PBS Work and Labor Series: 'Livelihood':
Companion site to the PBS series on work. Come share your thoughts,
frustrations, and solutions to "The Workday that Wouldn't Die."
Plus, learn about alternative work schedules and compelling
discussions on the workday.
http://www.pbs.org/livelyhood
An alein's view of life on earth:
Advertising, globalization, immigration, and corporations induce us
to work too much to the detriment of family life, and combined with
genetic engineering this urge to produce more could result in humans
becoming almost robotic workers.
http://reviews.20m.com
NESARA-National Economic Stabilization and Recovery Act:
Site promoting legislation providing monetary and fiscal policy
reform. Advocates claim that it will double the standard of living
for every American within one generation and restore economic and
social prosperity across the land.
http://www.nesara.com/
@Work on the web:
The range of alternative work concepts is altogether insufficient.
This independent, international co-operative program seeks to
identify non-traditional insights, packages, architectures and
implementation strategies.
http://www.ecoplan.org/new-work/nw_index.htm
CLAWS: Creating Livable Alternatives to Wage Slavery:
Nonprofit educational, support and political advocacy group, as well
as a resource clearinghouse, started by "Generation-X" people who
share an interest in working together to generate viable
alternatives to wage slavery.
http://www.whywork.org
Downsized People: Job Subsidies vs Income Supports:
Analyzes the Disguised Unemployment Problem. Argues that downsizing
and job subsidy proposals are wasteful, and squander an opportunity
for root reform. Presents the case for income supports, and the
partial separation of incomes from current employment.
http://www.interport.net/~jonmarin/downsized.htm
Technology Making It Worse:
How the second industrial revolution (miniaturisation and artificial
intelligence) is relentlessly stagnating, frightening and
impoverishing our community.
http://www.ourcivilisation.com/signs/chap7.htm
Third Age Careers and Avocations:
Rethinking work for a new life stage? New forms of work such as
mentoring can be very rewarding. Includes ideas and links.
http://votech.about.com/library/weekly/aa122199a.htm
Are You Happy with your Job?:
Considering that most of us spend half of our waking hours working
at a job, it might really serve to pay attention to ones level of
job satisfaction.
http://www.innerself.com/Reflections/happy_with_job.htm
The Turtle Syndrome - The Mobility of Everyday Life:
Mobility - both physical and social is enhanced by new
transportation and communications technologies and by the new media.
The emergence of alternative patterns of work are the result.
http://samvak.tripod.com/nm065.html
Flexibility:
Online journal about new ways of working.
http://www.flexibility.co.uk/
Wastrel Division:
Rethinking the balance between our work and personal life. Links,
books, and computing.
http://www.wastreldivision.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/
CBC Newsonline Special Feature: The Way We Work:
Interactive media site examining changing trends in the workworld
and the impact on Canadians. Includes features on freelancing,
changing work hours, unemployment and looking for work, work vs life
and work culture. Articles, real audio and real video.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/work/
Soul of Work:
A self help book on how to achieve motivation in the workplace.
Since most waking hours are spent at work, a positive attitude
improves the quality of life.
http://www.soulofwork.com
The Work Foundation:
Research, practical consultancy and constructive advocacy to make
workplaces more effective, more successful and more fulfilling.
http://www.theworkfoundation.com/index.jsp
Work, Retire & Die? There Must Be More To Life Than This!:
A website based on the book Ishmael by Michael Quinn which questions
why we work hard to retire when we are old. In-depth reading to find
the solution to the problem.
http://www.readishmael.com
Virtual management - long distance teams:
How to make teams work better over long distances using new
technology to increase efficiency and reduce travel costs. Features,
videos and slides by Fuurist Dr Patrick Dixon.
http://www.globalchange.com/vmanagement.htm
New Ways to Work:
A charity offering information and consultancy to individuals, trade
unions and companies. News, resources, events, contact details,
membership details, links.
http://www.new-ways.co.uk
Less - how to get less what you dislike:
Online archives of Less, a free email newsletter designed to improve
the quality of your life and the balance between work and the rest
of your life.
http://www.iwantless.com
Fisher Vista:
A marketing and PR firm focusing exclusively on the human resources
industry with particular emphasis on work/life, EAP and related
services.
http://www.fishervista.com
