Corporate greed has left thousands of workers across the country without jobs, retirement security and health care. While corporate executives cook books and receive obscene salaries and perks, workers are getting pink slips and losing health insurance and retirement savings.

To help meet the needs of laid-off workers, the AFL-CIO has launched http://www.laidoffworkers.org -- a new website that provides resources for surviving unemployment, meeting working family challenges, learning what went wrong and protecting retirement security.

At least 17,000 WorldCom workers have joined the ranks of other corporate workers struggling to find new jobs and benefits following the collapse of their companies as a result of corporate greed.

Workers can visit http://www.laidoffworkers.org and learn how to develop a financial action plan, access information about unemployment insurance and benefits and learn about their rights under federal law. The website also provides information on coping with working family challenges such as college costs, caring for elders, buying health insurance and saving for retirement.

"Workers should not have to suffer because of unchecked greed in corporate America," said John Sweeney, president of the AFL-CIO. "This new website will give workers the information they need to survive sudden layoffs in this emerging cycle of corporate mismanagement."

The website, http://www.laidoffworkers.org, provides workers with the tools they will need to get active in the push to demand corporate accountability. Workers can also become active participants in lobbying members of Congress to support meaningful pension reform legislation and other measures that address the needs of working families.

The website includes a link to a 10-step plan from the AFL-CIO for employers facing structural change as they initiate mass layoffs. The guidelines are intended to help laid-off workers gain fair treatment, severance payments and basic rights.

The AFL-CIO, which represents 13 million working men and women in the United States, successfully spearheaded a campaign in the federal bankruptcy court that resulted in additional severance payments of more than $30 million to former Enron workers.