Friday, November 17, 2006
[IWS] NO MESSAGES until 6 December 2006
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
________________________________________________________________________
NO MESSAGES will be sent until 6 December 2006
______________________________
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
________________________________________________________________________
NO MESSAGES will be sent until 6 December 2006
______________________________
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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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
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# posted by SBasefsky : 2:39 PM
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 15 November 2006
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, 15 November 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, 15 November 2006
Academic Research
- Upjohn Institute Staff Working Paper 06-131
- Local Market Scale and the Pattern of Job Changes Among Young Men
- http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/wp/06-131.pdf
- [full-text, 36 pages]
- Christopher H. Wheeler
- Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
- e-mail: christopher.h.wheeler@stls.frb.org
- November 7, 2006
- Abstract
- http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/wp/06131wp.html
- INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LABOUR STUDIES (IILS) at the ILO
- Discussion paper
- DP/168/2006
- Decent Work Research Programme
- Policy concertation in Europe: Explaining government choice
- Lucio Baccaro, Marco Simoni
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/download/dp16806.pdf
- [full-text, 35 pages]
- ILR Press (an imprint of Cornell University Press)
- UNEXPECTED POWER
- Conflict and Change among Transnational Activists
- Shareen Hertel
- 2006, 176 pages
- http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_detail.taf?ti_id=4584
- ILR Impact Briefs
- BRIEF #14 / November 2006 / WWW.ILR.CORNELL.EDU
- Diversity and Inclusion: Is There Really a Difference?
- by QUINETTA M. ROBERSON
- Professor of Human Resource Studies (ILR)
- http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/briefs/23/
- [full-text, 3 pages]
- ILR Impact Briefs
- BRIEF #13 / October 2006 / WWW.ILR.CORNELL.EDU
- Diversity at Work: Cross-Racial Bonds on the Job
- by SAMUEL B. BACHARACH
- McKelvey-Grant Professor (ILR)
- PETER A. BAMBERGER
- Professor, Technion: Israel Institute of Technology
- DANA V ASHDI
- Technion: Israel Institute of Technology
- http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/briefs/22/
- [full-text, 3 pages]
- For additional ILR IMPACT BRIEFS, see http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/impactbrief/
- For additional ILR IMPACT BRIEFS, see http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/impactbrief/
International
- International Labour Organization (ILO)
- International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC)
- IPEC action against child labour: Highlights 2006
- October 2006
- http://www.ilo.org/iloroot/docstore/ipec/prod/eng/20061019_Implementationreport_eng_Web.pdf
- [full-text, 101 pages]
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
- Human Development Report 2006
- Beyond Scarcity: Power, Poverty, and the Global Water Crisis [9 November 2006]
- http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/
- or
- http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/pdfs/report/HDR06-complete.pdf
- [full-text, 440 pages]
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- Gender equality, work and health: A review of the evidence [6 November 2006]
- http://www.who.int/occupational_health/publications/genderwork/en/index.html
- or
- http://www.who.int/gender/documents/Genderworkhealth.pdf
- [full-text, 57 pages]
- Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
- CBO�s Economic Forecasting Record
- An evaluation of the economic forecasts CBO made from January 1976 through January 2004
- November 2006
- http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/76xx/doc7680/11-09-EconForecast.pdf
- [full-text, 46 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RL33703
- Summary of the Pension Protection Act of 2006
- October 23, 2006
- Patrick Purcell, Specialist in Social Legislation, Domestic Social Policy Division
- http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RL33703_20061023.pdf
- [full-text, 25 pages]
- U.S. Department of Labor
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- OSHA 3323-10N
- 2006
- Guidance for Protecting Employees Against Avian Flu [14 November 2006]
- http://www.osha.gov/dsg/guidance/avian-flu.html
- or
- OSHA Guidance Update on Protecting Employees from Avian Flu (Avian Influenza) Viruses [14 November 2006]
- http://www.osha.gov/OshDoc/data_AvianFlu/avian_flu_guidance_english.pdf
- [full-text, 76 pages]
- Social Security Administration (SSA)
- Income of the Aged Chartbook, 2004 [September 2006]
- http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/chartbooks/income_aged/2004/index.html
- or
- http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/chartbooks/income_aged/2004/iac04.html
- or
- http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/chartbooks/income_aged/2004/iac04.pdf
- [full-text, 34 pages]
- Question of the Month [Martin P. Catherwood Library, ILR School, Cornell University]
- November 2006
- Question:
- How many unions are there in the United States?
- How many of these unions are for relatively small labor organizations of say 200 or less members?
- Has this changed over time?
- http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/research/questionOfTheMonth/nov06.html
- Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU)
- http://kctu.org/
- KCTU Launches a General Strike! [14 November 2006]
- http://kctu.org/maybbs/pdsview.php?db=kctuinfo2&code=eng_action&n=36
- RAND
- Benchmarking of the use of personal advisers in Jobcentre Plus [14 November 2006]
- http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR374/
- or
- http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2006/RAND_TR374.pdf
- [full-text, 84 pages]
- and
- Summary
- http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2006/RAND_TR374.sum.pdf
- [full-text, 11 pages]
- By: Christian van Stolk, Jennifer Rubin, Jonathan Grant
- Watson Wyatt
- Companies in Singapore forecasting a 4% average salary increase in 2007 [14 November 2006]
- http://www.watsonwyatt.com/news/press.asp?ID=16720
- NLRB Press Releases R-2608
- NLRB REPORTS ON CASE PRODUCTION IN FY 2006 [6 November 2007]
- http://www.nlrb.gov/nlrb/press/releases/r2608.htm
- or
- http://www.nlrb.gov/nlrb/press/releases/r2608.pdf
- BEA: U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES September 2006 [9 November 2006]
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrel/tradnewsrelease.htm
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/trad0906.pdf
- [full-text, 47 pages]
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/trad0906.xls
- [spreadsheet]
- and
- Highlights
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/trad0906_fax.pdf
- BLS: Producer Price Indexes - October 2006 [14 November 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ppi.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ppi.pdf
- [full-text, 18 pages]
- and
- Supplemental Files Table of Contents
- http://www.bls.gov/web/ppi.supp.toc.htm
- BLS: CONSUMER EXPENDITURES IN 2005 [8 November 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cesan.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cesan.pdf
- and
- DETAILED TABLES will be found at
- http://www.bls.gov/cex/
- BLS: HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS IN MANUFACTURING [Revised 6 November 2006]
- 32 COUNTRIES OR AREAS
- 22 MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, 1992-2004
- http://www.bls.gov/fls/flshcindnaics.htm
- or
- ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/ForeignLabor/industrynaics.txt
- BNA's Web Watch
- Climate Change/Global Warming
- http://www.bna.com/webwatch/climatechange.htm
- Benetech
- Bookshare.org
- http://www.bookshare.org/web/Welcome.html
- [For people with visual or other print disabilities]
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.
****************************************
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
****************************************
# posted by SBasefsky : 7:20 AM
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 8 November 2006
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, 8 November 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, 8 November 2006
Academic Research
- Upjohn Institute Staff Working Paper 06-130
- Outsourcing, Offshoring, and Productivity Measurement in Manufacturing
- http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/wp/06-130.pdf
- [full-text, 25 pages]
- Susan Houseman
- W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
- e-mail: houseman@upjohninstitute.org
- June 2006
- Revised September 2006
- Abstract
- http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/wp/06130wp.html
- School Quality and the Black-White Achievement Gap
- http://papers.nber.org/papers/w12651.pdf
- [full-text, 55 pages]
- Eric A. Hanushek, Steven G. Rivkin
- NBER Working Paper No. 12651
- Issued in October 2006
- ---- Abstract -----
- http://papers.nber.org/papers/w12651
- The Effects of Education Quality on Income Growth and Mortality Decline
- http://papers.nber.org/papers/w12652.pdf
- [full-text, 48 pages]
- Eliot A. Jamison, Dean T. Jamison, Eric A. Hanushek
- NBER Working Paper No. 12652
- Issued in October 2006
- ---- Abstract -----
- http://papers.nber.org/papers/w12652
- ILR School Theses and Dissertations: A Listing [1946-August 2006]
- Compiled by Susan LaCette
- http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/ilrtheses/
International
- European Commission (EC)
- Employment in Europe 2006 [6 November 2006]
- http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/news/2006/nov/employment_europe_en.pdf
- [full-text, 292 pages]
- European Commission > Employment, Social Affairs & Equal Opportunities >
- SURVEY --
- European Employment and Social Policy
- Fieldwork: May - June 2006
- Publication: October 2006
- http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/news/2006/nov/euro_baro_report_en.pdf
- [full-text, 115 pages]
- Press Release
- Europeans ready to meet challenges of job market according to new EU survey [6 November 2006]
- http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/06/1507&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
- FIFTEEN YEARS OF WORKING CONDITIONS IN THE EU: CHARTING THE TRENDS [7 November 2006]
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int//publications/htmlfiles/ef0685.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/pubdocs/2006/85/en/1/ef0685en.pdf
- [full-text, 8 pages]
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Working and Living Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
- Fourth European Working Conditions Surveys (2005)
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int//ewco/surveys/EWCS2005/index.htm
- includes
- Fourth European Working Conditions Survey: Résumé
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int//publications/htmlfiles/ef0678.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/pubdocs/2006/78/en/1/ef0678en.pdf
- [full-text, 12 pages]
- and
- Fourth European Working Conditions survey (infosheet)
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int//publications/htmlfiles/ef0652.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/pubdocs/2006/52/en/1/ef0652en.pdf
- [full-text 2 pages]
- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
- Sickness, Disability and Work: Breaking the Barriers (Vol. 1) - Norway, Poland and Switzerland [7 November 2006]
- http://www.oecd.org/document/25/0,2340,en_2649_201185_37600345_1_1_1_1,00.html
- [full-text available via SourceOECD at most universities]
- Census
- Current Population Survey (CPS)
- Technical Paper 66 (TP66)
- Design and Methodology
- Issued October 2006
- http://www.census.gov/prod/2006pubs/tp-66.pdf
- [full-text, 175 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RL31146
- Foreign Students in the United States: Policies and Legislation
- Updated October 11, 2006
- Chad Christian Haddal, Analyst in Immigration Policy, Domestic Social Policy Division
- http://opencrs.cdt.org/rpts/RL31146_20061011.pdf
- [full-text, 18 pages]
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Characteristics of Recent Science and Engineering Graduates: 2003, NSF 06-329 [6 November 2006]
- http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf06329/
- or
- http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf06329/pdf/nsf06329.pdf
- [full-text, 207 pages]
- and
- DETAILED TABLES
- http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf06329/pdf/tables.pdf
- [full-text, 82 pages]
- AARP Public Policy Institute
- Workplace Issues
- Older Worker Training: What We Know and Don't Know [October 2006]
- Research Report
- http://www.aarp.org/research/work/issues/2006_22_worker.html
- or
- http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/econ/2006_22_worker.pdf
- [full-text, 37 pages]
- Neil Charness, Florida State University, Sara J. Czaja, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
- October 2006
- Council for Affordable Health Insurance
- STATE HEALTH INSURANCE INDEX 2006:
- A 50-State Comparison of the Nations Health Insurance Market [26 October 2006]
- http://www.cahi.org/cahi_contents/resources/pdf/StateIndex.pdf
- [full-text, 6 pages]
- Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
- November 2006
- EBRI Issue Brief #299
- Employment-Based Retirement Plan Participation: Geographic Differences and Trends, 2005 [2 November 2006]
- http://www.ebri.org/publications/ib/index.cfm?fa=ibDisp&content_id=3761
- or
- http://www.ebri.org/pdf/briefspdf/EBRI_IB_11-20061.pdf
- [full-text, 36 pages]
- Press Release
- More Women Workers Than Men Have a Retirement Plan in Key Employment Group [2 November 2006]
- http://www.ebri.org/pdf/PR_753_02Nov06.pdf
- [New!] INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (ITCU) web site
- http://www.ituc-csi.org/
- For ENGLISH language use
- http://www.ituc-csi.org/spip.php?rubrique1&lang=en
- Migration Information Source (MIS)
- Trans-Saharan Migration to North Africa and the EU: Historical Roots and Current Trends
- By Hein de Haas, University of Oxford
- November 1, 2006
- http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=484
- URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER KANSAS CITY
- STATE OF BLACK KANSAS CITY
- 2006 EQUALITY INDEX [23 October 2006]
- http://www.ulkc.org/race/2006-equality-index/ULEQUALITYINDEX.pdf
- [full-text, 32 pages]
- EEOC
- TYSON FOODS AGREES TO RESOLVE RACE HARASSMENT AND RETALIATION LAWSUIT [7 November 2006]
- Settlement by EEOC and Private Plaintiffs Mandates Systemic Changes
- http://www.eeoc.gov/press/11-7-06.html
- BLS: JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER: SEPTEMBER 2006 [7 November 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/jolts.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/jolts.pdf
- [full-text, 16 pages]
- BLS: EMPLOYMENT COST INDEXSUPPLEMENTAL DATA
- Health insurance, private industry, 12-month percent change in employer costs per hour worked [October 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ect/sp/echealth.pdf
- [full-text, 1 page]
- BLS: THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: OCTOBER 2006 [3 November 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm
- and
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf
- [full-text, 25 pages]
- and
- Supplemental Files Table of Contents
- http://www.bls.gov/web/empsit.supp.toc.htm
- BLS: PRODUCTIVITY AND COSTS Third Quarter 2006, preliminary [2 November 2006]
- 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
- Women in National Parliaments [as of 31 October 2006]
- http://www.ipu.org/wmn-e/world.htm
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.
****************************************
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
****************************************
# posted by SBasefsky : 9:51 AM
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 1 November 2006
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, 1 November 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, 1 November 2006
Academic Research
- Tangian A.S. (2006)
- European flexicurity: concepts (operational definitions), methodology (monitoring instruments), and policies (consistent implementations).
- WSI Diskussionspapier 148, Hans Böckler Foundation, Düsseldorf, 60 pp.
- http://www.boeckler.de/pdf/p_wsi_diskp_148_e.pdf
- [full-text, 60 pages]
- Abstract:
- http://www.boeckler.de/cps/rde/xchg/SID-3D0AB75D-54D005A6/hbs/hs.xsl/show_product_wsi.html?productfile=HBS-003699.xml
- Released this week --
- Keep Them on Your Side: Leading and Managing for Momentum (Adams Media, 2006)
- by Samuel Bacharach
- http://adamsmedia.stores.yahoo.net/kethonyosi.html
- or
- http://www.amazon.com/Keep-Them-Your-Side-Momentum/dp/1593377290/sr=1-1/qid=1162389913/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-9005202-1084053?ie=UTF8&s=books
- [The the first book to address maintaining organizational momentum for projects and agendas and managing change for the long haul].
International
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
- European Working Conditions Observatory (EWCO)
- Annual review of working conditions in the EU: 20052006 [25 October 2006]
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/htmlfiles/ef0620.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/pubdocs/2006/20/en/1/ef0620en.pdf
- [full-text, 100 pages]
- International Labour Organization (ILO)
- GLOBAL EMPLOYMENT TRENDS FOR YOUTH [27 October 2006]
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/download/gety06en.pdf
- [full-text, 58 pages]
- Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT)
- [Japan] MAIN LABOR ECONOMIC INDICATORS [updated 31 October 2006]
- http://www.jil.go.jp/english/estatis/eshuyo/200611/index.htm
- BLS: SURVEY OF WORKPLACE VIOLENCE PREVENTION, 2005 [27 October 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/osnr0026.txt
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/osnr0026.pdf
- [full-text, 18 pages]
- U.S. Department of Labor
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- September 2006
- Report 997
- Extended Mass Layoffs in 2005 [23 October 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/mls/mlsreport997.pdf
- [full-text, 42 pages]
- BLS: Compensation and Working Conditions (CWC) Online
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/home.htm
- Major Work Stoppages in 2004 and 2005 [25 October 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/cb20061018ar01p1.htm
- Census
- Educational Attainment in the United States: 2005 [26 October 2006]
- http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/educ-attn.html
- DETAILED TABLES
- http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/education/cps2005.html
- Press Release
- Census Bureau Data Underscore Value of College Degree
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/education/007660.html
- Census
- State and Metropolitan Area Data Book: 2006 (6th Edition) [25 October 2006]
- A Statistical Abstract Supplement
- http://www.census.gov/prod/2006pubs/smadb/smadb-06.pdf
- [full-text, 448 pages]
- See Press Release
- Census Bureau's State & Metro Book:
- Rochester a Health Mecca, Florida Metros Lead Medicare Rolls,
- Virginia Tops in Newspaper Readership
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/007665.html
- THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES
- Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
- Background Paper
- Projecting Labor Force Participation and Earnings in CBO's Long-Term Microsimulation Model
- October 2006
- http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/76xx/doc7676/10-27-LaborForce.pdf
- [full-text, 120 pages]
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
- October 30, 2006
- Web Publication
- Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted, 2005 [30 October 2006]
- http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/killed/2005/
- Office of Immigration Statistics (OIS)
- Mapping Immigration:
- Legal Permanent Residents (LPRs) [25 October 2006]
- http://www.uscis.gov/graphics/shared/statistics/data/maps/lprmaps.htm
- Women's Bureau
- Quick Facts
- Employment Status of Women and Men in 2005
- http://www.dol.gov/wb/factsheets/Qf-ESWM05.htm
- National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)
- Disabilities and Employment
- http://www.ncsl.org/programs/employ/disab-work.htm
- American Association of University Professors (AAUP)
- AAUP Faculty Gender Equity Indicators 2006 [26 October 2006]
- Martha S. West and John W. Curtis
- http://www.aaup.org/NR/rdonlyres/63396944-44BE-4ABA-9815-5792D93856F1/0/AAUPGenderEquityIndicators2006.pdf
- [full-text, 86 pages]
- See Press Release 26 October 2006
- New Gender Equity Report
- http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/newsroom/pressreleases/gender.htm
- Mercer
- As retirement lifestyle expectations fall, savings stress rises
- United States
- New York, 30 October 2006
- http://www.mercerhr.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1247510
- Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
- Press Release
- SHRM Forms Alliance with ODEP to Promote Employment of Workers with Disabilities [27 October 2006]
- http://www.shrm.org/press_published/CMS_018991.asp#P-4_0
- National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)
- NCSL 50-State Legislative Tracking Web Resources
- Updated October 2006
- http://www.ncsl.org/programs/lis/lrl/50statetracking.htm
- At the request of NCSL's Legislative Research Librarians (LRL) staff section, NCSL has developed this resource of 50-state compilations covering various issues that concern state legislators and legislative staff. Here you will find a topical, alphabetical listing of legislative and statutory databases, compilations and state charts/maps.
- See
- Labor & Employment as a key example:
- Day Laborer Laws (statutes)
- http://www.ncsl.org/programs/employ/daylabor.htm
- Employment (legislative bill tracking)
- (Includes Pensions and Retirement Plans, Minimum Wage, Living Wage, Family Leave, Prevailing Wage, Outsourcing and Unemployment Insurance)
- http://www.ncsl.org/programs/employ/e-chart.htm
- Family/Medical Leave Laws (statutes)
- http://www.ncsl.org/programs/employ/fmlachart.htm
- Job Applicant Credit Check Laws (statutes)
- http://www.ncsl.org/programs/employ/jobapplicantcreditchecklaws.htm
- Medical Leave Laws (statutes)
- http://www.ncsl.org/programs/employ/fmlachart.htm
- Minimun Wage Laws (statutes)
- http://www.ncsl.org/programs/employ/stateminimumwages2006.htm
- Minors - Employment Laws (statutes)
- http://www.ncsl.org/programs/employ/childlabor.htm
- Overtime Laws (statutes)
- http://www.ncsl.org/programs/employ/workhours.htm
- Sick Leave Laws (statutes)
- http://www.ncsl.org/programs/employ/sickleave.htm
- Unlawful Discrimination Laws (statutes)
- http://www.ncsl.org/programs/employ/empdisc.htm
- BEA: PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS: SEPTEMBER 2006 [30 October 2006]
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrel/pinewsrelease.htm
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/pi0906.pdf
- [full-text, 12 pages]
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/pi0906.xls
- [spreadsheet]
- and
- Highlights
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/pi0906_fax.pdf
- Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
- Advance Estimates of GDP by State for 2005 by NAICS Sector [26 October 2006]
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrel/GSPNewsRelease.htm
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/gsp1006.pdf
- [full-text, 10 pages]
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/gsp1006.xls
- [spreadsheet]
- and
- Highlights
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/gsp1006_fax.pdf
- BLS: EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX-SEPTEMBER 2006 [31 October 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/eci.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/eci.pdf
- [full-text, 25 pages]
- and
- Supplemental Files Table of Contents
- http://www.bls.gov/web/eci.supp.toc.htm
- BLS: Comparative Civilian Labor Force Statistics, 10 Countries, 1960-2005 [19 October 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/fls/flscomparelf.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/fls/lfcompendium.pdf
- [full-text, 37 pages]
- BLS: COUNTY EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES: FIRST QUARTER 2006 [26 October 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cewqtr.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cewqtr.pdf
- [full-text, 23 pages]
- New York State DIGITAL COLLECTIONS
- New York State Government Publications
- Executive Branch
- Labor
- Unfortunately at this site, the links that are attached to a sequence or pathway time out. Consequently to get to the material listed above, one has to do the following:
- (1) Go to --
- Excelsior: New York State Library/Archives/Museum Catalog
- http://nysl.nysed.gov/uhtbin/cgisirsi/RaNqSVFAsS/0/49
- (2) Click on the button at the bottom entitled, SEARCH DIGITAL COLLECTIONS
- This should take you to a page on which the Third Button at the Top says, BROWSE
- (3) Click on the BROWSE button
- This will take you to a page where one of the collections listed will be NEW YORK STATE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS
- (4) Click on NEW YORK STATE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS
- (5) Then click on EXECUTIVE BRANCH
- (6) Then click on LABOR
- Following the same logic, one will find the material listed under LABOR
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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