USEFUL LINKS

East Coast Labor Relations specializes in Union Avoidance Campaigns, Management and Supervisory Training, as well as representing Employers in Collective Bargaining Negotiations. We also offer strike preparation and contract strategy consulting services.

• LRI Online - http://www.lrionline.com
  
• HR Policy Association - http://www.hrpa.org
  
• National Legal and Policy Center - http://www.nlpc.org
  
• DOL - Union financial reports - http://www.dol-union-reports.gov/olmsWeb/docs/formspg.html
  
• National Labor Relations Board - http://www.nlrb.gov
  
• Capital Research Center - http://www.capitalresearch.org/
  
• House Committee on Education and the Workforce - http://edworkforce.house.gov/
  
• Industrial Relations Research Association - http://www.irra.uiuc.edu/
  
• The Mackinac Center for Public Policy - http://www.mackinac.org/
  
• National Right to Work Foundation - http://www.nrtw.org/
  
• Association for Union Democracy - http://www.uniondemocracy.org/
  
• Stop Union Political Abuse - http://www.stopunionpoliticalabuse.org/
  
• Society for Human Resouce Management - http://www.shrm.org/
  
• Fast Company Magazine - http://www.fastcompany.com/
  
• Guidestar Nonprofit Database - http://www.guidestar.com/index.jsp
  
• American Arbitration Association - http://www.adr.org/
  
• Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service - http://www.fmcs.gov
  
• Human Resources at About.com - http://humanresources.about.com/index.htm
• 2007 California Labor Law Poster - http://www.calchamber.com/gate/cbc/labor-law-poster

SEIU was the most successful of the top 10 unions, winning 72.9 percent of the NLRB elections in which it participated. The Machinists ranked second, winning 70.1 percent of its elections, followed by IBEW (67.3 percent), IUOE (63.9 percent), and the Laborers (60.3 percent).

Of the top 10 unions, SEIU also organized the most workers -- 15,130 -- followed by the Teamsters with 8,146.