Wednesday, October 04, 2006
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 4 October 2006
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
________________________________________________________________________
IWS Weekly Bulletin, 4 October 2006
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.
_______________________________
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
________________________________________________________________________
IWS Weekly Bulletin, 4 October 2006
Academic Research
- ILR Impact Briefs
- http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/impactbrief/
- The Impact Brief series highlights the research and project based work conducted by ILR faculty that is relevant to workplace issues and public policy.
- BRIEF #10 / August 2006 / WWW.ILR.CORNELL.EDU
- The Sources of International Differences in Wage Inequality
- by FRANCINE D. BLAU
- Professor of Labor Economics (ILR)
- LAWRENCE M. KAHN
- Professor of Labor Economics (ILR)
- http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/briefs/21/
- [full-text, 3 pages]
- International Institute for Labour Studies (IILS) at the ILO
- ILO Decent Work Research Prize, 2007
- Call for nominations
- http://iwsdninternational.blogspot.com/2006/09/iws-ilo-decent-work-research-prize.html
- ILR Press (an imprint of Cornell University Press)
- THE COMPLEXITIES OF CARE: NURSING RECONSIDERED [September 2006]
- Sioban Nelson (Editor); Suzanne Gordon (Editor)
- 2006, 224 pages, 6 x 9
- http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_detail.taf?ti_id=4565
International
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
- COMPARATIVE STUDY
- Employment in Social Care in Europe [2 October 2006]
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/htmlfiles/ef05125.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/pubdocs/2005/125/en/1/ef05125en.pdf
- [full-text, 96 pages]
- South Korea:
- [The following comes directly from the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU)].
- CALL FOR AN INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ACTION ON NOVEMBER 15th : CONDEMN GOVERNMENT REPRESSION AGAINST FUNDAMENTAL TRADE UNION RIGHTS IN SOUTH KOREA
- http://www.kctu.org/maybbs/list.php?db=kctuinfo2&code=eng_action
- [This release is likely to appear soon at the URL above soon].
- Until then, see--
- http://iwsdocumentednewsdaily.blogspot.com/2006/10/iws-korea-kctu-calls-day-of-action-for.html
- Census
- State and Local Government Employee-Retirement Systems 2005 [28 September 2006]
- http://www.census.gov/govs/www/retire.html
- and
- 2005 in particular
- http://www.census.gov/govs/www/retire05.html
- Census
- See Press Release 3 October 2006
- New Census Bureau Data Highlight Changes in Housing Values Through 2005
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/american_community_survey_acs/007577.html
- See AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY (via American Factfinder)
- 15 Largest & Smallest Cities
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2006/cb06cn07_acstable.xls
- [spreadsheet]
- Detailed Tables -
- http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DatasetMainPageServlet?_program=ACS&_submenuId=datasets_2&_lang=en
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
- Environmental Health Perspectives
- Ethical and Scientific Issues of Nanotechnology in the Workplace [25 September 2006]
- by Paul A. Schulte and Fabio Salamanca-Buentello
- http://www.ehponline.org/members/2006/9456/9456.pdf
- [full-text, 46 pages]
- Office of Advocacy [Small Business Administration (SBA)]
- FIRM SIZE DATA [27 September 2006]
- http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/data.html
- For example, see--
- Private Firms, Establishments, Employment, Annual Payroll and Receipts by Firm Size, 1988-2004
- http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/data_uspdf.xls
- Office of Advocacy [Small Business Administration (SBA)]
- State Economic Profiles
- http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/profiles/
- See
- NEW YORK 2006 [example]
- http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/profiles/06ny.pdf
- AeA (formerly American Electronics Association)
- U.S. Tech Industry Adds 140,000 Jobs in First Half of 2006
- Tech Manufacturing Employment Up for Second Year in a Row;
- Communications Services Adds Jobs for First Time Since 2000 [26 September 2006]
- http://www.aeanet.org/publications/idjj_midyear2006_overview.asp
- or
- http://www.aeanet.org/publications/AeA_CS_Midyear2006.asp
- [full-text, 4 pages]
- See Press Release 26 September 2006
- Contact: Anne Caliguiri 202.682.4443
- anne_caliguiri@aeanet.org
- U.S. Tech Industry Adds 140,000 Jobs in 1st Half of 2006, Nearly Double
- the Growth from 1st Half of 2005 and the Strongest Since 2001, AeA Report
- FindsTech Manufacturing Employment Up for 2nd Year in a Row; Communications
- Services Adds Jobs for 1st Time Since 2000
- http://www.aeanet.org/PressRoom/prac_092606_midyear2006.asp?bhcp=1
- Conference Board
- Press Release
- The Conference Board Report Finds Low Wages Not Always Key Success Factor for Overseas Investment
- Oct. 3, 2006
- http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_ID=2973
- or
- http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressPrinterFriendly.cfm?press_ID=2973
- Source: Competitive Advantage of Low-Wage Countries Often Exaggerated
- Executive Action No. 212
- The Conference Board
- http://www.conference-board.org/publications/execaction.cfm
- Conference Board
- ARE THEY REALLY READY TO WORK?
- EMPLOYERS� PERSPECTIVES ON THE BASIC KNOWLEDGE AND APPLIED SKILLS OF NEW ENTRANTS TO THE 21ST CENTURY U.S. WORKFORCE [2 October 2006]
- http://www.conference-board.org/publications/describe.cfm?id=1218
- or
- http://www.conference-board.org/pdf_free/BED-06-Workforce.pdf
- [full-text, 64 pages]
- See Press Release 2 October 2006
- Most Young People Entering the U.S. Workforce Lack Critical Skills Essential for Success
- Oct. 2, 2006
- http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_ID=2971
- Employee Benefit Research Institute [EBRI]
- EBRI Issue Brief #298
- Sources of Health Insurance and Characteristics of the Uninsured: Analysis of the March 2006 Current Population Survey
- October 2006
- Executive Summary
- http://www.ebri.org/publications/ib/index.cfm?fa=ibDisp&content_id=3752
- or
- Full Brief
- http://www.ebri.org/pdf/briefspdf/EBRI_IB_10-2006.pdf
- [full-text, 32 pages]
- Press Release 3 October 2006
- New Research from EBRI:
- Study Details Key Determinants of Health Care Coverage:
- Work Status, Income, Age, Gender, Firm Size, and Others
- http://www.ebri.org/pdf/PR_749_03Oct06.pdf
- Migration Information Source (MIS)
- The Second Generation in the United States
- By David Dixon
- October 1, 2006
- http://www.migrationinformation.org/USfocus/display.cfm?id=446
- AND FEATURE STORY --
- The Second Generation from the Last Great Wave of Immigration: Setting the Record Straight
- By Nancy Foner, Hunter College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York
- Richard Alba, State University of New York at Albany
- October 1, 2006
- http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=439
- Prudential Financial
- The AGING WORKFORCE SUMMIT (AGW), 26 & 27 OCTOBER, in Chicago
- http://www.agwsummit.com/index.html
- Press Release 23 August 2006
- Aging Workforce Summit Launched
- Singular conference on bottom-line workforce issues
- http://www.agwsummit.com/news_082306.html
- Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
- Federal Prosecution of Human Trafficking, 2001-2005 [3 October 2006]
- http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/fpht05.htm
- or
- http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/fpht05.pdf
- [full-text, 2 pages]
- [Federal Register: September 29, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 189)]
- [Rules and Regulations]
- [Page 57715-57762]
- 29 CFR Part 403
- Labor Organization Annual Financial Reports for Trusts in Which a Labor
- Organization Is Interested, Form T-1; Final Rule
- http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/06-8339.htm
- or
- http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/06-8339.pdf
- [full-text, 48 pages]
- Press Release[09/27/2006]
- U.S. Labor Department Publishes Revised Rule on Union Trust Reporting
- Form T-1 Improves Disclosure and Increases Union Transparency
- http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/esa/ESA20061698.htm
- NLRB
- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE R-2603
- 1 p.m., Tuesday, October 3, 2006
- 202/273-1991
- www.nlrb.gov
- NLRB ISSUES LEAD CASE ADDRESSING SUPERVISORY STATUS [of NURSES]
- IN RESPONSE TO SUPREME COURT�S DECISION IN KENTUCKY RIVER
- http://www.nlrb.gov/nlrb/press/releases/r2603.htm
- or
- http://www.nlrb.gov/nlrb/press/releases/r2603.pdf
- Oakwood Healthcare, Inc., 348 NLRB No. 37 (Sept. 29, 2006)
- http://www.nlrb.gov/nlrb/shared_files/decisions/348/348-37.htm
- or
- http://www.nlrb.gov/nlrb/shared_files/decisions/348/348-37.pdf
- [full-text, 31 pages]
- BEA: PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS: AUGUST 2006 [29 September 2006]
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrel/pinewsrelease.htm
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/pi0806.pdf
- [full-text, 12 pages]
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/pi0806.xls
- [spreadsheet]
- and
- Highlights
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/pi0806_fax.pdf
- BLS: NCS Published Pay Relatives by Areas [29 September 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/payrel.htm
- OCCUPATIONAL PAY RELATIVES, 2005 [28 September 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ncspay.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ncspay.pdf
- [full-text, 6 pages]
- EuroStat: 129/2006 - 29 September 2006
- International Day of Older Persons
- EU25 population aged 65 and over expected to double between 1995 and 2050
- http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/PGP_PRD_CAT_PREREL/PGE_CAT_PREREL_YEAR_2006/PGE_CAT_PREREL_YEAR_2006_MONTH_09/3-29092006-EN-BP.PDF
- [full-text, 4 pages]
- EuroStat: 130/2006 - 3 October 2006
- August 2006
- Euro area unemployment up to 7.9%
- EU25 unchanged at 8.0%
- http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/PGP_PRD_CAT_PREREL/PGE_CAT_PREREL_YEAR_2006/PGE_CAT_PREREL_YEAR_2006_MONTH_10/3-03102006-EN-AP.PDF
- [full-text, 5 pages]
- Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Study
- Research and Development in the Pharmaceutical Industry
- October 2006
- http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/76xx/doc7615/10-02-DrugR-D.pdf
- [full-text, 65 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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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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