IWS Documented News WEEKLY BULLETIN

Migration, Social Standards and Replacement Incomes: How to Protect Low-income Workers in the Industrialized Countries Against the Forces of Globalization and Market Integration

http://papers.nber.org/papers/w10798.pdf

[full-text, 42 pages]

Hans-Werner Sinn

NBER Working Paper No. w10798

Issued in September 2004

---- Abstract -----

http://www.nber.org/papers/w10798

Employment in Europe 2004 Report [23 September 2004]  - See full-text by chapter below.

http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/news/2004/sep/eie2004_en.html

Foreword, Table of Contents and Executive Summary [Recent Trends and Prospects]

http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/employment_analysis/eie/eie2004_forew_toc_sum_en.pdf

[full-text, 17 pages]

Chapter 1 Panorama of the European labour markets

http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/employment_analysis/eie/eie2004_chap1_en.pdf

[fulll-text, 42 pages]

Chapter 2  Key Determinants of Labour Market Performance

http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/employment_analysis/eie/eie2004_chap2_en.pdf

[full-text, 35 pages]

Chapter 3  Employment structures in Europe and the US: the role of skills, wages and final demand

http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/employment_analysis/eie/eie2004_chap3_en.pdf

[full-text, 61 pages]

Chapter 4  Labour market transitions and advancement: temporary employment and low-pay in Europe

http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/employment_analysis/eie/eie2004_chap4_en.pdf

[full-text, 28 pages]

Chapter 5 Globalisation and Labour Markets: a European perspective

http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/employment_analysis/eie/eie2004_chap5_en.pdf

[full-text, 41 pages]

Statistical Annex

http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/employment_analysis/eie/eie2004_stat_annex_en.pdf

[full-text,  49 pages]

From EUROCADRES  (Council of European Professional & Managerial Staff)

Working time of professionals and managers [27 September 2004]

EUROCADRES is worried by the inadequate proposal of the European Commission:

Press release(27 September 2004)

 <http://www.eurocadres.org/EN/info/04/2-04-022.pdf>

See also: EUROCADRES reply to the European Commission (2 July 2004)

<http://www.eurocadres.org/en/info/04/2-04-021.pdf>

 EUROCADRES comments,  (March 2004)

<http://www.eurocadres.org/EN/action/work/1f-005.pdf>

Results of the surveys.

 <http://www.eurocadres.org/EN/who/3c-002.pdf>

Erasmus Mundus: 82 European universities launch programme

IP/04/1121 - Brussels, 22 September 2004

http://europa.eu.int/comm/external_relations/news/ip04_1121.htm

See-

ERASMUS MUNDUS

http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/programmes/mundus/index_en.html

Employment-Intensive Investment Branch

International Labour Office, Geneva

The Construction Sector in the People's Republic of China: Policy analysis on sectoral development and employment challenges

June, 2004

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/recon/eiip/publ/setp/setp15.pdf

[full-text, 42 pages]

ILO: SEED Working Paper No. 47

Series on Women’s Entrepreneurship Development and Gender Equality — WEDGE

The Challenges of Growing Small Businesses: Insights from Women Entrepreneurs in Africa [September 2004]

by Pat Richardson, Rhona Howarth and Gerry Finnegan

http://www.ilo.org/dyn/empent/docs/F1534684809/WP47-2004.pdf

[full-text, 134 pages]

ILO: EMPLOYMENT STRATEGY PAPERS

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/publ/researchpap.htm#esp

2004/1 Macroeconomic reforms and a labour policy framework for India - Jayati Ghose (ISBN: 92-2-115269-3)

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/download/esp1.pdf

or

http://www-ilo-mirror.cornell.edu/public/english/employment/strat/download/esp1.pdf

[full-text, 45 pages]

2004/2 Macroeconomic reforms, labour market and labour policies: Chile, 1973-2000 - Guillermo Campero (ISBN: 92-2-115332-0)

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/download/esp2.pdf

or

http://www-ilo-mirror.cornell.edu/public/english/employment/strat/download/esp2.pdf

[full-text, 34 pages]

2004/3 Employment and labour market effects of globalization: Selected issues for policy management - Haroon Bhorat & Paul Lundall (ISBN 92-2-115334-7)

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/download/esp3.pdf

or

http://www-ilo-mirror.cornell.edu/public/english/employment/strat/download/esp3.pdf

[full-text, 79 pages]

2004/4 Successful employment and labour market policies in Europe and Asia and the Pacific Claire Harasty (ISBN: 92-2--115196-4)

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/download/esp4.pdf

or

http://www-ilo-mirror.cornell.edu/public/english/employment/strat/download/esp4.pdf

[full-text, 49 pages]

AND MORE....

From the International Labour Organization (ILO)

International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour

Child Labour: A textbook for university students [2004]

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/ipec/publ/download/pol_textbook_2004.pdf

[full-text, 311 pages]

From the ILO's International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour

GIRL CHILD LABOUR STUDIES in  four volumes [2004]

   * Girl child labour in agriculture, domestic work and sexual exploitation: Rapid assessments on the cases of the Philippines, Ghana and Ecuador - Volume 1

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/ipec/publ/download/gcl_vol1_2004.pdf

[full-text, 381 pages]

   * Girl child labour in agriculture, domestic work and sexual exploitaiton: a comparative analysis, cases of Ghana, Ecuador, Philippines - Volume 2

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/ipec/publ/download/gcl_vol2_2004.pdf

[full-text, 193 pages]

   * Global child labour data review: a gender perspective - Volume 3

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/ipec/publ/download/gcl_vol3_2004.pdf

[full-text, 221 pages]

   * A selected annotated bibliography on girl child labour: a gender perspective - Volume 4

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/ipec/publ/download/gcl_vol4_2004.pdf

[full-text, 200 pages]

BLS: Highlights of Women's Earnings in 2003 [27 September 2004]

U.S. Department of Labor

Bureau of Labor Statistics

September 2004

Report 978

http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpswom2003.pdf

[full-text, 41 pages]

From the Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

CBO's Economic Forecasting Record

An evaluation of the economic forecasts CBO made from January 1976 through January 2002 [23 September 2004]

September 2004

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/58xx/doc5840/09-23-EconomicForecast.pdf

[full-text, 42 pages]

LONG-RANGE FISCAL POLICY BRIEF

CBO A series of issue summaries from the Congressional Budget Office

No. 12, September 22, 2004

How Pension Financing Affects Returns to Different Generations

http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=5822&sequence=0

or

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/58xx/doc5822/09-22-PensionBrief.pdf

[full-text, 6 pages]

[6 September 2004]

NO HOLIDAY FOR MISSOURI'S OUTSOURCED WORKERS:

OUTSOURCING, EXECUTIVE CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND THE 2004 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

Labor Day September 2004

http://www.stl-jwj.org/news_items/NO_HOLIDAYreport.pdf

[full-text, 21 pages]

Employment in New York State Newsletter, August 2004 [27 September 2004]

http://www.labor.state.ny.us/labor_market/LMI_business/newsletr/current/index.htm

or

http://www.labor.state.ny.us/pdf/enys0804.pdf

[full-text, 4 pages]

[Global Labor Institute]

Cornell labor institute hosts global workplace forum in New York City [23 September 2004]

By Linda Myers

http://www.news.cornell.edu/Chronicle//04/9.23.04/Global_Labor_forum.html

The following is a new course taught as a collaboration between the ILO's International Institute for Labour Studies (IILS) & Cornell's School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR).

Workers' Rights as Human Rights

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/edu/cornell/index.htm

Program

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/edu/cornell/program.pdf

Instructors

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/edu/cornell/instruc.htm

Resources

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/edu/cornell/resources.htm

Flyer

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/edu/cornell/flyer.pdf

New Course!

ILR 608 Meets 'live' via video conference with faculty and students at the ILO in Geneva, Switzerland

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/international/Students/courses/ILOandILR608.html

From the Brookings Institution

Demographic Pressures on Public Pension Systems and Government Budgets in Open Economies [27 September 2004]

http://www.brookings.edu/views/papers/bryant/20040922.pdf

[full-text, 78 pages]

The Brookings Institution, September 2004

Ralph C. Bryant, Senior Fellow, Economic Studies

Abstract

http://www.brookings.edu/views/papers/bryant/20040922.htm

From the Brookings Institution

Wanted: New Ideas for Jobs Debate

http://www.brookings.edu/metro/20040924_metroview.htm

Web Exclusive, September 24, 2004

Bruce Katz, Vice President and Director, Metropolitan Policy Program

Bob Giloth, Director of Family Economic Success, Annie E. Casey Foundation

From Watson Wyatt

Employees Facing New Plan Designs, Significant Benefit Changes During Open Enrollment Season

Watson Wyatt Identifies Seven Trends for 2005

http://www.watsonwyatt.com/news/press.asp?ID=13656

2004: 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers [22 September 2004]

About this year's list-

http://www.workingmother.com/100BEST_2004.html

2004: 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers

http://www.workingmother.com/bestlist.html

{Select the company from the box at top of page and/or use pull-down menu to get profiles)

Best of the Best - TOP 10 Companies

http://www.workingmother.com/top10.html

How we choose

http://www.workingmother.com/choosebest.html

2004 Family Champion

http://www.workingmother.com/story3.html

From the European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) Online

European Court of Justice issues decision in EWCs case [22 September 2004]

http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2004/09/feature/eu0409203f.html

EEOC: See also Youth@Work at-

http://www.eeoc.gov/initiatives/youth/index.html

And the MAIN WEB SITE for

Youth at Work at-

http://youth.eeoc.gov/

EEOC LAUNCHES 'YOUTH@WORK' INITIATIVE TO EDUCATE TEEN EMPLOYEES ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES [21 September 2004]

New Web Site, National Outreach and Partnerships to Focus on Emerging Issue

http://www.eeoc.gov/press/9-21-04a.html

From ADAPT-Centro Studi "Marco Biagi"

Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia

Viale Berengario 51 - 41000 MODENA

tel. +39.059.2056742

fax +39.059.2056743

The International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations

Volume 20, Issue 3, 2004

http://www.csmb.unimo.it/journal/abstracts/issue3_04.html

BEA: GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT:  SECOND QUARTER 2004 (FINAL) [29 September 2004]

CORPORATE PROFITS:  SECOND QUARTER 2004 (REVISED)

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/gdp204f.htm

or

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/gdp204f.pdf

[full-text, 15 pages]

or

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/gdp204f.xls

[spreadsheet]

and highlights at

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/gdp204f_fax.pdf

BEA: State Personal Income: Second Quarter 2004 [28 September 2004]

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/spi0904.htm

or

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/spi0904.pdf

[full-text, 11 pages]

or

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/spi0904.xls

[spreadsheet]

BLS: NATIONAL CENSUS OF FATAL OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES IN 2003 [22 September 2004]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cfoi.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cfoi.pdf

[full-text, 17 pages]

BLS: PRODUCTIVITY BY INDUSTRY: WHOLESALE TRADE, RETAIL TRADE, AND FOOD SERVICES AND DRINKING PLACES, 2003 [24 September 2004]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prin.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prin.pdf

[full-text, 7 pages]

BLS: MASS LAYOFFS IN AUGUST 2004 [23 September 2004]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/mmls.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/mmls.pdf

[full-text, 8 pages]

Facts for Features from the Census

CB04-FF.18 September 23, 2004

Veterans Day 2004: Nov. 11

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/002827.html

or

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2004/cb04ff-18.pdf

[full-text, 4 pages]

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Institute for Workplace Studies *
Cornell/ILR School                      *
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Federal Reserve Board (FRB)

Finance and Economics Discussion Series

Employer-to-Employer Flows in the U.S. Labor Market: The Complete Picture of Gross Worker Flows

Bruce Fallick and Charles A. Fleischman

2004-34

http://www.federalreserve.gov/Pubs/FEDS/2004/200434/200434pap.pdf

(full-text, 48 pages)

Abstract:

http://www.federalreserve.gov/Pubs/FEDS/2004/200434/200434abs.html

The Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) [JAPAN]

http://www.rieti.go.jp/en/index.html

DISCUSSION PAPERS

http://www.rieti.go.jp/en/publications/act_dp.html

Payment Uncertainty and the Productivity Slowdown

http://www.rieti.go.jp/jp/publications/dp/04e029.pdf

[full-text, 21 pages]

Keiichiro Kobayashi

2004/09 04-E-029

summary

http://www.rieti.go.jp/en/publications/summary/04090001.html

Trading Company Finance and the Relationship between Trade Credit and Loans

http://www.rieti.go.jp/jp/publications/dp/04e028.pdf

[full-text, 44 pages]

Iichiro Uesugi and Guy M. Yamashiro

2004/09 04-E-028

summary

http://www.rieti.go.jp/en/publications/summary/04090000.html

Corporate Finance and Human Resource Management

http://www.rieti.go.jp/jp/publications/dp/04e027.pdf

[full-text, 41 pages]

Masahiro Abe and Takeo Hoshi

2004/08 04-E-027

summary

http://www.rieti.go.jp/en/publications/summary/04080008.html

AND MORE...at http://www.rieti.go.jp/en/publications/act_dp.html

From the European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) Online

COMPARATIVE STUDY

Family-related leave and industrial relations [16 September 2004]

http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2004/03/study/index_2.html

and

http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2004/03/study/tn0403101s.html

From the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work

Issue 211 - Quality of the working environment and productivity (working paper)

17/09/2004

Quality of the working environment and productivity:

Research findings and case studies [17 September 2004]

Prepared by the Topic Centre on Research — Work and Health

Marc De Greef, Prevent, Belgium

Karla Van den Broek, Prevent, Belgium

http://agency.osha.eu.int/publications/reports/211/en/Quality_Productivity.PDF

[full-text, 82 pages]

ILO: How are workers with family responsibilities faring in the workplace? (2004), by J. Heymann [21 September 2004]

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/condtrav/publ/wf-jh-04.htm

or

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/condtrav/pdf/wf-jh-04.pdf

[full-text, 37 pages]

The Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT) [15 September 2004]

Information on Foreign Researcher Invitation Program for FY2005

http://www.jil.go.jp/english/Invitation.htm

OECD Policy Brief:

Economic Survey of PORTUGAL, 2004 [16 September 2004]

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/34/56/33714513.pdf

[Full-text, 8 pages]

For information on the Economic Survey of Portugal, 2004  released the same date, see-

http://www.oecd.org/document/36/0,2340,en_2649_201185_33704740_1_1_1_1,00.html

From the United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA)

State of the World Population [15 September 2004]

http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2004/english/ch1/index.htm

or

http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2004/pdf/en_swp04.pdf

[full-text, 124 pages]

Press Summary

http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2004/presskit/press_summary.htm

or

http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2004/pdf/summary.pdf

[full-text, 6 pages]

America's Families and Living Arrangements: March 2003 [15 September 2004]

http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hh-fam.html

Detailed Tables-

http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hh-fam/cps2003.html

(Formerly "Households and Families")

Labor Department to Post Draft Regulations for Law that Safeguards Guard and Reserve Members' Jobs and Benefits

60-day Window Set to Elicit Public Comments [20 September 2004]

http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/vets/VETS20041820.htm

U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao Joins in Launch of Operation Career Front with Home Depot

Departments of Labor, Defense and Veterans Affairs Help Military Attain Rewarding Careers [21 September 2004]

http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/ETA20041854.htm

From the Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program [14 September 2004]

2005 FEHB Premiums

http://www.opm.gov/insure/health/05rates/index.asp

Adobe Acrobat PDF Files (full sets of rate charts)

   * Non-Postal Rates (3.13 MB File)

http://www.opm.gov/insure/health/05rates/non-postal_2005_rates.pdf

[full-text, 34 pages]

   * Postal Rates (1.95 MB File)

http://www.opm.gov/insure/health/05rates/postal_2005_rates.pdf

[full-text, 34 pages]

Excel Spreadsheets (full sets of rate charts)

   * Non-Postal Rates (155K File)

http://www.opm.gov/insure/health/05rates/non-postal_2005_rates.xls

   * Postal Rates (104K File)

http://www.opm.gov/insure/health/05rates/postal_2005_rates.xls

(This is a new "How to" Manual from the Women's Bureau)

How to Establish an Electronic Mentoring Program for Science, Engineering, and Technology (SET) Careers [16 September 2004]

http://www.uic.edu/orgs/gem-set/howtomanual.htm

See more at-

Girl's E-Mentoring Program

http://www.uic.edu/orgs/gem-set/

Press Release [16 September 2004

U.S. Department of Labor Womens Bureau Announces Release of How To Manual and Archives for Science and Technology Mentoring

http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/wb/WB20041862.htm

From the U.S. Department of State

International Religious Freedom Report, 2004 [15 September 2004]

http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2004/

America's High Tech Bust [14 September 2004]

A Report to the Washington Alliance of Technology Workers,

Communications Workers of America, Local 37083, AFL-CIO

Snigdha Srivastava

Nik Theodore

Center for Urban Economic Development

University of Illinois at Chicago

September 2004

http://www.washtech.org/reports/AmericasHighTechBust/AmericasHighTechBust.pdf

[full-text, 26 pages]

See press release 14 September 2004

http://www.washtech.org/news/industry/display.php?ID_Content=4685

Catherwood Library, School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University

Industrial Relations Overview of the U.S. [updated 21 September 2004]

by Stuart Basefsky

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/subjectGuides/IndustrialRelationsOverview.html

INCLUDES two new sections on MIGRATION and OLDER WORKERS

From the Economic Policy Institute (EPI)

September 16, 2004 | EPI Issue Brief #202

The chronic problem of declining health coverage:

Employer-provided health insurance falls for third consecutive year [16 September 2004]

By Elise Gould

http://www.epinet.org/content.cfm/issuebrief202

or

http://www.epinet.org/issuebriefs/202/ib202.pdf

[full-text, 10 pages]

From the RAND Corporation

Assimilating Immigrants: Why America Can and France Cannot [September 2004]

Robert A. Levine

http://www.rand.org/publications/OP/OP132/

or

http://www.rand.org/publications/OP/OP132/OP132.pdf

[full-text, 29 pages]

From the RAND Corporation

The U.S. Scientific and Technical Workforce: Improving Data for Decisionmaking [September 2004]

Terrence K. Kelly, William P. Butz, Stephen Carroll, David M. Adamson, Gabrielle Bloom, editors

http://www.rand.org/publications/CF/CF194/

or

http://www.rand.org/publications/CF/CF194/CF194.pdf

[full-text, 134 pages]

or for a Summary and Conclusions Only, see-

http://www.rand.org/publications/CF/CF194/CF194.sum.pdf

[full-text, 17 pages]

National Women's Law Center

Issue Brief:

Child Care Assistance Policies 2001-2004: Families Struggling to Move Forward, States Going Backward [14 September 2004]

Karen Schulman, Senior Policy Fellow

Helen Blank, Director of Leadership and Public Policy

http://www.nwlc.org/pdf/childcaresubsidyfinalreport.pdf

[full-text, 17 pages]

BLS: EMPLOYER COSTS FOR EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION-JUNE 2004 [15 September 2004]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ecec.pdf

BLS: CONSUMER PRICE INDEX:  AUGUST 2004 [16 September 2004]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cpi.pdf

[full-text, 18 pages]

BLS: REAL EARNINGS IN AUGUST 2004 [16 September 2004]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/realer.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/realer.pdf

[full-text, 5 pages]

BLS: REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT:  AUGUST 2004 [17 September 2004]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/laus.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/laus.pdf

[full-text, 16 pages]

MARTINDALE'S CALCULATORS ON-LINE CENTER

PART I: I-N

BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT (includes WORKPLACE ISSUES like SALARIES, PAY, etc.)

http://www.martindalecenter.com/Calculators1B_2_Bus.html

Example Employee Benefits & Stock Options

http://www.martindalecenter.com/Calculators1B_2_Bus.html#SPREAD-EMP

For additional calculators, see-

http://www.martindalecenter.com/Calculators.html

[Note: The total number of Potentially Valid U.S. Passports as of December 31, 2003  =  54,371,765  This is unpublished information available from the State Department on this date, 16 September 2004].

U.S. PASSPORT STATISTICS

http://travel.state.gov/passport/other_stats.html

Includes

U.S. Passports Issued Per Calendar Year 1974 -1995

and

U.S. Passports Issued Per Fiscal Year 1996 - present

[Comment: Please note that incarcerated persons do not show up in unemployment statistics while their lack of gainful employment often leads to their incarceration].

Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear 2003 [May 2004]

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/pjim03.htm

or

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/pjim03.pdf

[full-text, 14 pages]

Facts for Features from the Census Bureau

CB04-FFSE.12   September 20, 2004

* Special Edition *

National Adoption Month (November)

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/002683.html

or

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2004/cb04ffse-12.pdf

[full-text, 4 pages]

****************************************
Stuart Basefsky                 *
Director, IWS News Bureau               *
Institute for Workplace Studies *
Cornell/ILR School                      *
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor            *
New York, NY 10016                      *
                                        *
Telephone: (607) 255-2703               *
Fax: (607) 255-9641                     *
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu                *
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From the Brookings Institution

Losing Ground: Income and Poverty in Upstate New York, 1980-2000 [14 September 2004]

http://www.brook.edu/metro/pubs/20040914_pendall.htm

or

http://www.brook.edu/metro/pubs/20040914_pendall.pdf

[full-text, 20 pages]

by Rolf Pendall and Susan Christopherson

September 2004

The following new books are available from ILR PRESS (an imprint of Cornell University Press).

Fighting for a Living Wage [September 2004]

          by Stephanie Luce

http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_catalog.taf?_function=detail&Title_ID=4212

Published by Cornell University Press

An ILR Press Book

September 2004, 288 pages, 13 tables

Cloth ISBN 0-8014-4287-7  $45.00

Paper ISBN 0-8014-8947-4 $18.95

Paradise Laborers: Hotel Work in the Global Economy [August 2004]

                by Patricia A. Adler and Peter Adler

http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_catalog.taf?_function=detail&Title_ID=4168

Published by Cornell University Press

An ILR Press Book

August 2004, 328 pages, 2 tables, 1 chart, 20 halftones

Cloth ISBN 0-8014-4189-7  $49.95

Paper ISBN 0-8014-8950-4  $21.95

Unfair Advantage: Workers' Freedom of Association in the United States  under International Human Rights Standards [July 2004]

                by Lance Compa

http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_catalog.taf?_function=detail&Title_ID=4256

Published by Cornell University Press

A Human Rights Watch Book

An ILR Press Book

July 2004, 264 pages

Paper ISBN 0-8014-8964-4  $16.95

Rebuilding Labor: Organizing and Organizers in the New Union Movement [July 2004]

                Edited by Ruth Milkman and Kim Voss

http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_catalog.taf?_function=detail&Title_ID=4166

Published by Cornell University Press

An ILR Press Book

July 2004, 320 pages, 10 graphs, 28 tables

Cloth ISBN 0-8014-4265-6  $49.95

Paper ISBN 0-8014-8902-4  $19.95

From Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) & Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service (FMCS)

APEC Tool Kit of Best Practices in Labor-Management Cooperation

http://www.fmcs.gov/internet/itemDetail.asp?categoryID=277&itemID=18073

BEST PRACTICES TOOL KIT

http://www.gnzlz.com/best_practices_tool_kit_x.htm

CASE STUDIES IN BEST PRACTICES

http://www.gnzlz.com/case_studies_in_bp.htm

From EUROBAROMETER

EUROPEANS' ATTITUDES TO PARENTAL LEAVE

http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/news/2004/sep/EB59_1parental%20leave_rev1July_en.pdf

[full-text, 31 pages]

Press Release

Eurobarometer survey shows that most men are failing to take up their right to parental leave [10 September 2004]

http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/news/2004/sep/parental_leave_en.htm

From the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work

Fact Sheets on VIOLENCE in the EDUCATION SECTOR

http://europe.osha.eu.int/good_practice/sector/education/indexbytopic11.php?id=432

Press Release [3 September 2004]

New advice to combat violence and other health risks in the education sector

http://agency.osha.eu.int/news/press_releases/en/06_09_2004/index.htm

From the European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) Online

Industrial relations and undeclared work [14 September 2004]

http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/thematicfeature8.html

From the Korea Labor Institute (KLI)

e-Labor News

Issue Paper, No. 34

Migrant Workers' Labor Market in Korea

http://www.kli.re.kr/kli_eng/elabor/34/elabr_Frameset3.htm

or

http://www.kli.re.kr/kli_eng/elabor/34/papers/paper1.pdf

[full-text, 22 pages]

  YOO Kil- Sang

Vice President, Korea Labor Institute

e-mail: <mailto:ksyu@kli.re.kr>

August 2004

From the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

Education at a Glance 2004 - Summary of Chapters

http://www.oecd.org/document/7/0,2340,en_2649_34515_33712135_1_1_1_1,00.html

(scroll down for tables/data)

If you have access to SourceOECD at your university, company, library, it is available full-text via this service.

Press Release

Education Levels Rising in OECD Countries but Low Attainment Still Hampers Some

http://www.oecd.org/document/31/0,2340,en_2649_201185_33710751_1_1_1_1,00.html

BLS: New! TIME-USE SURVEY--FIRST RESULTS ANNOUNCED [14 September 2004]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/atus.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/atus.pdf

[full-text, 20 pages]

BLS: New Service Industry Productivity Measures [10 September 2003]

U.S. Department of Labor

Bureau of Labor Statistics

September 2004

Report 979

http://www.bls.gov/lpc/iprsr04.pdf

[full-text, 4 pages]

Statement from the U.S. Department of Labor on the Obey Amendment to the FY 2005 Labor-HHS Appropriations Bill [9 September 2004]

http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/esa/ESA20041793.htm

Military Pay & Benefits

http://www.defenselink.mil/militarypay/

Pay and Allowances

http://www.defenselink.mil/militarypay/pay/index.html

Retirement

http://www.defenselink.mil/militarypay/retirement/index.html

Benefits

http://www.defenselink.mil/militarypay/benefits/index.html

Survivor Benefits

http://www.defenselink.mil/militarypay/survivor/index.html

Thrift Savings Plan

http://www.defenselink.mil/militarypay/tsp/index.html

GAO: Energy Employees Compensation: Many Claims Have Been Processed, but Action Is Needed to Expedite Processing of Claims Requiring Radiation Exposure Estimates. GAO-04-958, September 10.

http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-04-958

or

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d04958.pdf

[full-text, 45 pages]

Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d04958high.pdf

From The Conference Board

The following brief reports are available free. However, you must register

your name in order to get the free download.

Executive Action Reports

http://www.conference-board.org/publications/execaction.cfm

Women in Leadership: Putting Diversity Policies into Practice

Adding Value in Shared Services . . . Insourcing, Outsourcing, and Offshoring

From the Economic Policy Institute (EPI)

THE STATE OF WORKING AMERICA 2004/2005 [6 September 2004]

http://www.epinet.org/content.cfm/books_swa2004

or

http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_catalog.taf?_function=detail&Title_ID=4266&_UserReference=3BFD4CB47F9BD96541405A93

By Lawrence Mishel, Jared Bernstein, and Sylvia Allegretto

Paper: ISBN 0-801489-62-8  $24.95

Cloth: ISBN 0-801443-39-3 $59.95

From Cornell University Press, January 2005.

Read an Excerpt at-

http://www.epinet.org/static/books_swa2004_main.cfm

Fact Sheets

INCOME

<http://www.epinet.org/books/swa2004/news/swafacts_income.pdf>

WAGES

<http://www.epinet.org/books/swa2004/news/swafacts_wages.pdf>

JOBS

<http://www.epinet.org/books/swa2004/news/swafacts_jobs.pdf>

WEALTH

<http://www.epinet.org/books/swa2004/news/swafacts_wealth.pdf>

POVERTY

<http://www.epinet.org/books/swa2004/news/swafacts_poverty.pdf>

CEO PAY

<http://www.epinet.org/books/swa2004/news/swafacts_ceopay.pdf>

MINORITIES

<http://www.epinet.org/books/swa2004/news/swafacts_minorities.pdf>

WOMEN

<http://www.epinet.org/books/swa2004/news/swafacts_women.pdf>

INEQUALITY

<http://www.epinet.org/books/swa2004/news/swafacts_inequality.pdf>

WORK HOURS

<http://www.epinet.org/books/swa2004/news/swafacts_workhours.pdf>

U.S. and the WORLD (INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS)

<http://www.epinet.org/books/swa2004/news/swafacts_international.pdf>

From the Kaiser Family Foundation and Health Research and Education Trust

Employer Health Benefits 2004 Annual Survey [9 September 2004]

http://www.kff.org/insurance/7148/

Full Report at-

http://www.kff.org/insurance/7148/loader.cfm?url=/commonspot/security/getfile.cfm&PageID=46207

[full-text, 164 pages]

Summary at-

http://www.kff.org/insurance/7148/loader.cfm?url=/commonspot/security/getfile.cfm&PageID=46209

{full-text, 8 pages]

Chart Pack at-

http://www.kff.org/insurance/7148/loader.cfm?url=/commonspot/security/getfile.cfm&PageID=46206

The McKinsey Quarterly, 2004 Special Edition : China today [9 September 2004]

Checking China's vital signs

A graphic look at the country's remarkable economic transition

http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/article_page.aspx?ar=1483&L2=7&L3=8&srid=27&gp=0

What executives are asking about China

The head of McKinsey's office in China answers the senior executive's most pressing questions about doing business there.

Gordon R. Orr

http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/article_page.aspx?ar=1478&L2=7&L3=8&srid=27&gp=0

From NEWSNOW (press monitoring company)

http://www.newsnow.co.uk

HUMAN RESOURCES

http://www.newsnow.co.uk/newsfeed/?name=Human+Resources

DISABILITY

http://www.newsnow.co.uk/newsfeed/?name=Disability

SALARIES

http://www.newsnow.co.uk/newsfeed/?name=Salaries

From the Rand Corporation

Challenges and Potential of a Collaborative Approach to Education Reform [8 September 2004]

Susan Bodilly, Joan Chun, Gina Ikemoto and Sue Stockly

http://rand.org/publications/MG/MG216/

Full Report

http://rand.org/pubs/monographs/2004/RAND_MG216.pdf

(full-text, 188 pages)

Summary

http://rand.org/pubs/monographs/2004/RAND_MG216.sum.pdf

(full-text, 12 pages)

From the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) [9/10/04 11:30 AM]

Despite House vote, overtime rule changes are still the law

By Bill Leonard

http://www.shrm.org/hrnews_published/CMS_009693.asp#P-12_0

From the Texas Transportation Institute

2004 Urban Mobility Study [7 September 2004]

http://mobility.tamu.edu/ums/

Full Report

http://mobility.tamu.edu/ums/report/

or

http://tti.tamu.edu/product/catalog/reports/mobility_report_2004.pdf

[full-text, 27 pages]

Press release at-

http://mobility.tamu.edu/ums/media_information/news_release.stm

From NOLO (online Encyclopedia Topic)

Employment Law

http://www.nolo.com/lawcenter/ency/index.cfm/catID/4BEF1F62-722F-435E-98AB18960A6EAB0E

BEA: U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES July 2004 [10 September 2004]

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/trad0704.htm

or

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/trad0704.pdf

[full-text, 46 pages]

or

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/trad0704.xls

[spreadsheet]

and

Highlights at-

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/trad0704_fax.pdf

BLS: JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER:  JULY 2004 [8 September 2004]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/jolts.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/jolts.pdf

BLS: U.S. IMPORT AND EXPORT PRICE INDEXES - AUGUST 2004 - [9 September 2004]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ximpim.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ximpim.pdf

[full-text, 18 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

http://www.bls.gov/web/ximpim.supp.toc.htm

BLS: Producer Price Indexes -- August 2004 [10 September 2004]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ppi.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ppi.pdf

[full-text, 17 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

http://www.bls.gov/web/ppi.supp.toc.htm

EuroStat: 110/2004  -  10 September 2004

Labour Force Survey - 2003

Employment rate in the EU25 was 63.0% in 2003

Female employment rate stood at 55.1%

http://europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat/Public/datashop/print-product/EN?catalogue=Eurostat&product=3-10092004-EN-AP-EN&mode=download

or

http://europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat/Public/datashop/print-product/EN?catalogue=Eurostat&product=3-10092004-EN-AP-EN&type=pdf

[full-text, 2 pages]

Census: Hispanic Heritage Month 2004:  Sept. 15-Oct. 15

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/002270.html

or

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2004/cb04ff14-2.pdf

[full-text, 5 pages]

From the Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Academic Ranking of World Universities - 2004 (Top 500 World Universities)

http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/ranking.htm

Ranking Resources

http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/rank/2004/Resources.htm

Excerpt from Frequently Asked Questions at-

http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/rank/2004/FAQ.htm

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# posted by SBasefsky : 6:41 AM

CPI Bias from Supercenters: Does the BLS Know that Wal-Mart Exists?

http://papers.nber.org/papers/w10712.pdf

[full-text, 32 pages]

Jerry Hausman, Ephraim Leibtag

NBER Working Paper No. w10712

Issued in August 2004

---- Abstract -----

http://papers.nber.org/papers/W10712

Explaining the Evolution of Pension Structure and Job Tenure

http://papers.nber.org/papers/w10714.pdf

[full-text, 50 pages]

Leora Friedberg, Michael Owyang

NBER Working Paper No. w10714

Issued in August 2004

---- Abstract -----

http://papers.nber.org/papers/W10714

From the Asia Regional Information Center (ARIC)

ISSUES IN FOCUS

Outsourcing and its Impact on Asia

http://www.aric.adb.org/default1.asp?handler=infocus&switch=107

From the ILO Library

World Labour News [current awareness service]

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/support/lib/resources/newsfeed.htm

From the European Commission

WTO Dispute Settlement

US Byrd Amendment  -WTO says eight WTO Members may retaliate against the US

Joint Press statement by Brazil, Canada, Chile, the EU, India, Japan, Korea, and Mexico, Brussels, 31 August 2004

http://europa.eu.int/comm/trade/issues/respectrules/dispute/pr010904_en.htm

America's Dynamic Workforce - August, 2004 [online 6 September 2004]

http://www.dol.gov/asp/media/reports/workforce/toc.htm

Press Release-

U.S. Department of Labor Releases Report on State of the Workforce on Labor Day

Opportunities, Challenges Facing America's Workforce

Department of Labor Report Available Online

http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/opa/opa20041765.htm

Bureau of Labor Statistics, September 3, 2004

Current Employment Statistics

Highlights

August 2004

http://www.bls.gov/ces/ceshighlights.pdf

[full-text,  11 pages]

CDC: Surveillance Summaries September 3, 2004 / Vol. 53 / No. SS-7

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Surveillance for Fatal and Nonfatal Injuries — United States, 2001

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss5307a1.htm

or

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/ss/ss5307.pdf

[full-text, 60 pages]

From the Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

The Budget and Economic Outlook: An Update

September 2004

A Report to the Senate and House Committees on the Budget

http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=5773&sequence=0

or

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/57xx/doc5773/08-24-BudgetUpdate.pdf

[full-text, 80 pages]

Employment in New York State Newsletter, July 2004 [3 September 2004]

http://www.labor.state.ny.us/labor_market/LMI_business/newsletr/current/index.htm

or

http://www.labor.state.ny.us/pdf/enys0704.pdf

[full-text, 4 pages]

From United for a Fair Economy & Institute for Policy Studies (IPS)

Executive Excess 2004:

Campaign Contributions, Outsourcing, Unexpensed Stock Options and Rising CEO Pay [31 August 2004]

11th Annual CEO Compensation Survey

http://www.faireconomy.org/press/2004/EE2004.pdf

[full-text, 37 pages]

See press release at-

http://www.faireconomy.org/press/2004/EE2004_pr.html

From PROFESSIONAL SAFETY JUNE 2004 www.asse.org (American Society of Safety Engineers)

Worker Protection

Latino Workers in the Construction Industry: Overcoming the language barrier improves safety

By R. Fernando Vázquez and C. Keith Stalnaker

http://www.asse.org/0604vasquez.pdf

[full-text, 5 pages]

From the Business and Professional Women's (BPW) Foundation

Workingwomen Speak Out [Survey Results]

http://www.bpwusa.org/pdf/surveyresults.pdf

[Full-text, 24 pages]

Executive Summary

http://www.bpwusa.org/pdf/lrexecsumm.pdf

[full-text, 2 pages]

Press Release

LABOR DAY REPORT

SURVEY OF 7,000 WORKINGWOMEN DEFINES KEY VOTER BLOC

August 30, 2004

Embargoed Until 1 p.m., Wednesday, September 1, 2004

http://www.bpwusa.org/template.cfm?Section=PressReleases&NavMenuID=384&template=PressReleaseDisplay.cfm&PressReleaseID=76

From MDRC-

Married and Poor: Basic Characteristics of Economically Disadvantaged Couples in the U.S. - MDRC Working Paper [July 2004]

David J. Fein, Ph.D.

Abt Associates

http://www.mdrc.org/publications/393/workpaper.html

or

http://www.mdrc.org/publications/393/workpaper.pdf

[full-text, 27 pages]

Implementing Financial Work Incentives in Public Housing: Lessons from the Jobs-Plus Demonstration — Overview [from MDRC]

Alissa Gardenhire-Crooks with Susan Blank, James A. Riccio

http://www.mdrc.org/publications/392/overview.html

or

http://www.mdrc.org/publications/392/overview.pdf

[full-text, 1 page]

From the RAND Corporation under contract with the Department of Labor

The 21st Century at Work: Forces Shaping the Future Workforce and Workplace in the United States [17 February 2004]

Lynn A. Karoly and Constantijn W. A. Panis

http://www.rand.org/publications/MG/MG164/

FULL REPORT:

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2004/RAND_MG164.pdf

[full-text, 306 pages]

SUMMARY:

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2004/RAND_MG164.sum.pdf

[full-text, 31 pages]

Press Release (17 February 2004) at

http://www.rand.org/news/press.04/02.17.html

See Also - RAND Research Brief:

The Future at Work — Trends and Implications [17 February 2004]

http://www.rand.org/publications/RB/RB5070/

From the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)

The Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics, 2002 (August 2004)

http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook

updated as new material becomes available.

(Scroll Down this page to find the data, tables, polls, etc.)

From the Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Significant Cases

http://www.opm.gov/lmr/sc/index.asp

See also -

Labor-Management Relations (in the Federal Government)

http://www.opm.gov/lmr/index.asp

and/or

Employee Relations (in the Federal Government)

http://www.opm.gov/er/index.asp

U.S. Department of Labor Files Friend of the Court Brief Supporting Low-Wage Worker [31 August 2004]

http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/opa/OPA20041730.htm

BLS: National Compensation Survey:

Occupational Wages in the United States, July 2003

U.S. Department of Labor

Bureau of Labor Statistics

August 2004

Summary 04-03

http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/sp/ncbl0635.pdf

[full-text, 16 pages]

BLS: PRODUCTIVITY AND COSTS Second Quarter 2004 [2 September 2004]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prod2.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prod2.pdf

[full-text, 14 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

http://www.bls.gov/web/prod2.supp.toc.htm

BLS: THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  AUGUST 2004 [3 September 2004]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf

[full-text, 24 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

http://www.bls.gov/web/empsit.supp.toc.htm

From the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education: School Year 2001-02 [online 7 September 2004]

http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2004/rev_exp_02/

or

http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2004/2004341.pdf

[full-text, 17 pages]

Facts for Features from the Census Bureau

CB04-FF.16    August 31, 2004

Halloween 2004: Oct. 31

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/002498.html

or

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/cb04-ff.16.pdf

[full-text, 3 pages]

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# posted by SBasefsky : 6:08 AM

CPI Bias from Supercenters: Does the BLS Know that Wal-Mart Exists?

http://papers.nber.org/papers/w10712.pdf

[full-text, 32 pages]

Jerry Hausman, Ephraim Leibtag

NBER Working Paper No. w10712

Issued in August 2004

---- Abstract -----

http://papers.nber.org/papers/W10712

Explaining the Evolution of Pension Structure and Job Tenure

http://papers.nber.org/papers/w10714.pdf

[full-text, 50 pages]

Leora Friedberg, Michael Owyang

NBER Working Paper No. w10714

Issued in August 2004

---- Abstract -----

http://papers.nber.org/papers/W10714

From the Asia Regional Information Center (ARIC)

ISSUES IN FOCUS

Outsourcing and its Impact on Asia

http://www.aric.adb.org/default1.asp?handler=infocus&switch=107

From the ILO Library

World Labour News [current awareness service]

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/support/lib/resources/newsfeed.htm

From the European Commission

WTO Dispute Settlement

US Byrd Amendment  -WTO says eight WTO Members may retaliate against the US

Joint Press statement by Brazil, Canada, Chile, the EU, India, Japan, Korea, and Mexico, Brussels, 31 August 2004

http://europa.eu.int/comm/trade/issues/respectrules/dispute/pr010904_en.htm

America's Dynamic Workforce - August, 2004 [online 6 September 2004]

http://www.dol.gov/asp/media/reports/workforce/toc.htm

Press Release-

U.S. Department of Labor Releases Report on State of the Workforce on Labor Day

Opportunities, Challenges Facing America's Workforce

Department of Labor Report Available Online

http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/opa/opa20041765.htm

Bureau of Labor Statistics, September 3, 2004

Current Employment Statistics

Highlights

August 2004

http://www.bls.gov/ces/ceshighlights.pdf

[full-text,  11 pages]

CDC: Surveillance Summaries September 3, 2004 / Vol. 53 / No. SS-7

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Surveillance for Fatal and Nonfatal Injuries — United States, 2001

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss5307a1.htm

or

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/ss/ss5307.pdf

[full-text, 60 pages]

From the Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

The Budget and Economic Outlook: An Update

September 2004

A Report to the Senate and House Committees on the Budget

http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=5773&sequence=0

or

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/57xx/doc5773/08-24-BudgetUpdate.pdf

[full-text, 80 pages]

Employment in New York State Newsletter, July 2004 [3 September 2004]

http://www.labor.state.ny.us/labor_market/LMI_business/newsletr/current/index.htm

or

http://www.labor.state.ny.us/pdf/enys0704.pdf

[full-text, 4 pages]

From United for a Fair Economy & Institute for Policy Studies (IPS)

Executive Excess 2004:

Campaign Contributions, Outsourcing, Unexpensed Stock Options and Rising CEO Pay [31 August 2004]

11th Annual CEO Compensation Survey

http://www.faireconomy.org/press/2004/EE2004.pdf

[full-text, 37 pages]

See press release at-

http://www.faireconomy.org/press/2004/EE2004_pr.html

From PROFESSIONAL SAFETY JUNE 2004 www.asse.org (American Society of Safety Engineers)

Worker Protection

Latino Workers in the Construction Industry: Overcoming the language barrier improves safety

By R. Fernando Vázquez and C. Keith Stalnaker

http://www.asse.org/0604vasquez.pdf

[full-text, 5 pages]

From the Business and Professional Women's (BPW) Foundation

Workingwomen Speak Out [Survey Results]

http://www.bpwusa.org/pdf/surveyresults.pdf

[Full-text, 24 pages]

Executive Summary

http://www.bpwusa.org/pdf/lrexecsumm.pdf

[full-text, 2 pages]

Press Release

LABOR DAY REPORT

SURVEY OF 7,000 WORKINGWOMEN DEFINES KEY VOTER BLOC

August 30, 2004

Embargoed Until 1 p.m., Wednesday, September 1, 2004

http://www.bpwusa.org/template.cfm?Section=PressReleases&NavMenuID=384&template=PressReleaseDisplay.cfm&PressReleaseID=76

From MDRC-

Married and Poor: Basic Characteristics of Economically Disadvantaged Couples in the U.S. - MDRC Working Paper [July 2004]

David J. Fein, Ph.D.

Abt Associates

http://www.mdrc.org/publications/393/workpaper.html

or

http://www.mdrc.org/publications/393/workpaper.pdf

[full-text, 27 pages]

Implementing Financial Work Incentives in Public Housing: Lessons from the Jobs-Plus Demonstration — Overview [from MDRC]

Alissa Gardenhire-Crooks with Susan Blank, James A. Riccio

http://www.mdrc.org/publications/392/overview.html

or

http://www.mdrc.org/publications/392/overview.pdf

[full-text, 1 page]

From the RAND Corporation under contract with the Department of Labor

The 21st Century at Work: Forces Shaping the Future Workforce and Workplace in the United States [17 February 2004]

Lynn A. Karoly and Constantijn W. A. Panis

http://www.rand.org/publications/MG/MG164/

FULL REPORT:

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2004/RAND_MG164.pdf

[full-text, 306 pages]

SUMMARY:

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2004/RAND_MG164.sum.pdf

[full-text, 31 pages]

Press Release (17 February 2004) at

http://www.rand.org/news/press.04/02.17.html

See Also - RAND Research Brief:

The Future at Work — Trends and Implications [17 February 2004]

http://www.rand.org/publications/RB/RB5070/

From the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)

The Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics, 2002 (August 2004)

http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook

updated as new material becomes available.

(Scroll Down this page to find the data, tables, polls, etc.)

From the Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Significant Cases

http://www.opm.gov/lmr/sc/index.asp

See also -

Labor-Management Relations (in the Federal Government)

http://www.opm.gov/lmr/index.asp

and/or

Employee Relations (in the Federal Government)

http://www.opm.gov/er/index.asp

U.S. Department of Labor Files Friend of the Court Brief Supporting Low-Wage Worker [31 August 2004]

http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/opa/OPA20041730.htm

BLS: National Compensation Survey:

Occupational Wages in the United States, July 2003

U.S. Department of Labor

Bureau of Labor Statistics

August 2004

Summary 04-03

http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/sp/ncbl0635.pdf

[full-text, 16 pages]

BLS: PRODUCTIVITY AND COSTS Second Quarter 2004 [2 September 2004]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prod2.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prod2.pdf

[full-text, 14 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

http://www.bls.gov/web/prod2.supp.toc.htm

BLS: THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  AUGUST 2004 [3 September 2004]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf

[full-text, 24 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

http://www.bls.gov/web/empsit.supp.toc.htm

From the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education: School Year 2001-02 [online 7 September 2004]

http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2004/rev_exp_02/

or

http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2004/2004341.pdf

[full-text, 17 pages]

Facts for Features from the Census Bureau

CB04-FF.16    August 31, 2004

Halloween 2004: Oct. 31

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/002498.html

or

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/cb04-ff.16.pdf

[full-text, 3 pages]

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