IWS Documented News WEEKLY BULLETIN

INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LABOUR STUDIES (IILS) [at the International Labour Organization (ILO)]

Discussion paper DP/154/2004

Decent Work Research Programme

The Irish social partnership and the “celtic tiger” phenomenon

Lucio Baccaro and Marco Simoni

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/download/dp15404.pdf

[full-text, 47 pages]

The ILO's Global Union Research Network (GURN) has launched the following call for papers to incite/stimulate research on trade unions, globalization and development:

Trade Unions, Globalization and Development - Strengthening Rights and Capabilities of Workers

Organized by the Global Union Research Network (GURN) in Porto Alegre, Brazil

January 24-25, 2005

http://www.gurn.info/meeting/wsf05/callpapr.html

New from the European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC)

EMCC dossier on the EU automotive sector

http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/content/source/eu04017a.html

Includes - An interactive<http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/automotivemap/> map' showing basic statistics for each country and the main car assembly plants ....

Six automotive company case studies published in the dossier

http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/content/source/eu04017a.html

   * DaimlerChrysler

http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/publications/2004/ef0489en3.pdf

[full-text, 18 pages]

   *PSA Peugeot-Citroën

http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/publications/2004/ef0489en1.pdf

[full-text, 17 pages]

   * Volvo Truck Corporation,

http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/publications/2004/ef0489en2.pdf

[full-text, 12 pages]

   * AVL

http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/publications/2004/ef0489en4.pdf

[full-text, 11 pages]

   * TRW Automotive

http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/publications/2004/ef0489en5.pdf

[full-text, 17 pages]

   *Feu Vert

http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/publications/2004/ef0489en6.pdf

New programs from the European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC)

Achieving gender balance strategies for competitiveness

http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/content/source/eu04018a.html

Fashioning the future: Challenges for the textiles and clothing sector

http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/content/source/eu04020a.html

Driving forward - futures for the automotive sector from a regional perspective

http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/content/source/eu04019a.html

From the ILO Bangkok Library

GET Ahead for Women in Enterprise Training Package and Resource Kit

by Susanne Bauer, Gerry Finnegan and Nelien Haspels

Bangkok: ILO, 2004

355 p.

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/library/pub4c.htm

Census: Working at Home: 2000 (PHC-T-35) [20 October 2004]

http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/phc-t35.html

Press Release

Census Bureau Releases Information on Home Workers

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/census_2000/002966.html

Census: United State Foreign- Born Population [20 October 2004]

Slide Presentations

http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/foreign/slides.html

Census: State Government Employment and Payroll - March 2003  [26 October 2004]

http://www.census.gov/govs/www/apesst03.html

Local Government Employment and Payroll - March 2003 [26 October 2004]

http://www.census.gov/govs/www/apesloc03.html

Press Release [26 October 2004

'Full-Time Equivalent' State and Local Workers Near 16 million

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/governments/002983.html

Nine Honorees Receive Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao's New Freedom Initiative Award Recognizing Achievements On Behalf Of People With Disabilities [25 October 2004]

http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/odep/ODEP20042039.htm

Employment in New York State Newsletter - September 2004 [21 October 2004]

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

or

http://www.labor.state.ny.us/pdf/enys0904.pdf

[full-text, 4 pages]

NY STATE'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DECLINES TO LOWEST LEVEL IN 3 YEARS [21 October 2004]

http://www.labor.state.ny.us/agency/pressrel/pruistat.htm

From Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU)

Court Rules that Central States Documents Will See the Light of Day

Victory for Pension Movement and Teamster Rights [27 October 2004]

http://www.tdu.org/Pension/PensionBooksWin/pensionbookswin.html

The following comes from KEY WORKPLACE DOCUMENTS [of the Federal Government] provided by the Catherwood Library at Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations. See-

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/keyWorkplaceDocuments/government/federal/default.html

Unemployment rates in the European Union and selected member countries, civilian labor force basis (1), seasonally adjusted, 1990-2004 [8 October 2004]

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/downloads/keyWorkplaceDocuments/Department%20of%20Labor%20Special%20Reports/UnemployRatesEurope.pdf

Unemployment rates in nine countries, civilian labor force basis, approximating U.S. concepts, seasonally adjusted, 1990-2004

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/downloads/keyWorkplaceDocuments/Department%20of%20Labor%20Special%20Reports/InternanationalNineCountries2004unemploy.pdf

TOWERS PERRIN

LEGISLATIVE TRACKING CHART---HUMAN RESOURCES Updated 21 October 2004

http://www.towersperrin.com/hrservices/webcache/towers/United_States/publications/Periodicals/Leg_Tracking_Charts/2004_10_21/LTC_HR_2004_10_21.pdf

EEOC OBTAINS $1.29 MILLION JURY VERDICT AGAINST DUPONT FOR DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION [25 October 2004]

http://www.eeoc.gov/press/10-25-04.html

From the Federal Judicial Center -

http://www.fjc.gov/newweb/jnetweb.nsf

Major Issues in the Federal Law of Employment Discrimination, Fourth Edition

George Rutherglen

2004, 188 pages

http://www.fjc.gov/public/pdf.nsf/lookup/EmplDis4.pdf/$file/EmplDis4.pdf

[full-text, 196 pages]

BLS: USUAL WEEKLY EARNINGS OF WAGE AND SALARY WORKERS:  THIRD QUARTER 2004 [20 October 2004]

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

or

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

[full-text, 7 pages]

BLS: MASS LAYOFFS IN SEPTEMBER 2004 [21 October 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: REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT:  SEPTEMBER 2004 [22 October 2004]

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

or

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

[full-text, 16 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

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

BLS: COUNTY EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES:  FIRST QUARTER 2004 [26 October 2004]

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

or

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

[full-text, 23 pages]

"My Money" Tool Kit [October 2004]

http://www.mymoney.gov/

[Topics appear in left margin]

Crime in the United States - 2003 [25 October 2004]

http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/03cius.htm

Section I - Summary of the Uniform Crime Reporting Program

Section II - Offenses Reported

Section III - Offenses Cleared

Section IV - Persons Arrested

Section V - Special Report - Violence Among Family Members and Intimate Partners

http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius_03/pdf/03sec5.pdf

Section VI - Law Enforcement Personnel

http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius_03/pdf/03sec6.pdf

Section VII - APPENDICES

See PRESS RELEASE at

http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel04/crimestat102504.htm

Facts for Features from the Census Bureau

CB04-FFSE.14-2  October 26, 2004

* Special Edition *

Presidential Election: 2004

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/002957.html

or

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2004/cb04ffse14-2.pdf

[full-text, 4 pages]

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****************************************
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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# posted by SBasefsky : 5:53 AM

Global Demographic Change: Dimensions and Economic Significance

http://papers.nber.org/papers/w10817.pdf

[full-text, 45 pages]

David E. Bloom, David Canning

NBER Working Paper No. w10817

Issued in October 2004

---- Abstract -----

http://papers.nber.org/papers/W10817

Fear of Service Outsourcing: Is It Justified?

http://papers.nber.org/papers/w10808.pdf

[full-text, 41 pages]

Mary Amiti, Shang-Jin Wei

NBER Working Paper No. w10808

Issued in October 2004

---- Abstract -----

http://papers.nber.org/papers/W10808

From the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)

Framework Agreement on WORK-RELATED STRESS

http://www.etuc.org/en/Press/releases/colbargain/Accord-cadres%20STRESS.pdf

[full-text, 4 pages]

Press Release-

Brussels, 8 October 2004

ETUC, UNICE/UEAPME and CEEP sign AGREEMENT on work-related stress

http://www.etuc.org/EN/Press/releases/colbargain/0810StressEN.cfm

INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION (ILO)

Sectoral Activities Programme

The future of work and quality in the Information Society: The media, culture, graphical sector

Report for discussion at the Tripartite Meeting on the Future of Work and Quality in the Information Society: The Media, Culture, Graphical Sector [18 to 22 October 2004]

Geneva, 2004

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/sector/techmeet/tmmcgs04/tmmcgs-r.pdf

[full-text, 116 pages] - See CONTENTS BELOW

From the KOREA LABOR INSTITUTE (KLI)

e-Labor News

LABOR TRENDS, No. 35, 2004 [8 October 2004

http://www.kli.re.kr/kli_eng/elabor/35/elabr_Frameset2.htm

[in FRAMES]

or

http://www.kli.re.kr/kli_eng/elabor/35/main2.htm

[Separate Document]

Census: Consolidated Federal Funds Report for Fiscal Year 2003 Issued September 2004

CFFR/03 State and County Areas [7 October 2004]

http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/03cffr.pdf

[full-text, 110 pages]

DETAILED TABLES at-

http://www.census.gov/govs/www/cffr.html

Summary table at -

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/2003cffr-table1.pdf

Press Release [7 October 2004]

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/governments/002939.html

Census: Federal Aid to States for Fiscal Year 2003 [7 October 2004]

FAS/03

Issued September 2004

http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/03fas.pdf

[full-text, 56 pages]

EEOC: Retail Distribution Centers:

How New Business Processes Impact Minority Labor Markets [8 October 2004]

http://www.eeoc.gov/stats/reports/retaildistribution/index.html

or

http://www.eeoc.gov/stats/reports/retaildistribution/retaildistribution.pdf

[full-text, 36 pages]

See Press Release [8 October 2004] at-

http://www.eeoc.gov/press/10-7-04a.html

GAO: Private Pensions:  Airline Plans' Underfunding Illustrates Broader Problems with Defined Benefit Pension System, by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United States, before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. GAO-05-108T, October 7.

http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-05-108T

or

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05108t.pdf

[full-text, 13 pages]

and

Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d05108thigh.pdf

U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC)

Trade Agreements - Economic Effects Investigations

http://www.usitc.gov/Econfx.htm

U.S.-AUSTRALIA FREE TRADE AGREEMENT: POTENTIAL ECONOMYWIDE AND SELECTED

SECTORAL EFFECTS

Investigation No. TA-2104-11

(Publication 3697; May 2004)

ftp://ftp.usitc.gov/pub/reports/studies/pub3697.PDF

[full-text, 236 pages]

U.S.-BAHRAIN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT: POTENTIAL ECONOMYWIDE AND SELECTED

SECTORAL EFFECTS

Investigation No. TA-2104-15

(Publication 3726; October 2004)

ftp://ftp.usitc.gov/pub/reports/studies/pub3726.PDF

[full-text, 121 pages]

U.S.-CENTRAL AMERICA-DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FREE TRADE AGREEMENT:POTENTIAL

ECONOMYWIDE AND SELECTED SECTORAL EFFECTS

Investigation No. TA-2104-13

(Publication 3717; August 2004)

ftp://ftp.usitc.gov/pub/reports/studies/pub3717.PDF

[full-text, 202 pages]

U.S.-CHILE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT: POTENTIAL ECONOMYWIDE AND SELECTED

SECTORAL EFFECTS

Investigation No. TA-2104-5

(Publication 3605; June 2003)

ftp://ftp.usitc.gov/pub/reports/studies/pub3605.PDF

[full-text, 181 pages]

U.S.-MOROCCO FREE TRADE AGREEMENT: POTENTIAL ECONOMYWIDE AND SELECTED

SECTORAL EFFECTS

Investigation No. TA-2104-14

(Publication 3704; June 2004)

ftp://ftp.usitc.gov/pub/reports/studies/pub3704.PDF

[full-text, 174 pages]

U.S.-SINGAPORE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT: POTENTIAL ECONOMYWIDE AND SELECTED

SECTORAL EFFECTS

Investigation No. TA-2104-6

(Publication 3603; June 2003)

ftp://ftp.usitc.gov/pub/reports/studies/pub3603.PDF

[full-text, 180 pages]

Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)

The following press release will be available soon at-

http://www.ebri.org/prrel/index.htm

Retirement Plan Participation Ends Decline; Increases for Full-Time, Full-Year Workers [12 October 2004]

TOWERS PERRIN PROJECTS AN 8% INCREASE IN EMPLOYER-SPONSORED HEALTH CARE COSTS FOR 2005 [6 October 2004]

An End to the Double-Digit Cost Spiral Only Masks Huge Dollar-for-Dollar Cost Increases But the Beginnings of Sustainable Cost Control Are Evident in Some Employer Programs

http://www.towersperrin.com/hrservices/webcache/towers/United_States/press_releases/2004_10_06/2004_10_06.htm

From FindLaw.com

Personnel Policies and Practices FAQ

http://biz.findlaw.com/employment_employer/nolo/faq/EBB2FDB8-D51C-4685-9EA06EDFD801845C.html

BLS: THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: SEPTEMBER 2004 [8 October 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

Facts for Features from the Census Bureau

CB04-FF.20    October 6, 2004

American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month: November 2004

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/002950.html

or

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2004/cb04ff-20.pdf

****************************************
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               *
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# posted by SBasefsky : 1:20 PM

The Effect of College Curriculum on Earnings: Accounting for Non-Ignorable Non-Response Bias

http://papers.nber.org/papers/w10809.pdf

[full-text, 38 pages]

Daniel S. Hamermesh, Stephen G. Donald

NBER Working Paper No. w10809

Issued in October 2004

---- Abstract -----

http://papers.nber.org/papers/w10809

Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Southwest Economy

Issue 5, September/October 2004 [1 October 2004]

Is the Pension System a Liability?

http://www.dallasfed.org/research/swe/2004/swe0405b.html

or

http://www.dallasfed.org/research/swe/2004/swe0405b.pdf

[scroll down for article, - full-text, 7 pages]

From the Asian Development Bank (ADB]

Asian Development Outlook 2004 Update [4 October 2004]

http://www.adb.org/Documents/Books/ADO/2004/update/default.asp

[scroll down to find access by chapter including Statistical Appendix]

or

http://www.adb.org/Documents/Books/ADO/2004/update/ado2004-update.pdf

[full-text,  134 pages]

From the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work [27 September 2004]

Issue 313 - Mainstreaming occupational safety and health into education

18/06/2004

http://agency.osha.eu.int/publications/reports/313/en/index.htm

Mainstreaming occupational safety and health into education - Good practice in school and vocational education

http://agency.osha.eu.int/publications/reports/313/en/Mainstreaming_OSH.pdf

[full-text, 154 pages]

Press Release-

Start early and stay safe [27 September 2004]

http://agency.osha.eu.int/news/press_releases/en/28_09_2004/index.htm

AGE DATA from Census of INDIA 2001 [online 4 October 2004]

http://www.censusindia.net/agedata/index.html

Data on Disabled Population  from the Census of INDIA 2001 [August 2004]

http://www.censusindia.net/disability/index.html

(by India, State/Union territory)

What is the economic outlook for OECD countries? An interim assessment

Paris, 21st September 2004

Jean-Philippe Cotis, Chief Economist

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/49/12/33730219.pdf

[full-text, 12 pages]

OECD: The following is a background paper presented at the Workshop on Decentralisation and Poverty Reduction: From Lessons Learned to Policy Action, 29 - 30 September 2004, Paris, France

http://www.oecd.org/document/13/0,2340,en_2649_33935_33683789_1_1_1_1,00.html

For additional documentation, see-

http://www.oecd.org/document/51/0,2340,en_2649_33935_33742259_1_1_1_1,00.html

and press release at

http://www.oecd.org/document/30/0,2340,en_2649_201185_33734110_1_1_1_1,00.html

OECD DEVELOPMENT CENTRE

Working Paper No. 236

DECENTRALISATION AND POVERTY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: EXPLORING THE IMPACT

by Johannes Jütting, Céline Kauffmann, Ida Mc Donnell, Holger Osterrieder, Nicolas Pinaud and Lucia Wegner

Research programme on: Social Institutions and Dialogue

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/40/19/33648213.pdf

[full-text, 59 pages]

OECD Policy Brief:

Economic Survey of FINLAND, 2004 [5 October 2004]

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/21/33/33772557.pdf

[full-text, 12 pages]

For more information, see-

Economic Survey - Finland 2004

http://www.oecd.org/document/26/0,2340,en_2649_201185_33750554_1_1_1_1,00.html

From the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)

Economic Report on Africa, 2004 [29 September 2004]

http://www.uneca.org/era2004/

(access by chapter)

or

http://www.uneca.org/era2004/full.pdf

[full-text, 232 pages]

(This is very slow to load - not recommended).

Press release at-

http://www.uneca.org/eca_resources/Press_Releases/2004_pressreleases/pressrelease2004.htm

World Bank:

World Development Report 2005: A Better Investment Climate For Everyone [28 September 2004]

http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTDEC/EXTRESEARCH/EXTWDRS/EXTWDR2005/0,,contentMDK:20259914~menuPK:477673~pagePK:64167689~piPK:64167673~theSitePK:477665,00.html

[by chapter]

or

http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2005/Resources/complete_report.pdf

[full-text, 288 pages]

Press release at -

http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:20262488~menuPK:34463~pagePK:64003015~piPK:64003012~theSitePK:4607,00.html

BLS: National Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States, July 2003 [28 September 2004]

U.S. Department of Labor

Elaine L. Chao, Secretary

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Kathleen P. Utgoff, Commissioner

September 2004

Bulletin 2568

http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/sp/ncbl0658.pdf

[full-text, 188 pages]

BLS: Monthly Labor Review Online, September 2004, Vol. 127, Number 9

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/mlrhome.htm

U.S. import and export prices in 2003

Melissa Schwartz

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2004/09/art1full.pdf

[full-text, 7 pages]

Declining union density in Mexico, 19842000

David Fairris and Edward Levine

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2004/09/art2full.pdf

[full-text, 8 pages]

The diurnal pattern of on-the-job injuries

Kenneth N. Fortson

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2004/09/art3full.pdf

[full-text, 8 pages]

Accounting for wages and benefits using the ECI

Jonathan A. Schwabish

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2004/09/art4full.pdf

[full-text, 16 pages]

Reports

Employment in the information sector in March 2004

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2004/09/ressum1.pdf

[full-text, 6 pages]

Post-recession trends in nonfarm employment and related indicators

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2004/09/ressum2.pdf

[full-text, 8 pages]

BLS: Compensation and Working Conditions Online  [29 September 2004]

http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/home.htm

Fatal Occupational Injuries from Accidental Gunshot Wounds, 1993-2002 (09/29/2004)

http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/sh20040903ar01p1.htm

Census: International Data Base (IDB) [updated 30 September 2004]

http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbnew.html

Census: Issued August 2004

A Profile Of Older Workers In Maryland [5 October 2005]

Local Employment Dynamics

http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/led-ow-md.pdf

[full-text, 23 pages]

For additional Profiles of Older Workers by State see--

http://lehd.dsd.census.gov/led/05/002/index.html

See Press Release at-

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/employment_occupations/002947.html

NIOSH Publication No. 2004-175:

Nanotechnology and Workplace Safety and Health

30 September 2004

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2004-175/pdfs/2004-175.pdf

[full-text, 2 pages]

Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) -- U.S. Government Agency

Information Gateway: Africa and Middle East

http://www.opic.gov/links/links-afr.htm

Information Gateway: Asia and Pacific

http://www.opic.gov/links/links-asia.htm

Information Gateway: Europe and New Independent States

http://www.opic.gov/links/links-euro.htm

Information Gateway: Latin America and Caribbean

http://www.opic.gov/links/links-lac.htm

(The following appears on the What's New Page of Workforce New York  http://www.workforcenewyork.org/  for the week of 27 September 2004).

Universal Access-NY (An online toolkit to assess the availability of One-Stop services for individuals with disabilities)

http://www.workforcenewyork.org/univaccess.htm

Universal Access-NY is a complete online planning toolkit, developed by Cornell University's Employment and Disability Institute, that enables a One-Stop Delivery System to assess its practices, and develop work plans to improve physical and programmatic accessibility for all One-Stop customers.

What is Universal Access-NY?

http://www.workforcenewyork.org/univaccessusers.doc

Universal Access-NY Indicators

http://www.workforcenewyork.org/univaccessind.htm

Universal Access-NY Log-In

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/extension/ped/UniversalAccessNY/authentication/log_in.cfm?CFID=3534685&CFTOKEN=28298093

Mellon:

2004 Survey of Cash Balance Plans -- Highlights

http://www.mellon.com/hris/pdf/cash_balance_report_highlights.pdf

[full-text, 20 pages]

Analysis and  Commentary on 2004 Survey of Cash Balance Plans

http://www.mellon.com/hris/pdf/cashBalance.pdf

[full-text, 17 pages]

See Press Release at-

http://www.mellon.com/hris/pdf/fyi_10_01_04a.pdf

Watson Wyatt:

Global Compensation Practices [4 October 2004]

http://www.watsonwyatt.com/research/resrender.asp?id=ONL014&page=1

Press Release

Number of Multinational Companies with Centralized Compensation Structures is Growing

Watson Wyatt/WorldatWork Survey Finds Higher Effectiveness Levels at Companies with Centralized Structures

http://www.watsonwyatt.com/news/press.asp?ID=13672

EEOC AND INTEL ENTER MEDIATION PARTNERSHIP TO RESOLVE WORKPLACE DISPUTES [4 October 2004]

EEOC's 72nd National Mediation Agreement and First with Silicon Valley High-Tech Company

http://www.eeoc.gov/press/10-4-04.html

BEA: PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS: AUGUST 2004 [30 September 2004]

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/pi0804.htm

or

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/pi0804.pdf

[full-text, 13 pages]

or

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/pi0804.xls

[spreadsheet]

and highlights at-

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/pi0804_fax.pdf

BLS: INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS OF MANUFACTURING PRODUCTIVITY AND UNIT LABOR COST TRENDS, 2003 [30 September 2004]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prod4.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prod4.pdf

[full-text, 18 pages]

BLS: International Comparisons of Manufacturing Productivity and Unit Labor Cost Trends, Supplementary Tables [1 October 2004]

http://www.bls.gov/fls/prodsupptabletoc.htm

BLS: EMPLOYEE TENURE IN 2004 [21 September 2004]

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

or

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

[full-text, 11 pages]

BLS: METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT:  AUGUST 2004 [29 September 2004]

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

or

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

[full-text, 18 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

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

Census: DETAILED TABLES

July 1, 2003 State and County Characteristics

Population Estimates Available

http://www.census.gov/popest/estimates.php

State Contacts

http://www.census.gov/population/www/coop/contacts.html

Press Release

Texas Moves Closer to "Majority-Minority" Status, Census Bureau Estimates Show

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/002897.html

Facts for Features from the Census Bureau

CB04-FF.19    October 5, 2004

Thanksgiving Day, 2004

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/002938.html

or

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2004/cb04ff-19.pdf

[full-text, 3 pages]

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