Educational Resources

American Rights at Work
Since 2003, American Rights at Work has informed the American public about the struggle to win workplace democracy for nurses, cooks, computer programmers, retail cashiers, and a variety of workers who we all depend on every day. Our vision is a nation where the freedom of workers to organize unions and bargain collectively with employers is guaranteed and promoted.
http://www.americanrightsatwork.org

Labor Beat with Larry Duncan
LABOR BEAT is the Chicago-based Committee for Labor Access, which develops and distributes progressive television, radio, videos, and Internet communications on labor and social issues. (More than five hundred Labor Beat television programs and Labor Express radio programs have now been produced.)
http://www.laborbeat.org/lb/home.htm

National Committee for Pay Equity
The National Committee on Pay Equity (NCPE), founded in 1979, is a coalition of women’s and civil rights organizations; labor unions; religious, professional, legal, and educational associations, commissions on women, state and local pay equity coalitions and individuals working to eliminate sex- and race-based wage discrimination and to achieve pay equity.
http://www.pay-equity.org/

Working Women's History Project
The Working Women’s History Project (WWHP) is a Chicago-based network of individuals and organizations dedicated to increasing knowledge and understanding of women in labor history and in other social justice movements.
http://workingwomen.homestead.com/



Employment Links

Advancing Women
Advancing Women provides tools, resources, products and services to support women’s career and business goals, including our own targeted job board, specifically to serve the needs of our own audience and employers seeking women and diversity candidates.
http://www.advancingwomen.com/womresources.html

Chicago Women in Trades
Chicago Women in Trades (CWIT) is celebrating 25 years of supporting, encouraging, and training women in high-skilled, high-wage nontraditional careers. Originally established by tradeswomen as a support network, CWIT addresses the barriers that prohibit women and girls from entering and succeeding in male-dominated industries by creating opportunities and promoting equitable workplaces and conditions.
(312) 942-1444
http://www.chicagowomenintrades.org

Coalition of Labor Union Women
CLUW is America’s only national organization for union women.
(202) 508-6969
http://www.cluw.org/

Women Employed
The mission of Women Employed is to improve the economic status of women and remove barriers to economic equity.
(312) 782-3902
http://www.womenemployed.org

Women For Hire
Women For Hire offers signature career fairs, an exceptional professional online network, inspiring speeches and seminars, a smart, popular career-focused magazine, customized marketing programs, and an online job board—all of which connect leading employers and talented professional women in all fields.
212-580-6100
http://www.womenforhire.com

Women's Bar Association
WBAI’s mission is to ensure the success of women attorneys through business and professional development and to advocate for women’s interests.
http://www.wbaillinois.org/



Job Readiness, Training & Coaching

Bottomless Closet
Bottomless Closet provides professional clothing, job readiness, and post-employment training and coaching services to women on assistance and working-poor women.
http://www.bottomlesscloset.org



Women's Business Resources

National Association of Women Business Owneres - Chicago Area Chapter
NAWBO is the premier organization in the United States representing the interests of all women business owners. Chicago Area NAWBO, among the largest of the organization’s more than 80 chapters, offers a wealth of opportunities ranging from contacts and networking to learning, advocacy and growth
(312) 322-0990
http://www.nawbochicago.org

The Chicagoland - Entrepreneurial Center
The Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center (CEC) is a nonprofit affiliate of the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce. It seeks to make a perceptible and lasting economic impact on the Chicagoland region by helping entrepreneurs and high-growth businesses build viable, sustainable, and profitable enterprises.
(312) 494-6777
http://www.wehaveanswers.org/

U.S. Small Business Administration: Illinois District Office
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) was created in 1953 as an independent agency of the federal government to aid, counsel, assist and protect the interests of small business concerns, to preserve free competitive enterprise and to maintain and strengthen the overall economy of our nation
(312) 353-4528
http://www.sba.gov/il/

Women's Business Development Center
For over 20 years, the Women’s Business Development Center (WBDC) has offered a full-service approach to launching emerging businesses and strengthening existing businesses owned by women in the Chicago area.
(312) 853-3477
http://www.wbdc.org/