Wednesday, July 28, 2004

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 28 July 2004

IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies                 Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations          Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor                  Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016                              Director, IWS News Bureau
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IWS Weekly Bulletin,  28 July 2004


Academic Research

From the Harvard University Library Open Collections Program
Women Working, 1870 - 1930
http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww/

From the Library of Congress (LC), Business Reference Service
Technical Reports and Working Papers in Business and Economics
http://www.loc.gov/rr/business/techreps/techrepshome.php


Nomura Research Insitute
No.77 June 1, 2004
[Japan] Baby Boomers Face Retirement
Minoru NAKAMURA
http://www.nri.co.jp/english/opinion/papers/2004/np200477.html
and
http://www.nri.co.jp/english/opinion/papers/2004/pdf/np200477.pdf
[full-text, 29 pages]

WORKING PAPER # 489
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS SECTION
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
"Prison-Based Education and Re-Entry into the Mainstream Labor Market." July 2004.
Tyler, John H. and Jeffrey R. Kling.
http://www.irs.princeton.edu/pubs/pdfs/489.pdf
[full-text, 36 pages]


The following information will appear in an article that will be available on 29 July 2004 from the American Journal of Public Health, Aug 1 2004; 94 (8)
All articles from this journal issue are online at www.ajph.org after 29 July 2004. To view the preliminary table of contents, visit http://www.ajph.org/future/94.8.shtml
The following article will explain why the Nation's nurses are at increased risk for injury.  It will be available on 29 July 2004.
J. Lipscomb, A. Trinkoff, B. Brady, and J. Geiger-Brown
Health Care System Changes and Reported Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Registered Nurses


Government Reports/Press - International, Federal, State, Local

International

From the Commonwealth Secretariat
Gender Management system GMS Toolkit [March 2004]
http://www.thecommonwealth.org/Templates/STPDInternal.asp?NodeID=36970
[scroll down this page to find MODULES to download]
For more GENDER MAINSTREAMING material see -
http://www.thecommonwealth.org/Templates/STPDInternal.asp?NodeID=33903
and also
http://www.thecommonwealth.org/Templates/STPDInternal.asp?NodeID=33904&int2ndParentNodeID=33896


From the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
Working poor in the European Union (report)
Author: Peña-Casas, R. and Latta, M.
http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/files/EF0467EN.pdf
[full-text, 124 pages]

From the European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) Online
Controversy over draft Directive on services [21 July 2004]
http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2004/07/feature/eu0407206f.html

From the European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) Online
Employer and trade union responses to EWCs consultation [21 July 2004]
http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2004/07/feature/eu0407207f.html

From the European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) Online
Thematic set of publications covering 24 Countries.
Individual labour/employment disputes and the courts [23 July 2004]
http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/thematicfeature7.html

From the European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) Online
Report examines undeclared work in EU [21 July 2004]
http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2004/07/feature/eu0407204f.html


OECD RECOMMENDATION ON CORE PRINCIPLES OF OCCUPATIONAL PENSION REGULATION [22 July 2004]
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/14/46/33619987.pdf
[full-text, 13 pages]
Press Release-
OECD Countries Agree on Core Principles for Occupational Pension Fund Regulation
http://www.oecd.org/document/48/0,2340,en_2649_201185_33620272_1_1_1_1,00.html


From the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
Assessing Regional Integration in AFRICA (ECA Policy Research Report) [14 July 2004]
http://www.uneca.org/aria/right.htm
or
http://www.uneca.org/aria/ARIA%20English_full.pdf
[full-text, 281 pages - loads very slowly]


Federal

From the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC): SPECIAL REPORT
HIGH END DEPARTMENT STORES, THEIR ACCESS TO AND USE OF DIVERSE LABOR MARKETS [23 July 2004]
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
http://www.eeoc.gov/stats/reports/departmentstores/summary.html
or
http://www.eeoc.gov/stats/reports/departmentstores/summary.pdf
[full-text, 15 pages]
TECHNICAL REPORT
http://www.eeoc.gov/stats/reports/departmentstores/technical.html
or
http://www.eeoc.gov/stats/reports/departmentstores/technical.pdf
[full-text, 44 pages]


Full-text Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports have been added to the Catherwood Library's KEY WORKPLACE DOCUMENTS (e-archive) collection called
CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE (CRS) REPORTS ON WORKPLACE ISSUES at-
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/keyWorkplaceDocuments/government/federal/CRS%20Reports/default.html


U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao and Mexican Foreign Secretary Luis Ernesto Derbez Sign Joint Declaration to Improve Working Conditions for Mexican Workers
U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division and Occupational Safety and Health Administration Sign Letters of Agreement with Mexico's Foreign Affairs Ministry [21 July 2004]
http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/osha/OSHA20041371.htm


U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces $9.2 Million Grant to National Urban League to Assist At-Risk Youth [23 July 2004]
http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/ETA20041409.htm
See also -
President Emphasizes Minority Entrepreneurship at Urban League [23 July 2004]
Remarks by the President to the 2004 National Urban League Conference
Detroit Marriot Renaissance Hotel
Detroit, Michigan
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/07/20040723-8.html


GAO: Gender Issues: Women's Participation in the Sciences Has Increased, but Agencies Need to Do More to Ensure Compliance with Title IX. GAO-04-639, July 22.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-04-639
or
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d04639.pdf
[full-text, 55 pages]
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d04639high.pdf


Institutes/Associations/Commercial

Fact Sheet on the Continued Thickening of Government
The Brookings Institution, July 23, 2004
Paul C. Light, The Douglas Dillon Chair and Senior Fellow, Governance Studies
http://www.brookings.edu/views/papers/light/20040723.htm

From the Canadian Labour and Business Centre (CLBC)
Workforce Profile of the Natural Resources Sector [online 22 July 2004]
http://www.clbc.ca/files/Reports/Natural_Resources_June_17.pdf
[full-text, 14 pages]


Question of the Month (From the Catherwood Library, School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University)
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/research/QuestionOfTheMonth/default.html
For previous questions, see - http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/research/QuestionOfTheMonth/archive/index.html
June/July 2004
Q.  What do we know about OLDER WORKERS in the United States and how does this compare to other countries?
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/research/QuestionOfTheMonth/default.html

From the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU)
South Korean Government Abuses Arbitrary Intervention by Repressing Workers' Right to Strike Violating ILO Recommendations [21 July 2004]
http://www.kctu.org/maybbs/view.php?db=kctuinfo2&code=eng_action&n=18&page=1&Maykctuinfo2eng_action=78025e4123c035408c0ed056d0238ead

From MDRC - a nonprofit, nonpartisan social policy research organization.
Career Academies: Impacts on Labor Market Outcomes and Educational Attainment [March 2004]
James J. Kemple  With Judith Scott-Clayton
http://www.mdrc.org/publications/366/full.pdf
[full-text, 179 pages]
or
Executive Summary
http://www.mdrc.org/publications/366/execsum.pdf
[full-text, 10 pages
and
Overview
http://www.mdrc.org/publications/366/overview.html
or
Video [16 July 2004]
http://www.mdrc.org/video/car_acad_wm7.wmv


The McKinsey Quarterly, 2004 Special Edition: What global executives think
The McKinsey Global Survey of Business Executives , July 2004 [23 July 2004]
http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/article_page.aspx?ar=1461&L2=7&L3=10&srid=27&gp=0


Law

EEOC AND RYAN'S RESTAURANT GROUP, INC. SIGN NATIONAL MEDIATION AGREEMENT [21 July 2004]
http://www.eeoc.gov/press/7-21-04.html

From the European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) Online
Thematic set of publications covering 24 Countries.
Individual labour/employment disputes and the courts [23 July 2004]
http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/thematicfeature7.html


Statistical Reports

BLS: EMPLOYMENT SITUATION OF VETERANS:  AUGUST 2003 [27 July 2004]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/vet.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/vet.pdf
[full-text, 13 pages]


BLS: MASS LAYOFFS IN JUNE 2004 [22 July 2004]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/mmls.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/mmls.pdf
[full-text, 8 pages]


BLS: USUAL WEEKLY EARNINGS OF WAGE AND SALARY WORKERS:  SECOND QUARTER 2004 [20 July 2004]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/wkyeng.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/wkyeng.pdf
[full-text, 7 pages]


EuroStat: 93/2004  -  27 July 2004
European Time Use Survey
How is the time of Europeans distributed?
Differences between women and men
http://europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat/Public/datashop/print-product/EN?catalogue=Eurostat&product=3-27072004-EN-AP-EN&mode=download
or
http://europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat/Public/datashop/print-product/EN?catalogue=Eurostat&product=3-27072004-EN-AP-EN&type=pdf
[full-text, 3 pages]


Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

Census: Issued July 2004
P20-552
Voting and Registration in the Election of November 2002
Population Characteristics
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/voting.html
or
http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/p20-552.pdf
[full-text, 20 pages]

Voting and Registration in the Election of November 2002
Detailed Tables for Current Population Report, P20-552
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/voting/p20-552.html
Press Release 28 July 2004
Record Numbers Registered and Voted in 2002 Election,  Census Bureau Reports
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/voting/002278.html


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