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Additional Resources Related to Reduced-Load Work
AFL-CIO: “The AFL-CIO's mission is to bring social and economic justice to our nation by enabling working
people to have a voice on the job, in government, in a changing global economy and in their communities.”
View the homepage at http://www.aflcio.org/
To visit the “Unions and Part-Time Workers” page on this website, click here.

Global Perspectives

Department of Trade and Industry: “The DTI drives our ambition of 'prosperity for all' by working to create the best environment for business success in the UK. We help people and companies become more productive by promoting enterprise, innovation and creativity.”

Visit the homepage at http://www.dti.gov.uk/
Click here to view the part-time work page at http://www.dti.gov.uk/er/ptime.htm
Global Perspectives

Flexibility: This organization’s mission is "to bring together a network of companies and organisations with an interest in new ways of working and associated issues, which will work together to raise awareness and publish information, to run seminars and conferences, to undertake research and to carry out other related activities as appropriate"

Click here to view the homepage http://www.flexibility.co.uk/
View a fact sheet titled “Who wants to work part-time?: Choices about working time” at http://www.flexibility.co.uk/flexwork/time/part-time.htm

Global Perspectives

International Labour Organization: “The International Labour Organization is the UN specialized agency which seeks the promotion of social justice and internationally recognized human and labour rights. It was founded in 1919 and is the only surviving major creation of the Treaty of Versailles which brought the League of Nations into being and it became the first specialized agency of the UN in 1946.”

View the homepage at http://www.ilo.org/
Visit the ILO’s Part-time Workers Page at http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/kilm/kilm05.htm

U.S. Department of Labor: “The Department of Labor (DOL) fosters and promotes the welfare of the job seekers, wage earners, and retirees of the United States by improving their working conditions, advancing their opportunities for profitable employment, protecting their retirement and health care benefits, helping employers find workers, strengthening free collective bargaining, and tracking changes in employment, prices, and other national economic measurements.”

Click here http://www.dol.gov/ to view the homepage.
Visit the Department of Labor’s Part-Time Employment page at http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/workhours/parttimeemployment.htm

See also Chart: Changes in Occupational Positions among Reduced-Load and Full-Time Employees

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