Resources and Services
With out-of-control health care costs, outsourcing, record-setting personal debt, and disappearing pensions, it’s hard to know who out there offers real, useful services and who is trying to make a buck off of others’ hard times. With that in mind, we’re building a database of resources for our members and supporters.
UP has investigated these resources and found that they do offer potential benefits to our supporters. However, we are not able to do exhaustive evaluations of each one. Please contact us if you have had a bad or good experience with one of our resources or if you have a suggestion for a new resource.
Employment Sites
https://my.usajobs.gov/Home.aspx
http://www.linkedin.com/jobs?displayHome=&trk=hb_tab_jobs
http://www.job-search-engine.com/
http://www.simplyhired.com/a/jobs/list/
http://www.employmentcrossing.com/
http://www.workforceatm.org/Recovery/
Legal
National Employment Lawyers Association
http://www.nela.org/NELA/
NELA is a trusted UP partner and offers referrals and other legal services.
Career and Job Management
R William Holland Consulting
www.rwilliamhollandconsulting.com
RWH Consulting offers career advice and consulting services, some at no charge when visiting his web site.
Business Technology Consumer Network
The Network! provides real world, common sense resources and Knowledge Briefings that enable white collar professionals to improve front line deliverable to virtually any enterprise. Request your free email professional development mentoring session when you log in to this site. A majority of The Network! materials are applicable to nearly any career in any industry.
Unemployment Issues
Unemployment Lifeline
Working America says, “If you’re out of work, you’re not alone. In March 2009, unemployment in the United States hit 8.5 percent, a 25-year high—and it’s going to get worse before getting better. America’s working families deserve better. That’s why we’ve put together the Unemployment LifeLine.”
The National Employment Law Project
Has created a website called unemployedworkers.org to provide a timely resource to learn more about the key programs available to workers and communities hard hit by the economy, to share experiences and concerns, and to participate in the national debate surrounding economic stimulus and making sure families get the aid they need to find good-paying jobs. Please check the site often for regular updates on benefit extensions, news clips on unemployment and unemployment insurance, and ways you can take action to improve our safety net for hard working families facing unemployment.
Health Care
Partnership for Prescription Assistance
www.pparx.org
PPARX allows you to search for discounts by prescription. It is funded by pharmaceutical companies and is a free service.
Foundation for Health Coverage Education
www.coverageforall.org
Freelancers Union
http://www.freelancersunion.org/
A national nonprofit organization that represents the needs and concerns of America’s growing independent workforce through advocacy, information and service.
Miscellaneous
The alonovo.com Concept
Think of the power of a large database that collects information about how corporations behave and then integrates that data directly into the shopping experience. When you are about to purchase a TV, shoes, or an IPOD you can not only consider the price and the quality of the product, but can easily see what kind of behavior we are “buying into.”
Our alonovo.com mission is to connect the concept of corporate behavior directly to the profit motive. When a corporation is evolving to balance people, planet and profit, everyone wins.
We are working to inform society in a very simple, visually appealing manner with regard to corporate behavior at their point of online purchase. And the reason is every time we make a purchase we are transferring power to a business. Is this power going to support …
* Fair Labor or Sweatshops?
* Emission Reduction or Pollution?
* Recycling or Toxic Waste?
* Resource Conservation or Plunder the Earth?
* Political Neutrality or Undermine Democracy?
* Partner with Local Community or Destroy the Local Community Economy?
When you purchase using alonovo.com, you are doing your part to send a clear message to businesses—we want blue skies, clean water, a fair and growing economy, intelligent use of our natural resources, safe and humane workplaces and sensible partnerships with local communities.
Beyond helping to shape social, environmental and political practices of businesses, you are also directly helping non-profit organizations that need funding for their critical work. We, the alonovo.com community contribute between 50% and 100% of what we earn (based upon your purchases through alonovo.com) to your cause of choice.
This is a community we can all be proud to belong to, regardless of political perspectives and ideology.
