Economics, Taxes, and Workplace Issues

Blue Collar Dollar [1]
Investment advice by and for blue-collar workers

Citizens for Tax Justice [2]
A nonpartisan, nonprofit research and advocacy organization dedicated to fair taxation at the federal, state, and local levels.

Corporate Watch [3]

FPMI's FedNews Online [4]
A good source for federal government employees.

They Get Cake & We Eat Crumbs [5]
The Real Story Behind Today's Unfair Economy

Working Life [6]
The home page for Jonathan Tasini, labor journalist and president of the National Writers Union (UAW Local 1981).

Web Sources for Information on Companies

Securities and Exchange Commission [7]
Contains corporate filings. Proxy statements are listed as DEF 14A. Go to "Search the EDGAR Database," then "Search the EDGAR Archives." Download the WordPerfect conversion utility found at the "Tools and Utilities" link.

The Wall Street Journal [8]
Company briefing books have background, recent news, stock charts, and financial data. (This site charges fees.)

The Multinational Monitor [9]
Provides news stories on multi-nation (transnational) corporations.

Hoover's [10]
Provides capsule summaries of public companies with links to websites and financial reports.

Investor WEB [11]
Provides financial information on public companies.

Annual Report Gallery [12]
Will tell you where to find a public company's annual report online.

American City Business Journals [13]
Useful for hard-to-find information on private companies in a few dozen cities.