• CTD Resource Network - Click here for this site which has a wealth of information and seems to be updated regularly. Use it to find other sites of interest to injured workers.
  
  
• East Bay RSI Support Group - Click here for this site.  Contact phone is (510) 524-7127.  Meetings are monthly from 7 - 9:30 pm on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at the North Berkeley Senior Center, 1901 Hearst Avenue (at Martin Luther King) in Berkeley.  Click here for additional information (the group uses meetup.com for announcements and to post their flyer). 

• Los Angeles RSI Support Group - contact asklarsi@yahoo.com.  Click here for this site.  Meetings are on the third Saturday of every month from 10-12pm at the Sherman Oaks Hospital and Burn Center, 4929 Van Nuys Blvd., Sherman Oaks (Doctor's Conference Room). Click here for the meeting schedule.
  
  
• SF RSI Repetitive Strain Injury Support Group - Click here for this site which lists monthly meetings in San Francisco generally on the 1st Monday (sometimes the 2nd Monday).   Their leaflet states that all folks with disabilities and those wounded by technology are welcome.  The purpose of the group is to get together and share ideas, information, provide mutual support, develop strategies and to get active.  Most recently they are meeting at Cal Pacific Medical Center (Davies Campus) at Castro & Duboce Streets from 7 to 9 pm.  Contact is Lee Worden, 2937 - 26th Street #4, San Francisco, CA 94110.  For a schedule call (415) 923-3166.  To contact Lee call (415) 550-1420 or email sf-ris@unsealed.net .  Click here for the meeting schedule page.
• For the July - December 2008 Meeting Schedule, click here for the pdf flyer.

Workers' Compensation focused groups

• California Applicants Attorney's Association - Started in 1966, this group of attorneys focuses on worker's comp cases. There site is updated regularly with examples of other worker comp cases, and a volume of related materials. There site would be a good resource to both become more informed on the legislation behind workers comp, and also learn how you can benefit from it. Lastly, it is a site where you can find a lawyer to represent you in these matters. For your assistance, before you choose a lawyer, you should consult this page .
  
  
• Canadian Injured Workers Alliance - A nation wide alliance of many different injured worker groups from all across Canada.
  
  
• Cornell Law School on U.S. Workers' Compensation Law - The LII is a leading ?law-not-com? provider of public legal information. They offer all opinions of the United States Supreme Court handed down since 1992, together with over 600 earlier decisions selected for their historic importance, over a decade of opinions of the New York Court of Appeals, and the full United States Code.
  
  
• Injured Workers 4 Change - Our mission is to shed long needed light on the nationwide abuse, medical fraud, and vicious unlawful retaliations instigated against America's injured workers under State Workers' Compensation Systems.
  
  
• Injured Workers' Alliance (Oregon) - IWA is a grass-roots organization. Our members include injured workers, their families, and concerned Oregonians. We are not affiliated with the State of Oregon, any law firm, or other business entity. We've been forced to organize in response to the overwhelming mayhem and massive suffering being inflicted upon thousands of everyday working-class people in our state.
  
  
• Injured Workers of New York Inc. - Injured Workers of New York Inc. assists injured workers in getting proper medical, legal, and financial compensation, advocates for workers' rights in the media, and actively assists in passing pro-worker legislation. 
  
  
• International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions - A not-for-profit trade association representing government agencies charged with the administration of workers' compensation systems throughout most of the United States and Canada, and other nations and territories.
  
  
• Job Accommodation Network - The Job Accommodation Network is a service of the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) of the U.S. Department of Labor. JAN is one of several ODEP projects. JAN's mission is to facilitate the employment and retention of workers with disabilities by providing employers, employment providers, people with disabilities, their family members and other interested parties with information on job accommodations, self-employment and small business opportunities and related subjects.
  
  
• John Burton's Workers' Compensation Resources - Offers access to data, research, and other information pertaining to workers' compensation in the United States and other countries when possible.
  
  
• Maine Injured Workers Association - Works closely with the Environmental Health Network towards gaining rights and compensation for CHEMICALLY injured workers. 
  
  
• National Academy of Social Insurance - The National Academy of Social Insurance is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization made up of the nation's leading experts on social insurance. Its mission is to promote understanding and informed policymaking on social insurance and related programs through research, public education, training, and the open exchange of ideas.
  
  
• National Association of Insurance Commissioners - The mission of the NAIC is to assist state insurance regulators, individually and collectively, with the goals of: protecting the public interest, promoting competitive markets, facilitating the fair and equitable treatment of insurance consumers, promoting the reliability, solvency and financial solidity of insurance institutions; and supporting and improving state regulation of insurance.
  
  
• Office of Disability Employment Policy - The Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) was authorized by Congress in the Department of Labor?s FY 2001 appropriation. Recognizing the need for a national policy to ensure that people with disabilities are fully integrated into the 21 st Century workforce, the Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao delegated authority and assigned responsibility to the Assistant Secretary for Disability Employment Policy. ODEP is a sub-cabinet level policy agency in the Department of Labor.
  
  
• Voters Injured at WorkOrg.  Are you someone who was injured on the job? Are you someone who has no idea what to do about it? Are you looking for all the answers to your questions? Well, you are in the right place because all our members are workers that were injured at work.  If you just take a moment to view our web site, our goal is to give you valuable insight to the current Workers' Compensation System, and how it is negatively effecting the lives of thousands of families in California. After review of our site we hope you take advantage of our FREE E-Newsletter, and choose to join us in the fight to get back the fair benefits that injured workers deserve. The phrase, "There is strength in numbers" was coined for this organization. Together we will make a difference.   If you have any questions please contact the VIAW office 916.446.1973 or toll free 1.800.401.VIAW.
  
  
• Workplace Injury Litigation Group - this is a group of lawyers concerned with workers' compensation; they represent only injured workers. The resource links section may be of value. It also has an attorney referral request form that injured workers can use, but you may also want to check out the attorney with local injured worker groups in your area. Be a good consumer when choosing an attorney.

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