IWS Documented News WEEKLY BULLETIN

Industrial Relations Overview of the U.S. - Updated November 2005

European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) Online

Industrial Relations in Agriculture [10 November 2005]

October 2005

http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2005/09/study/index.html

and/or

http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2005/09/study/tn0509101s.html

Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT)

Japan Labour Flash, No. 50 [15 November 2005]

Sense of Stagnation among Labor Unions

http://www.jil.go.jp/foreign/emm/no.50/50_si.htm

OECD SOCIAL, EMPLOYMENT AND MIGRATION WORKING PAPERS No. 30

Labour Protection in China: Challenges Facing Labour Offices and Social Insurance [7 November 2005]

Anders Reutersward

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/48/18/35621263.pdf

[full-text, 32 pages]

BLS: Monthly Labor Review Online [8 November 2005]

October 2005

Vol. 128, Number 10

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

Occupational safety and health statistics: new data for a new century

William J. Wiatrowski

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/10/art1full.pdf

[full-text, 8 pages]

Occupational injuries among young workers

Janice Windau and Samuel Meyer

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/10/art2full.pdf

[full-text, 13 pages]

Injuries, illnesses, and fatalities among older workers

Elizabeth Rogers and William J. Wiatrowski

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/10/art3full.pdf

[full-text, 7 pages]

Occupational injuries, illnesses, and fatalities among women

Anne B. Hoskins

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/10/art4full.pdf

[full-text, 7 pages]

Fatal occupational injuries to older workers in farming, 1995-2002

Samuel Meyer

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/10/art5full.pdf

[full-text, 11 pages]

Fatal occupational injuries among Asian workers

Jessica R. Sincavage

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/10/art6full.pdf

[full-text, 7 pages]

Work-related hospitalizations in Massachusetts: racial/ethnic differences

Phillip R. Hunt, Jong Uk Won, Allard Dembe, and Letitia Davis

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/10/art7full.pdf

[full-text, 7 pages]

Report

Fatal work injuries among foreign-born Hispanic workers

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/10/ressum.pdf

[full-text, 5 pages]

Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Paper

A Series on Immigration

The Role of Immigrants in the U.S. Labor Market

11 NOVEMBER 2005

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/68xx/doc6853/11-10-Immigration.pdf

[full-text, 34 pages]

Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Paper

Effective Marginal Tax Rates on Labor Income

11 November 2005

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/68xx/doc6854/11-10-LaborTaxation.pdf

[full-text, 40 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Topics in Aging: Income and Poverty Among Older Americans in 2004

Updated November 7, 2005

Debra Whitman, Specialist in the Economics of Aging, Domestic Social Policy Division

Patrick Purcell, Specialist in Social Legislation, Domestic Social Policy Division

http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RL32697_20051107.pdf

[full-text, 23 pages]

GAO: Workforce Investment Act: Labor and States Have Taken Actions to Improve Data Quality, but Additional Steps Are Needed. GAO-06-82, November 14.

http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-06-82

and

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d0682.pdf

[full-text, 45 pages]

and

Highlights -

http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0682high.pdf

MINE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS (MEO) DATABASE [9 November 2005]

https://lakegovprod1.msha.gov/MEO/Default.aspx

Press Release

New Mine Emergency Operations Database Now Available Online

http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/msha/msha20051983.htm

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

Handbooks Online - Version 3 [4 November 2005]

http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2005372

or

http://nces.ed.gov/programs/handbook/

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

MEMORANDUM FOR CHIEF HUMAN CAPITAL OFFICERS [9 November 2005]

FROM: Linda M. Springer, Director

Transition to Reporting Ethnicity and Race Designations

http://www.chcoc.gov/transmittal_detail.cfm?id=688

QUESTION OF THE MONTH from the Catherwood Library, ILR School, Cornell University

November 2005

Q. What is the Minimum Wage in the U.S. and the various States and how does this compare to minimum wage concepts in Europe? How does minimum wage relate to compensation issues and collective bargaining if at all?

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/research/QuestionOfTheMonth/default.html

Conference Board

CEO and Directors' Pay Rises, The Conference Board Reports in its Annual Compensation Studies

Nov. 8, 2005

http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_ID=2754

or

http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressPrinterFriendly.cfm?press_ID=2754

Hewitt

November 14, 2005

Hewitt Study Finds Holiday Bonuses Becoming a Tradition of the Past as Companies Favor Pay-for-Performance Plans

Some Organizations Donate Holiday Budgets to Charity in Light of Recent Events

http://was4.hewitt.com/hewitt/resource/newsroom/pressrel/2005/11-14-05.htm

Mercer

Survey reveals wage costs are higher in China than India

United Kingdom

London, 9 November 2005

http://www.mercerhr.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1201340

Migration Information Source (MIS)

15 November 2005

The Migration Information Source is pleased to announce

(1) The update and addition of international migration data for CANADA

http://www.migrationinformation.org/GlobalData/countrydata/country.cfm?Country_1=Canada

(2) BACKGROUND ON FRANCE: HELPFUL RESOURCES

Since the end of October, riots across France have made headlines worldwide. These articles and resources provide context for the current debate on the French integration model:

France Country Resource page

http://www.migrationinformation.org/Resources/france.cfm

The Challenge of French Diversity

http://www.migrationinformation.org/Profiles/display.cfm?ID=266

Data for France in the Global Data Center

http://www.migrationinformation.org/GlobalData/countrydata/country.cfm?Country_1=France

Integration: The Role of Communities, Institutions, and the State

http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?ID=168

Watson Wyatt

Few Companies Offer Workers Online Access To Total Compensation Information [15 November 2005]

http://www.watsonwyatt.com/us/news/press.asp?ID=15389

LexisOne: The Resource for Small Law Firms

Labor and Employment Law

http://www.lexisone.com/legalresearch/legalguide/practice_areas/labor_employment_law.htm

Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)

Gross-Domestic-Product-(GDP)-by-Industry Data [9 November 2005]

http://www.bea.gov/bea/dn2/gdpbyind_data.htm

BEA: U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES September 2005 [10 November 2005]

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrel/tradnewsrelease.htm

or

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2005/trad0905.pdf

[full-text, 48 pages]

or

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2005/trad0905.xls

[spreadsheet]

and

Highlights

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2005/trad0905_fax.pdf

BLS: CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: OCTOBER 2005 [16 November 2005]

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 OCTOBER 2005 [16 November 2005]

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

or

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

[full-text, 5 pages]

BLS: Producer Price Indexes -- October 2005 [15 November 2005]

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

or

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

[full-text, 19 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

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

BLS: OCCUPATIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES, NOVEMBER 2004 [9 November 2005]

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

or

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

[full-text, 19 pages]

BLS: U.S. IMPORT AND EXPORT PRICE INDEXES - OCTOBER 2005 - [10 November 2005]

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

EuroStat: 143/2005 - 10 November 2005

The digital divide in Europe

85% of students used the Internet in 2004

Only 13% of the retired used the internet

http://epp.eurostat.cec.eu.int/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/PGP_PRD_CAT_PREREL/PGE_CAT_PREREL_YEAR_2005/PGE_CAT_PREREL_YEAR_2005_MONTH_11/4-10112005-EN-AP.PDF

[full-text, 3 pages]

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CAHRS Working Paper 05 ­ 09

HRM and Performance: What’s Next?

Jaap Paauwe, Paul Boselie

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/depts/cahrs/downloads/PDFs/WorkingPapers/WP05-09.pdf

[full-text, 28 pages]

Turning Workers into Savers? Incentives, Liquidity, and Choice in 401(k) Plan Design

http://papers.nber.org/papers/w11726.pdf

[full-text, 34 pages]

Olivia S. Mitchell, Stephen P. Utkus, Tongxuan (Stella) Yang

NBER Working Paper No. 11726

Issued in October 2005

---- Abstract -----

http://www.nber.org/papers/w11726

KOREA LABOR INSTITUTE (KLI)

This paper was presented at 4th NorthEast Labour Forum(October 20, 2005) held in Beijing, China on October 20, 2005, convened by the Korea Labor Institute(KLI).

ISSUE PAPER, No. 47, 2005

Industrial Relations: Stability and Cooperation in a Changing Environment  - With focus on collective bargaining, tripartism and dispute resolution mechanism

  Lim Sang-hoon, Research Fellow, Korea Labor Institute, Email: < mailto:slim@kli.re.kr >

  October 2005

http://www.kli.re.kr/kli_eng/elabor/47/elabr_Frameset3.htm

or

http://www.kli.re.kr/kli_eng/elabor/47/main3.htm

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)

First European Quality of Life Survey: Families, work and social networks

Author: Saraceno, Chiara; Olagnero, Manuela and Torrioni, Paola

http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/files/EF0592EN.pdf

[full-text, 130 pages]

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)

First European Quality of Life Survey: Income inequalities and deprivation [7 November 2005]

Author: Fahey,Tony; Whelan, Christopher T. and Maître, Bertrand

http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/htmlfiles/ef0593.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/files/EF0593EN.pdf

[full-text, 74 pages]

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)

First European Quality of Life Survey: Life satisfaction, happiness and sense of belonging [7 November 2005]

Author: Böhnke, Petra

http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/htmlfiles/ef0591.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/files/EF0591EN.pdf

[full-text, 112 pages]

OECD Policy Brief:

Economic Survey of CHILE, 2005 [4 November 2005]

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/4/13/35540886.pdf

[full-text, 8 pages]

Economic Survey of CHILE, 2005

http://www.oecd.org/document/10/0,2340,en_2649_201185_35527306_1_1_1_1,00.html

Executive Summary

http://www.oecd.org/document/25/0,2340,en_2649_201185_35533337_1_1_1_1,00.html

International Labour Office (ILO)

2005 LABOUR OVERVIEW: Latin America and the Caribbean (first semester advance report) [18 October 2005]

http://www.oit.org.pe/portal/documentos/labover05.pdf

[full-text, 115 pages]

STATISTICAL ANNEX

http://www.oit.org.pe/portal/documentos/anexestad_avpl05_ing.xls

[spreadsheet]

For Spanish Edition, see--

PANORAMA LABORAL 2005

http://www.oit.org.pe/portal/noticias.php?docCodigo=399

International Labour Office (ILO)

Geneva, 2005

WP.229

SECTORAL ACTIVITES PROGRAMME

Working Paper

Social dialogue in education in Latin America: A regional survey

Marcela Gajardo (Sociologist, CINDE/PREAL) and Francisca Gómez (Geographer, Independent consultant)

Background document for the Joint ILO/UNESCO Committee of Experts on the Application of the Recommendations concerning Teaching Personnel (CEART)

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/sector/papers/education/wp229.pdf

[full-text, 58 pages]

International Labour Office (ILO)

Geneva

WP. 218

SECTORAL ACTIVITIES PROGRAMME

Working Paper

ACADEMIC TENURE AND ITS FUNCTIONAL EQUIVALENT IN POST SECONDARY EDUCATION

Donald C. Savage

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/sector/papers/education/wp218.pdf

[full-text, 165 pages]

ILO, Workers' Activities, ACTRAV

Trade Union Action against HIV/AIDS in Uganda: A Workers' Education Manual

Compiled and Edited by Mohammed Mwamadzingo and Rose Nassanga,2005

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/actrav/publ/aids_uga.pdf

[full-text, 132 pages]

Census:

Population Profile of the United States: Dynamic Version [8 November 2005]

http://www.census.gov/population/www/pop-profile/profile.html

and specifically

http://www.census.gov/population/www/pop-profile/profiledynamic.html

or

http://www.census.gov/population/pop-profile/dynamic/profiledynamic.pdf

[full-text, 71 pages]

Census:

EC02-31SG-1

2002 Economic Census

Manufacturing

Subject Series

General Summary: 2002 [1 November 2005]

http://www.census.gov/prod/ec02/ec0231sg1.pdf

[full-text, 341 pages]

Census:

2002 Census of Governments

Volume 4, No. 5,  Government Finances

Issued October 2005

Compendium of Government Finances: 2002 [31 October 2005]

http://www.census.gov/prod/ec02/ec0231sg1.pdf

[full-text, 341 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Senior Executive Service (SES) Pay System, October 25, 2005

L. Elaine Halchin, Analyst in American National Government, Government and Finance Division

http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RL33128_20051025.pdf

[full-text, 53 pages]

United States Congress-Executive Commission on China (CECC)

China Human Rights and Rule of Law Update

http://www.cecc.gov/pages/virtualAcad/newsletterListing.phpd

CECC NEWSLETTER, 1 November 2005

http://www.cecc.gov/pages/virtualAcad/newsletterListing.phpd?NLdate=20051101&show=ALL

or

http://www.cecc.gov/pages/general/newsletters/CECCnewsletter20051101.pdf

[full-text, 17 pages]

White House

[Davis Bacon Act Re-instated for Katrina Disaster Area]

A Proclamation by the President: Revoking Proclamation 7924 [3 November 2005]

A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/11/20051103-9.html

Catherwood Library, ILR School, Cornell University

CURRENT LABOR UNION PERIODICALS

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/subjectGuides/usLaborUnions/UnionPer/CurrPer/default.html

[go to the right margin to find an alphabetic listing or click on the listings below]

UNION NAMES: A to E

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/subjectGuides/usLaborUnions/UnionPer/CurrPer/UnionNamesAE.html

UNION NAMES: F to J

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/subjectGuides/usLaborUnions/UnionPer/CurrPer/UnionNamesFJ.html

UNION NAMES: K to O

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/subjectGuides/usLaborUnions/UnionPer/CurrPer/UnionNamesKO.html

UNION NAMES: P to T

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/subjectGuides/usLaborUnions/UnionPer/CurrPer/UnionNamesPT.html

UNION NAMES: U to Z

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/subjectGuides/usLaborUnions/UnionPer/CurrPer/UnionNamesUZ.html

Conference Board

CEO Challenge 2006: Top 10 Challenges

http://www.conference-board.org/publications/describe.cfm?id=1049

Press Release--

Healthcare a Top Concern for U.S CEOs; But Only an Afterthought for CEOs in Asia

Nov. 2, 2005

http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_ID=2752

Hewitt

October 28, 2005

Hewitt and AméricaEconomía Announce Hewitt’s 25 Best Employers in Latin America

Results Show Best Employers Share Five Characteristics

http://was4.hewitt.com/hewitt/resource/newsroom/pressrel/2005/10-28-05_eng.htm

Hudson

Worker Confidence Begins to Rebound Following Difficult Summer [2 November 2005]

http://apps.us.hudson.com/hudson-index/email110205.htm

FULL PRESS RELEASE at-

http://www.hudson-index.com/node.asp?SID=5476

Mercer

Longest-tenured workers feel slighted by their bosses, organizations

Mercer survey finds many veteran employees think loyalty is a one-way street

United States

New York, 3 November 2005

http://www.mercerhr.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1200430

Watson Wyatt

Effective Employee Communication Linked to Stronger Financial Performance

Watson Wyatt Study Reveals Most Effective Communication Programs [8 November 2005]

http://www.watsonwyatt.com/us/news/press.asp?ID=15362

See Executive Summary

http://www.watsonwyatt.com/research/resrender.asp?id=w-868&page=1

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

Final Report on Best Practices for the Employment of People with Disabilities In State Government [1 November 2005]

http://www.eeoc.gov/initiatives/nfi/final_states_best_practices_report.html

or

http://www.eeoc.gov/initiatives/nfi/final_states_best_practices_report.pdf

[full-text, 47 pages]

Statement of U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao On Supreme Court Decision in Poultry Worker Case [8 November 2005]

http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/opa/OPA20052174.htm

In Re:

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

Syllabus

IBP, INC. v. ALVAREZ, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF ALL OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED, ET AL.

CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

No. 031238. Argued October 3, 2005Decided November 8, 2005*

http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/08nov20051045/www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/05pdf/03-1238.pdf

[full-text, 23 pages]

[excerpt]

Held:

1. The time respondents in No. 031238 spend walking between changing and production areas is compensable under the FLSA. Pp. 715.

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)

Comparative Foreign Labor Statistics

Consumer price indexes in nine countries, percent change from same period of previous year, 1995-2005 [4 November 2005]

ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/ForeignLabor/flscpim.txt

Unemployment rates in nine countries, civilian labor force basis, approximating U.S. concepts, seasonally adjusted, 1995-2005 [4 November 2005]

ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/ForeignLabor/flsjec.txt

Unemployment rates in the European Union and selected member countries,civilian labor force basis (1), seasonally adjusted, 1995-2005 [4 November 2005]

ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/ForeignLabor/flseur.txt

BLS: JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER:  SEPTEMBER 2005 [8 November 2005]

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

or

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

[full-text, 13 pages]

BLS: THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: OCTOBER 2005 [4 November 2005]

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

BLS: PRODUCTIVITY AND COSTS  Third Quarter 2005, preliminary [3 November 2005]

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: METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: SEPTEMBER 2005 [2 November 2005]

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

or

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

[full-text, 23 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

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

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

ERD POLICY BRIEF NO. 42

Potential Economic Impact of an Avian Flu Pandemic on Asia

Erik Bloom, Vincent de Wit, and Mary Jane Carangal-San Jose

November 2005

http://www.adb.org/media/articles/2005/8716_Asia_avian_flu/avianflu.pdf

[full-text, 17 pages]

Press Release [3 November 2005]

Avian Flu Pandemic Could Halt Asian Growth, ADB Report Says

http://www.adb.org/Media/Articles/2005/8716_Asia_avian_flu/default.asp?RegistrationID=6353

Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)

Probation and Parole in the United States, 2004 [2 November 2005]

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/ppus04.htm

or

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/ppus04.pdf

[full-text, 10 pages]

See Press Release

ALMOST 7 MILLION ADULTS UNDER CORRECTIONAL SUPERVISION BEHIND BARS OR ON PROBATION OR PAROLE IN THE COMMUNITY

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/press/ppus04pr.htm

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Work and Occupations: An International Sociological Journal, Volume 32, Number 4, November 2005

http://wox.sagepub.com/content/vol32/issue4/

SPECIAL ISSUE: Labor and Social Justice: Union Renewal in a Contested Global Economy

GUEST EDITORS: Lowell Turner and Kate Bronfenbrenner, Cornell University

Lowell Turner

From Transformation to Revitalization: A New Research Agenda for a Contested Global Economy

Work and Occupations 2005 32: 383-399.

[Abstract]

http://wox.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/32/4/383

[PDF]

http://wox.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/32/4/383.pdf

[References]

http://wox.sagepub.com/cgi/content/refs/32/4/383

Christian Lévesque, Gregor Murray, and Stéphane Le Queux

Union Disaffection and Social Identity: Democracy as a Source of Union Revitalization

Work and Occupations 2005 32: 400-422.

[Abstract]

http://wox.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/32/4/400

[PDF}

http://wox.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/32/4/400.pdf

[References]

http://wox.sagepub.com/cgi/content/refs/32/4/400

Stephanie Luce

Lessons From Living-Wage Campaigns

Work and Occupations 2005 32: 423-440.

[Abstract]

http://wox.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/32/4/423

[PDF]

http://wox.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/32/4/423.pdf

[References]

http://wox.sagepub.com/cgi/content/refs/32/4/423

Kate Bronfenbrenner

Organizing Women: The Nature and Process of Union-Organizing Efforts Among U.S. Women Workers Since the mid-1990s

Work and Occupations 2005 32: 441-463.

[Abstract]

http://wox.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/32/4/441

[PDF]

http://wox.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/32/4/441.pdf

[References]

http://wox.sagepub.com/cgi/content/refs/32/4/441

Ralph Armbruster-Sandoval

Workers of the World Unite? The Contemporary Anti-Sweatshop Movement and the Struggle for Social Justice in the Americas

Work and Occupations 2005 32: 464-485.

[Abstract]

http://wox.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/32/4/464

[PDF]

http://wox.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/32/4/464.pdf

[References]

http://wox.sagepub.com/cgi/content/refs/32/4/464

Jennifer Jihye Chun

Public Dramas and the Politics of Justice: Comparison of Janitors’ Union Struggles in South Korea and the United States

Work and Occupations 2005 32: 486-503.

[Abstract]

http://wox.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/32/4/486

[PDF]

http://wox.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/32/4/486.pdf

[References]

http://wox.sagepub.com/cgi/content/refs/32/4/486

Index to Work and Occupations Volume 32

Work and Occupations 2005 32: 504-507.

[PDF]

http://wox.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/32/4/504.pdf

European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) online

EIRO thematic feature

Redundancies and Redundancy Costs [27 October 2005]

http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/files/EF0575EN.pdf

[full-text, 15 pages]

Author: Kauppinen, Timo and Meixner, Marie

European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) Online

EIRO thematic feature:

Industrial Relations and Undeclared Work [27 October 2005]

http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/thematicfeature11.html

or

http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/files/EF05135EN.pdf

[full-text, 19 pages]

Author: Biletta, Isabella and Meixner, Marie

European Working Conditions Observatory (EWCO) Online

Workplace Employment Practices in Britain survey, 2004 [1 November 2005]

http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/surveys/UK0511SR01/UK0511SR01.htm

and

http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/surveys/UK0511SR01/UK0511SR01.pdf

[full-text, 11 pages]

European Working Conditions Observatory (EWCO) Online

Survey Data Reports

http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/surveys/surveyreports.htm

Survey data reports from the Observatory network of national correspondents http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/network.htm [are found on this page].

The Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT)

Japanese Working Life Profile 2005/2006 - Labour Statistics

http://www.jil.go.jp/english/laborinfo/library/documents/2005%20Profile.pdf

[full-text, 96 pages]

Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT)

[JAPAN] Main Labor Economic Indicators

http://www.jil.go.jp/english/estatis/eshuyo/200511/index.htm

OECD Policy Brief:

Economic Survey of the United States 2005 [27 October 2005]

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/4/11/35541272.pdf

[full-text, 8 pages]

BLS: Compensation and Working Conditions Online [24 October 2005]

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

Preretirement Distributions: Can You Take Them with You? (10/24/2005)

http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/cm20051018ar01p1.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/print/cm20051018ar01p1.htm

Census Bureau

(This site is highly recommended. Check it out and get acquainted with it).

Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics

http://lehd.dsd.census.gov/led/

Local Employment Dynamics

http://lehd.dsd.census.gov/led/led/led.html

Data Tools

http://lehd.dsd.census.gov/led/datatools/datatools.html

Research

http://lehd.dsd.census.gov/led/research/research.html

Library

http://lehd.dsd.census.gov/led/library/library.html

including

Profiles of OLDER WORDERS (in 12 States)

http://lehd.dsd.census.gov/led/library/profiles.html

Census Special Studies

Issued October 2005

P23-208

Computer and Internet Use in the United States: 2003

http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/computer.html

or

http://www.census.gov/prod/2005pubs/p23-208.pdf

[full-text, 16 pages]

or

DETAILED TABLES

http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/computer/2003.html

Press Release

Computer and Internet Use in the United States: 2003 [27 October 2005]

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/miscellaneous/005863.html

GAO Correspondence

National Assessment of Educational Progress Exclusion Rates for Students with Disabilities [28 October 2005]

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d06194r.pdf

in light of earlier report--

United States Government Accountability Office

GAO Report to the Ranking Minority Member, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, U.S. Senate

NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT: Most Students with Disabilities Participated in Statewide Assessments, but Inclusion Options Could Be Improved

July 2005

The information contained in this report has been updated in

GAO-06-194R, dated October 28, 2005.

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05618.pdf

[full-text, 43 pages]

Small Business Administration (SBA)

Global Perspectives on Entrepreneurship Policy Agenda

http://www.sba.gov/advo/conferences.html

or

Summary

http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/conf_summary05.pdf

Part 1

http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/proceedings_a05.pdf

Part II

http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/proceedings_b05.pdf

Part III

http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/proceedings_c05.pdf

Social Security Administration (SSA)

Social Security Programs Throughout the World: AFRICA, 2005 (September 2005)

http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw/2004-2005/africa/index.html

or

http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw/2004-2005/africa/ssptw05africa.pdf

[full-text, 185 pages]

Social Security Administration (SSA)

OASDI Beneficiaries by State and ZIP Code, 2004 [26 October 2005]

http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/oasdi_zip/2004/index.html

[scroll down the page to find data tables by STATE and REGION]

Social Security Administration (SSA)

Benefits and Earnings Public-Use File, 2004 [October 2005]

http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/microdata/earn/index.html

[scroll to bottom of page to find files]

Australian Drug Foundation

Alcohol and Work Website (Australia)

http://www.alcoholandwork.adf.org.au/

Check out their publications at-

RESOURCES

http://www.alcoholandwork.adf.org.au/browse.asp?ContainerID=alwork_resources

For Example:

Thinking Drinking: Achieving Cultural Change By 2020

The New White-Collar Workplace and Alcohol: A Dangerous Cocktail

Dr Peter Holland, Department of Management and Australian Centre for Research on Employment and Work (ACREW)

Monash University, Melbourne

http://www.adf.org.au/images/thinkdrink/Peter_Holland_The_new_white_colar_workplace_and_alcohol_a_dangerous_cocktail.pdf

[full-text,  15 pages]

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

BRIEFING PAPER

trade and investment series

Volume 6, Number 3 • October 31, 2005

Losing Canadian Culture: The Danger of Foreign Ownership of Telecom

http://www.policyalternatives.ca/Reports/2005/10/LosingCdnCulture/index.cfm?pa=BB736455

or

http://www.policyalternatives.ca/documents/National_Office_Pubs/2005/brief6_3_Losing_Canadian_Culture.pdf

[full-text, 9 pages]

Press Release

Foreign ownership of telecom puts Canadian culture at risk­report

http://www.policyalternatives.ca/index.cfm?act=news&call=1221&pa=BB736455&do=Article

October 31, 2005

Catalyst

Women “Take Care,” Men “Take Charge:”

Stereotyping of U.S. Business Leaders Exposed

http://www.catalyst.org/files/full/Women%20Take%20Care%20Men%20Take%20Charge.pdf

[full-text, 45 pages]

See also FACT SHEET

http://www.catalyst.org/files/fact/Stereotype%20factsheet.pdf

Press Release [19 October 2005]

CATALYST STUDY EXPOSES HOW GENDER-BASED STEREOTYPING SABOTAGES

WOMEN IN THE WORKPLACE

Stereotyping Contributes to the Stark Gender Gap in U.S. Business Leadership

http://www.catalyst.org/files/pr/10_19_05%20-%20Stereotype%20Press%20Release.pdf

Mercer

Employees pay as much as 30% of drug cost; employers seek new ways to manage Rx benefit cost

Mercer Health & Benefits releases large-employer pharmacy benefit survey

United States

New York, 31 October 2005

http://www.mercerhr.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1199945

Mercer

European Total Rewards Survey 2005

http://www.mercerhr.com/totalrewardseurope

Press Release 25 October 2005

European survey: Companies should re-evaluate their approach to pay and benefits

United Kingdom

London, 25 October 2005

http://www.mercerhr.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1198845

National Women's Law Center

Tools of the Trade: Using the Law To Address Sex Segregation In High School Career and Technical Education [27 October 2005]

http://www.nwlc.org/details.cfm?id=2462&section=education

[scroll down for individual tool kits by state]

or

http://www.nwlc.org/pdf/NWLCToolsoftheTrade05.pdf

[full-text, 40 pages]

and

Executive Summary

http://www.nwlc.org/pdf/NWLCToolsoftheTrade05ExecSummary.pdf

Press Release

IT’S STILL A PINK AND BLUE WORLD: COSMETOLOGY FOR GIRLS, CARPENTRY FOR BOYS

Girls’ Opportunities Severely Limited in High School Technical Education Programs

http://www.nwlc.org/details.cfm?id=2463&section=newsroom

Pew Charitable Trust

Alcohol Treatment More Valuable than Wireless Email Devices

Grantee Press Releases

Ensuring Solutions

http://www.pewtrusts.org/ideas/ideas_item.cfm?content_item_id=3111&content_type_id=7&page=7&issue=31&issue_name=Alcohol%20treatment%20policy&name=Grantee%20Press%20Releases

Towers Perrin U.S. Legislative Tracking Charts

These charts summarize selected federal legislation that would affect employee benefit programs. The bills included on the charts are based on judgments regarding the prominence of the issue, the likelihood of enactment, and the influence of the sponsors.

HEALTH and WELFARE [updated 31 October 2005]

http://www.towersperrin.com/hrservices/webcache/towers/jsp/publications_search/../../United_States/publications/Periodicals/Leg_Tracking_Charts/2005_09_26/LTC_HW_2005_10_31.pdf

[full-text, 28 pages]

HUMAN RESOURCES [updated 31 October 2005]

http://www.towersperrin.com/hrservices/webcache/towers/jsp/publications_search/../../United_States/publications/Periodicals/Leg_Tracking_Charts/2005_09_26/LTC_HR_2005_10_31.pdf

[full-text, 8 pages

RETIREMENT [updated 31 October 2005]

http://www.towersperrin.com/hrservices/webcache/towers/jsp/publications_search/../../United_States/publications/Periodicals/Leg_Tracking_Charts/2005_09_26/LTC_RET_2005_10_31.pdf

[full-text, 18 pages

Watson Wyatt

In re: The Pensions Regulator

Consultation Document, October 2005

How the Pensions Regulator will Regulate the Funding of Defined Benefits [31 October 2005]

http://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/pdf/schemeFundingConsultation.pdf

[full-text, 90 pages]

Europe - United Kingdom

More than 2,000 pension schemes may face funding difficulty

http://www.watsonwyatt.com/news/globalnews2.asp?ID=15314&nm=Europe%20-%20United%20Kingdom

See also -- http://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/mediaCentre/pressReleases/pn05-31.aspx

Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT)

Labor Laws of Japan (Provisional Translation)

http://www.jil.go.jp/english/laborinfo/library/Laws.htm

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

Questions and Answers About Blindness and Vision Impairments in the Workplace and the Americans with Disabilities Act [24 October 2005]

http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/blindness.html

Press Release

EEOC EXPLAINS EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS OF PERSONS WHO ARE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED [25 October 2005]

New Document Answers Frequently-Asked Questions, Challenges Stereotypes

http://www.eeoc.gov/press/10-25-05.html

BEA: Widespread Gross State Product (GSP) Growth in 2004 Led by Services-Providing Industries

Accelerated Estimates of GSP by Industry for 2004 [26 October 2005]

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2005/gsp1005.htm

or

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2005/gsp1005.pdf

[full-text, 10 pages]

or

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2005/gsp1005.xls

[spreadsheet]

and

Highlights

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2005/gsp1005_fax.pdf

BEA: GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT:  THIRD QUARTER 2005 (ADVANCE) [28 October 2005]

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrel/gdpnewsrelease.htm

or

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2005/gdp305a.pdf

[full-text, 13 pages]

or

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2005/gdp305a.xls

[spreadsheet]

and

Highlights

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2005/gdp305a_fax.pdf

BEA: PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS:  SEPTEMBER 2005 [31 October 2005]

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrel/pinewsrelease.htm

or

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2005/pi0905.pdf

[full-text, 12 pages

or

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2005/pi0905.xls

[spreadsheet]

and

Highlights

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2005/pi0905_fax.pdf

BLS: INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS OF MANUFACTURING PRODUCTIVITY AND UNIT LABOR COST TRENDS, 2004 [27 October 2005]

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

or

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

or

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

[full-text, 18 pages]

BLS: EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX-SEPTEMBER 2005 [28 October 2005]

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

or

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

[full-text, 20 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

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

See also --

Employment Cost Index "PUBLIC DATA QUERY" DATABASE

http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/outside.jsp?survey=ec

OECD Statistics on International Trade in Services: Detailed Tables by Service Category, 1994-2003, 2005 Edition

http://www.oecd.org/document/43/0,2340,en_2649_34243_1898539_1_1_1_1,00.html

OECD

Total Trade in Services by Partner Country (2004 Edition)

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/56/35/1945964.xls

[spreadsheet]

For additional information, see--

OECD Statistics on International Trade in Services, Detailed Tables by Partner Country 1999-2002

http://www.oecd.org/document/18/0,2340,en_2649_34243_1945746_1_1_1_1,00.html

FACTS for FEATURES from the Census Bureau

 CB05-FF.16-2

October 25, 2005

American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month: November 2005

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/005684.html

or

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2005/cb05ff16-2.pdf

[full-text, 4 pages]

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