Works to create good jobs and strong communities through partnerships promoting high road economic strategies for individuals and employers. Articles, conferences and other resources.

http://www.workingforamerica.org

Custodial Worker's Resource

A worker's resource for custodial, janitorial, maintenance workers and other service professionals. Included are a message board, information on safety, floor care, maintenance and unions.

http://custodian.info

Graand

Free Classified Ads Portal

www.graand.com

Searching for Job Security

Discussion of ways to hold on to your job until you are ready to move on.

http://members.bellatlantic.net/~billfish/

United States Department of Labor

Charged with preparing the American workforce for new and better jobs, and ensuring the adequacy of America's workplaces. It is responsible for the administration and enforcement of over 180 federal statutes.

http://www.dol.gov/

Where We Work

Companion site to the CBC Radio program exploring the world of work. Includes essays, audio, and online forums on a variety of topics.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/work/wherewework/

The Work Ethic Site

Provides a central resource for materials related to work ethic, affective work competencies, and employability skills for work force development. It is designed to serve both educators and human resource professionals. At University of Georgia.

http://www.coe.uga.edu/~rhill/workethic/index.html

The Work Foundation

Offers research, consultancy and advocacy to make workplaces more effective, successful and fulfilling.

http://theworkfoundation.com/

Work Website

Quotations, stories, disccussions, articles, and humour about work.

http://www.humanityquest.com/topic/Index.asp?theme1=work

Working Stiff

Archive materials from ezine to help working people put in fewer hours for more pay and occasionally win arguments with the boss. Features diaries, stories, columns, forums, and other resources.

http://www.weblab.org/workingstiff/

WorkRights

Access to the latest information on the labour codes to your province, and to compare practices in your region with those of other provinces and territories in Canada.

http://www.workrights.ca

Mbeki seeks to save Zimbabwe deal

Ex-South African President Thabo Mbeki arrives in Harare to try and salvage the power-sharing deal he brokered last month.

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A teenager dies

But what can anyone say to a grieving parent?

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Motorists stopped over pub murder

Strathclyde Police release details of the vehicle they believe was used in a double shooting outside a Glasgow pub.

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Whale deal falls at last minute

Hope for consensus between environmentalists and whalers in Barcelona is derailed by a last-minute Australian intervention.

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Mike Baker

Are we asking too much of our teachers?

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Wildcats forward Watene dies

Wakefield prop forward Adam Watene, 31, dies after taking part in a training session.

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Welsh-only police car sign denied

North Wales Police say they have no plans to remove the word "police" and leave only the Welsh "heddlu" on vehicles.

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US election quiz

Race to the White House: test your knowledge

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Ministers shelve 42-day detention

Home Secretary Jacqui Smith says plans to extend terror detention to 42 days will be dropped from current bill.

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Rhys trial told of suspect threat

The teenager accused of murdering Rhys Jones told a girl the alleged target was going to "get it", a court hears.

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Terry & Cole out of Belarus match

Injured duo John Terry and Ashley Cole will miss England's World Cup qualifier against Belarus, and keeper Robert Green is also out.

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In pictures

The latest show in Tate Modern's Turbine Hall

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Speaker 'to probe' Blair F1 claim

The Commons speaker promises to look at claims Tony Blair misled MPs over exempting Formula One from a tobacco advertising ban.

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Newcastle sale 'progressing well'

The sale of Newcastle is progressing "extremely well", according to the man responsible for brokering the deal.

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Exit route

The euthanasia expert advising over-50s on suicide

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Send your video, pictures and story ideas

Have you got a good story? BBC News wants to hear from you.

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Dutch 'HIV attack' trial begins

Three men go on trial in the Netherlands accused of deliberately infecting at least 14 other men with HIV.

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LA firefighters battle wildfires

Firefighters tackle wildfires near Los Angeles which have caused two deaths, with 12,000 driven from their homes.

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Anteaters get antsy over Thailand violence

Zookeepers in Bangkok move two anteaters out of the city, fearing stress caused by noisy recent clashes could make the sensitive animals ill.

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IFA sacks chief executive Wells

Irish Football Association chief executive Howard Wells has been sacked.

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House sales hit new 30-year low

The slump in the property market is worsening, the latest survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says.

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Civic pride

The local response to the world financial crisis

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Parliament hit by green protest

Police close the main public entrance to Parliament after environmental protesters try to force their way in.

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Asian stocks repeat US successes

Tokyo's Nikkei index soars 10% higher, matching gains seen in New York, as confidence starts to return to financial markets.

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Schools hit by rebuilding delays

The scale of the delays affecting England's school rebuilding project is revealed by a parliamentary question.

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