning, family and health, transportation and housing, money management, rights and protections, disabilities resources, citizenship, and recreation and travel

U.S. Department of Labor: Pension Reform - "the official location for the Administration on pension reform, including the President's single employer defined benefit pension reform proposal." Provides links to documents on the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (signed by President Bush in August 2006), white papers, congressional testimony, press releases, and other documents. (Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration)

Labor History

• Labor Dept. - Historical information
• United We Stand - provides primary source documents that students use to examine the working conditions of U.S. laborers at the turn of the century & to develop their own answers to a question: "Was there a need for organized labor unions?"
• Women Working, 1870-1930 - a digital collection of primary source materials for teaching, learning, and research from Harvard University Library exploring women's roles in the US economy between the Civil War and the Great Depression. Working conditions, conditions in the home, costs of living, recreation, health and hygiene, conduct of life, policies and regulations governing the workplace, education and social issues are all well documented. Featuring: Books & pamphlets, 1,000+ Photographs, Manuscripts, and 50 Trade catalogs
• Voices from the Dust Bowl the Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin Migrant Worker Collection, 1940-1941

Unique Cases

• Working in Paterson: Occupational Heritage in an Urban Setting - presents 3882 photos & 470 interview excerpts from a 1994 study of occupational culture in the cradle of the Industrial Revolution in the U.S. Founded in 1791, Paterson, NJ, became a leading manufacturer of silk, railroad locomotives, firearms, & other products. Learn how its industrial heritage is reflected in Paterson today. Explore business life along one street and hear interviews with retired workers.
• Centralia Massacre - collection of pamphlets, leaflets and letters, originally held by the now defunct I.W.W. {Industrial Workers of the World} Seattle Office, focuses on the Centralia Massacre of 1919 in Centralia, Washington. Accompanied by essays about the massacre and about the I.W.W., "sometimes known as the Wobblies ... a radical labor organization that was most active from 1900 to the 1930's." (University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections)
• United Mine Workers of America (UMWA): A Brief History of the UMWA -- labor union for coal miners founded in 1890; includes discussion of specific events in UMWA history (such as the Ludlow and Lattimer massacres), profiles of UMWA presidents, and a gallery of portraits of John L. Lewis, UMWA president from 1920-1960 {From UMWA national website}

International 

Laborsta Internet - labor statistics and labor market projections, 1969- for 200 countries and territories