Tuesday, December 14, 2004
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 15 December 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, 15 December 2004
Academic Research
International
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
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Institute for Workplace Studies
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
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IWS Weekly Bulletin, 15 December 2004
Academic Research
- From the Brookings Institution
- The Impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act on the Entry and Exit of Retail Firms [online 13 December 2004]
- James E. Prieger. Working Paper 04-23. Nov 2004.
- http://aei-brookings.org/publications/abstract.php?pid=877
- or
- http://aei-brookings.org/admin/authorpdfs/page.php?id=1074
- [full-text, 63 pages]
- Economic and Industrial Democracy, Vol. 25, No. 1, 103-124 (2004)
- Do Union Mergers Affect the Members? Short- and Long-term Effects on Attitudes and Behaviour
- http://eid.sagepub.com/cgi/content/refs/25/1/103
- Magnus Sverke, Stockholm University ; Gary N. Chaison, Clark University, Massachusetts; Anders Sjöberg, Psykologiförlaget AB
- Full-text at-
- http://eid.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/25/1/103.pdf
- [full-text, 22 pages]
- Margaretha Voss, Lotta Nylén, Birgitta Floderus, Finn Diderichsen, and Paul D. Terry
- Unemployment and Early Cause-Specific Mortality: A Study Based on the Swedish Twin Registry
- Am J Public Health 2004 94: 2155-2161
- http://www.ajph.org/cgi/content/full/94/12/2155
- or
- http://www.ajph.org/cgi/reprint/94/12/2155.pdf
- [full-text, 7 pages]
- New Yorkers don't understand Albany politics, and some want to leave the state, Cornell's Empire Poll finds [10 December 2004]
- http://www.news.cornell.edu/releases/Dec04/NewYorkPoll-2004.bpf.html
- The Cornell Study of Employer Phased Retirement Policies: A Report on Key Findings
- October 2003
- by Professor Robert Hutchens, PhD.
- Cornell University
- School of Industrial and Labor Relations
- http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/extension/files/20031219112155-pub1251.pdf
- [full-text, 24 pages]
International
- European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
- Japan-EU Website [8 December 2004]
- http://www.eujposh.org/
- Press releases [8 December 2004]
- The European Union and Japan have taken an important step towards co-operation on occupational safety and health (OSH) information
- http://agency.osha.eu.int/news/press_releases/en/09_12_2004/index.htm
- European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC)
- Outsourcing of ICT and related services in the EU (report)
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/files/EF04137EN.pdf
- [full-text, 39 pages]
- Author: Dahlmann, S., Flecker, J. and Huws, U.
- 617 kb
- Pages: 39
- ISBN: 92-897-0906-5
- EIROnline: The following is a selection of items from EIROnline concerning Union Mergers. Much more can be found through the SEARCH mechanism for EIRO at -
- Search
- http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/search/search.php
- UK
- Union merger momentum continues [21 October 2004]
- http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2004/10/feature/uk0410105f.html
- Austria
- Union merger plans dropped [5 October 2004]
- http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2004/10/inbrief/at0410201n.html
- Denmark
- New union holds first congress [5 October 2004]
- http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2004/10/inbrief/dk0410103n.html
- Norway
- Scope of YS union merger reduced [11 August 2004]
- http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2004/08/inbrief/no0408101n.html
- Norway
- Major union merger in municipal sector [21 November 2002]
- http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2002/11/feature/no0211106f.html
- Netherlands
- Large-scale merger leads to formation of Dutch super union [28 November 1997]
- http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/1997/11/feature/nl9711145f.html
- Germany
- A wave of trade union mergers [28 October 1997]
- http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/1997/10/feature/de9710233f.html
- HONG KONG Labour Department:
- The Outstanding Disabled Employees Award and Enlightened Employers Award Presentation Ceremony 2004
- http://www.jobs.gov.hk/iSPS/gen/promotion/Event_ODEA_EEAPC2004.asp?RunMode=English
- Winners' Profiles of the Outstanding Disabled Employees Award 2004
- http://www.jobs.gov.hk/iSPS/gen/promotion/Event_ODEA.asp?RunMode=English
- Winners' Profiles of the Enlightened Employers Award 2004
- http://www.jobs.gov.hk/iSPS/gen/promotion/Event_EEAPC2004.asp?RunMode=English
- International Forum Sports and Development
- http://www.icsspe.org/portal/index.php?z=16
- International Forum Sports and Development - Economy, Culture, Ethics February 13th - February 15th, 2005 at the Evangelische Akademie Bad Boll
- [Japan] National Institute of Industrial Health
- Action Checkpoints for Comfortable Computer Work
- http://www.niih.go.jp/en/gyouseki/result/pc_check/index.html
- or
- http://www.niih.go.jp/en/gyouseki/result/pc_check/pdf/pasokonriyouno_e.pdf
- [full-text, 8 pages]
- From the Korea Labor Institute (KLI)
- Reasons for Retirement and Sources of Retirement Income
- http://www.kli.re.kr/kli_eng/elabor/37/papers/paper1.pdf
- [full-text, 17 pages]
- Ji Kyung Kim, Senior Researcher, Korea Labor Institute
- e-mail: <mailto:jkkim@kli.re.kr>j
- November 2004
- Abstract
- http://www.kli.re.kr/kli_eng/elabor/37/elabr_Frameset3.htm
- Census: STATISTICAL ABSTRACTS all available dates! Colonial Times to 2005 [9 December 2004]
- http://www2.census.gov/prod2/statcomp/index.htm
- Census: Disability
- http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/disability/disability.html
- 2004
- Work Disability Status by:
- http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/disability/disabcps.html
- Disability Tables -
- http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/disability/disabtables.html
- The following comes from -
- Health, United States, 2004
- With Chartbook on
- Trends in the Health of Americans with Special Feature on Drugs
- UPDATED TREND TABLES
- http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/hus/updatedtables.htm
- Table 124.
- Employers' costs per employee-hour worked for total compensation, wages and salaries, and health insurance, according to selected characteristics: United States, selected years 1991-2004
- http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus04trend.pdf#124
- or
- ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Publications/Health_US/hus04tables/Table124.xls
- [spreadsheet]
- Allstate:
- Fourth Annual Allstate .Retirement Reality Check. survey [8 December 2004]
- Mini Executive Summary (Year-to-Year)
- http://www.allstate.com/Media/NewsHeadlines/pr_2004/images/2004_12_08_rrc_exec.pdf
- [full-text, 5 pages]
- See Press Release
- Optimism Surges Among Boomers Eyeing Retirement
- But Allstate survey shows continued worries about health-care costs
- http://www.allstate.com/media/newsheadlines/pr_2004/PageRender.asp?page=pr_2004_12_08_rrc_exec.htm
- BUSINESS ETHICS AWARDS [13 December 2004]
- http://www.business-ethics.com/annual.htm
- Winners
- http://www.business-ethics.com/annual.htm#And%20the%20Winners%20Are...
- Award Stories
- http://www.business-ethics.com/annual.htm#Awards%20Story
- FOR RELEASE DECEMBER 13, 2004
- Yes, Virginia, There Are Ethical Corporations
- http://www.business-ethics.com/annual.htm#FOR%20RELEASE%20DECEMBER%2015,%202003
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP)
- STATE POLICIES TO ASSIST WORKING-POOR FAMILIES [10 December 2004]
- By Liz McNichol and John Springer
- http://www.cbpp.org/12-10-04sfp.pdf
- [full-text, 63 pages]
- Introduction
- http://www.cbpp.org/12-10-04sfp.htm
- See related material at-
- http://www.cbpp.org/pubs/sfp.htm
- Education International
- Working Papers no. 14
- September 2004
- Quality Education: The Key Role of Teachers
- by Ulf Fredriksson
- http://www.ei-ie.org/pub/english/Workingpaper/ei_workingpaper_14.pdf
- [full-text, 20 pages]
- Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES)
- Policy Making in the European Union: Is There a Social Democratic Space?
- Wolfgang Merkel & Tobias Ostheim *
- - Bonn : Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Internat. Politikanalyse, 2004.
- Electronic ed.: Bonn : FES, 2004
- ISBN 3-89892-252-9
- http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/id/02605.pdf
- [full-text, 15 pages]
- Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES)
- Development of the global trade union network within the Nestlé corporation : can trade unions square up the power of transnational companies? / Stefan Rüb. - Bonn : Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Division for Internat. Development Cooperation, Global Trade Union Program, 2004. - 46 S.. -
- Dt. Ausg. u.d.T.: Die Entwicklung des globalen Gewerkschaftsnetzwerks im Nestlé-Konzern. - Span. Ausg. u.d.T.: Desarrollo de la red sindical global en la compañia Nestlé. - Electronic ed.: Bonn : FES, 2004
- ISBN 3-89892-323-1
- http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/iez/02565.pdf
- [full-text, 46 pages]
- From MDRC (formerly Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation) and its Next Generation Project
- Staying Single:
- The Effects of Welfare Reform Policies on Marriage and Cohabitation
- Working Paper No. 13
- http://www.mdrc.org/ng_working_papers/ng_wkgppr_13/ng_13_summary.htm
- or
- http://www.mdrc.org/ng_working_papers/ng_wkgppr_13/ng_13_wkgppr.pdf
- [full-text, 85 pages]
- "Making A Way Out of No Way"
- How Mothers Meet Basic Family Needs While Moving from Welfare to Work
- Working Paper No. 14
- http://www.mdrc.org/ng_working_papers/ng_wkgppr_14/ng_14_summary.htm
- or
- http://www.mdrc.org/ng_working_papers/ng_wkgppr_14/ng_14_wkgppr.pdf
- [full-text, 42 pages]
- Instability in Child Care:
- Ethnographic Evidence from Working Poor Families in the New Hope Intervention
- Working Paper No. 15
- http://www.mdrc.org/ng_working_papers/ng_wkgppr_15/ng_15_summary.htm
- or
- http://www.mdrc.org/ng_working_papers/ng_wkgppr_15/ng_15_wkgppr.pdf
- [full-text, 35 pages]
- Out of Their Hands:
- Patching Together Care for Children When Parents Move from Welfare to Work
- Working Paper No. 16
- http://www.mdrc.org/ng_working_papers/ng_wkgppr_16/ng_16_summary.htm
- or
- http://www.mdrc.org/ng_working_papers/ng_wkgppr_16/ng_16_wkgppr.pdf
- [full-text, 29 pages]
- Kaiser Family Foundation
- Current Trends and Future Outlook for Retiree Health Benefits: Findings from the Kaiser/Hewitt 2004 Survey on Retiree Health Benefits [14 December 2004]
- http://www.kff.org/medicare/7194/index.cfm
- or
- http://www.kff.org/medicare/7194/loader.cfm?url=/commonspot/security/getfile.cfm&PageID=49752
- [full-text, 79 pages]
- Press Release [14 December 2004]
- http://www.kff.org/medicare/med121404nr.cfm
- Mercer: 2004 Spotlight on Benefits Report
- US education, government, and nonprofit sectors make up in benefits what they may lack in pay
- Accommodation, food service, retail, and wholesale industries rank lowest on benefits
- United States
- New York, 7 December 2004
- http://www.mercerhr.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1164395;jsessionid=00KWHO2NGSGVUCTGOUGCIIQKMZ0QYI2C
- Employees, CEOs Saw Stock Option Values Decline Sharply Between 2001 and 2003, Watson Wyatt Study Finds
- http://www.watsonwyatt.com/news/press.asp?ID=14041
- See Executive Summary at
- http://www.watsonwyatt.com/research/resrender.asp?id=w-787
- International Labour Organization (ILO)--Social Dialogue, Labour Law and Labour Administration Department (DIALOGUE)
- International Observatory of Labour Law
- National Labour Law Profiles
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/ifpdial/ll/observatory/profiles/index.htm
- BLS: WORKPLACE INJURIES AND ILLNESSES IN 2003 [14 December 2004]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/osh.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/osh.pdf
- [full-text, 23 pages]
- BLS: U.S. IMPORT AND EXPORT PRICE INDEXES - NOVEMBER 2004 - [9 December 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 -- November 2004 [10 December 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
- Federal Reserve Board (FRB)
- INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION AND CAPACITY UTILIZATION [14 December 2004]
- http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/G17/Current/default.htm
- or
- http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/G17/Current/g17.pdf
- [full-text, 19 pages]
- National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
- Violence Against Women: Identifying Risk Factors
- November 2004 [online 10 December 2004]
- http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/pubs-sum/197019.htm
- or
- http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/nij/197019.pdf
- [full-text, 16 pages]
- Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention
- Fact Sheet
- December 10, 2004
- Study: Fall-Related Injuries during the Holiday Season, United States, 2000-2003
- http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/fs041210.htm
- Judicial Watch (Financial Disclosure Reports)
- http://www.judicialwatch.org/judges.shtml
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Science and Engineering Doctorate Awards: 2003 [14 December 2004]
- http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/nsf05300/start.htm
- or
- http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/nsf05300/htmstart.htm
- or
- http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/nsf05300/pdf/nsf05300.pdf
- [full-text, 145 pages]
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
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Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
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