The Nine Employment Blogs You Should Be Reading

No matter if you are a labor attorney, human resources professional, or business owner, no matter if you're looking to stay informed about the Employee Free Choice Act, or you just want to recruit and retain the best employees - in the blogosphere, the answers are all there. The problem is, there's such a wealth of information, it's nearly impossible to know where to focus your energies.

In an effort to ease that queasy drinking-from-a-firehose feeling, I offer the following nine labor relations and employment law blogs. These are the ones I subscribe to, the ones I wouldn't live without:

1. The HR Capitalist, www.hrcapitalist.com
Launched in 2006, the HR Capitalist is the blog of Kris Dunn, vice president of people for DAXKO. With more than a decade of experiences as a human resources professional, Dunn's blog focuses on the intersections of HR practices, technology, and business results; performance management and recruitment; and other numerous topics that affect HR generalists at all levels.

2. Right to Work Blog, www.right-to-work.org/blog
The Right to Work Blog covers labor topics for the National Right to Work Committee. Established in 1995, the National Right to Work Committee is nonprofit, nonpartisan, single-purpose citizens' organization that combats compulsory unionism, ensuring that all people have the right to join a union without being forced to do so.

3. George's Employment Blawg, www.employmentblawg.com
George's Employment Blawg is a trusted resource for issues and commentary related to employment law. George Lenard, a lawyer specializing in labor and employment law, began the blog in May 2003 as a result of his online reading about employment law. As the popularity of the blog grew, Lenard started posting additional topics on general employment information and human resources.

4. Labor Pains, www.laborpains.org
Labor Pains is the blogging home of the Center for Union Facts and the Employee Freedom Action Committee. The blog features commentary from Richard Berman, a longtime labor expert and the executive director of the Center for Union Facts, and J. Justin Wilson, the managing director of the Center for Union Facts. The blog also features guest commentary from other labor and employment law experts.

5. AFL-CIO Now Blog, www.blog.aflcio.org
The AFL-CIO Now Blog delivers up-to-the-minute labor news and commentary from one of America's largest unions. The AFL-CIO is a voluntary federation of 56 national and international labor unions that represents workers from a variety of backgrounds.

6. The S.H.I.E.L.D. Network,www.1-888-no-union.blogspot.com
Run by former union leaders, union organizers, and top labor relations professionals, this mission of this blog (and companion website) is to "dispel the myths for both you and your employer and to expose today's union tactics that are being executed on employees all across America-in the workplace, in the media, and on the streets."

7. Culture to Engage, www.c2e.typepad.com
Culture to Engage offers tips, examples, and how-to insights to help companies develop an employee engagement culture. Culture to Engage features blogs from Tim Wright, who focuses on helping management professionals in hospitals and other business leaders with employee engagement issues.

8. Union Review, www.unionreview.com
Union Review provides labor-related news and views and acts as a forum for rank-and-file, as well as non-union members, to openly discuss work, struggles, and ideas to strengthen the labor movement. The blog is owned and run by Richard Negri, a freelance writer and union member.

9. Winning Through Employee Communications, www.employeecentric.blogspot.com
Winning Through Employee Communications offers commentary, insight, and current news on labor relations and HR from Projections, Inc. Established in 1979, Projections, Inc. is the country's leading provider of custom employee communication resources (video, Web, and eLearning), specializing in critical issues such as skills and management training, health care issues, layoffs and closings, pension and retiree issues, new employee orientations, corporate compliance and ethics, labor relations, and other employment-related issues.

Staying abreast of labor and employment issues is the best way to ensure that your organization remains union free and successful. Make checking all or some of these blogs part of your daily routine by subscribing to their RSS feed or bookmarking them.

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