Monday, August 06, 2007
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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
________________________________________________________________________
NO MESSAGES will be sent until 5 September 2007
______________________________
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
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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
________________________________________________________________________
NO MESSAGES will be sent until 5 September 2007
______________________________
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
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# posted by SBasefsky : 12:06 PM
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 1 August 2007
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 August 2007
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.
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
****************************************
_______________________________
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 August 2007
Academic Research
- U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC)
- Staff Research Study
- Competitive Conditions for Foreign Direct Investment in India [July 2007]
- (Publication 3931)
- Laura Bloodgood, Office of Industries
- http://hotdocs.usitc.gov/docs/pubs/332/pub3931.pdf
- [full-text, 153 pages]
- Federal Reserve Board (FRB)
- Finance and Economics Discussion Series
- Employer-to-Employer Flows in the United States: Estimates Using Linked Employer-Employee Data [July 2007]
- Melissa Bjelland, Bruce Fallick, John Haltiwanger, and Erika McEntarfer
- 2007-30
- http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/feds/2007/200730/200730abs.html
- or
- http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/feds/2007/200730/200730pap.pdf
- [full-text, 45 pages]
- CAHRS Working Paper 07-11
- Why High and Low Performers Leave and What They Find Elsewhere: Job Performance Effects on Employment Transitions
- Charlie O. Trevor, John P. Hausknecht, Michael J. Howard
- http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/depts/cahrs/downloads/PDFs/WorkingPapers/WP07-11.pdf
- [full-text, 42 pages]
- Staff Research Study
International
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
- Job satisfaction and labour market mobility [10 July 2007]
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0710.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2007/10/en/1/ef0710en.pdf
- [full-text, 53 pages]
- ILO, Workers Activities, ACTRAV
- Additional publications at http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/actrav/publ/ledpubl.htm
- Labour Education 2006/4
- No. 145
- Social security for all: Trade union policies
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/actrav/publ/145/145.pdf
- [full-text, 128 pages]
- OECD Communications Outlook 2007 [July 2007]
- http://www.oecd.org/document/17/0,3343,en_2649_201185_38876369_1_1_1_1,00.html
- Summary
- http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/3/50/38988835.pdf
- OECD EMPLOYMENT OUTLOOK [June 2007]
- http://www.oecd.org/document/38/0,3343,en_2649_34731_36936230_1_1_1_1,00.html
- Summary
- http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/28/32/38798341.pdf
- [full-text, 6 pages]
- See also
- OECD POLICY BRIEF:
- Globalisation, Jobs and Wages
- http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/27/1/38796126.pdf
- [full-text, 8 pages]
- World Bank &
- Center for Global Development
- Inexcusable Absence: Why 60 Million Girls Still Aren't In School and What to do About It
- http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/11898/
- (Scroll down to bottom for full-text access by Chapter)
- Press Release
- Most Out-of-School Girls from Excluded Minority Groups, Says Book
- http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:21423991~pagePK:64257043~piPK:437376~theSitePK:4607,00.html
- Job satisfaction and labour market mobility [10 July 2007]
- Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
- Compensation and Working Conditions Online
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/home.htm
- Injuries, Illnesses and Fatalities in Manufacturing, 2005 [25 July 2007]
- by Tiffany M. Brown
- Originally Posted: July 25, 2007
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/sh20070719ar01p1.htm
- CDC
- Mobidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
- 56(29);737-740
- July 27, 2007
- Types of Alcoholic Beverages Usually Consumed by Students in 9th--12th Grades --- Four States, 2005
- http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5629a3.htm?s_cid=mm5629a3_x
- or
- http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5629.pdf
- [see page 737]
- CENSUS BUREAU
- Local Employment Dynamics
- The Geographic Distribution and Characteristics of Older Workers in Maine: 2004 [23 July 2007]
- Issued July 2007
- LED-OW2007-ME
- http://www.census.gov/prod/2007pubs/ledow07me.pdf
- [full-text, 12 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- China's Economic Conditions
- Updated July 13, 2007
- Wayne M. Morrison, Specialist in International Trade and Finance
- Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division
- http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL33534.pdf
- [full-text, 29 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- China's Currency: A Summary of the Economic Issues [11 July 2007]
- Wayne M. Morrison, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division
- Marc Labonte, Government and Finance Division
- http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RS21625.pdf
- [full-text, 6 pages]
- Department of Labor
- ODEP News Release: [07/26/2007]
- U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao recognizes 17th anniversary of Americans with Disabilities Act
- Labor Department offers small businesses tool to aid in hiring of people with disabilities
- http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/odep/odep20071130.htm
- VIDEO
- How to Improve ROI: Employment Solutions for Small Business - May 2007 (10:00)
- http://www.dol.gov/odep/newfreedom/coc2007/videos.htm
- Federal Agency Taskforce
- Forum on Child and Family Statistics
- America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2007 [July 2007]
- http://www.childstats.gov/americaschildren/index.asp
- or
- http://www.childstats.gov/pubs.asp
- or
- http://www.childstats.gov/pdf/ac2007/ac_07.pdf
- [full-text, 207 pages]
- National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
- Digest of Education Statistics, 2006 [26 July 2007]
- http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2007017
- or
- http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2007/2007017.pdf
- [full-text, 736 pages]
- Pew Charitable Trust
- Economic Mobility Project
- ECONOMIC MOBILITY OF IMMIGRANTS IN THE UNITED STATES [24 July 2007]
- http://www.economicmobility.org/reports_and_research/?id=0003
- or
- http://www.economicmobility.org/assets/pdfs/Pew_Economic_Mobility_Immigrants.pdf
- [full-text, 14 pages] -- includes Executive Summary as well.
- Executive Summary
- http://www.economicmobility.org/assets/pdfs/Pew_Economic_Mobility_Immigrants_ES.pdf
- [full-text, 4 pages]
- SBA
- Office of Advocacy
- The Relationship Between Employee Turnover and Employee Compensation in Small Business [26 July 2007]
- by John B. Hope and Patrick C. Mackin, SAG Corporation, Annandale, VA 22003
- for the SBA Office of Advocacy,under contract number SBAHQ-05-Q-0012
- Release Date: July 2007
- http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs308tot.pdf
- [full-text, 45 pages]
- Research Summary at
- http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs308.pdf
- Compensation and Working Conditions Online
- The Center for Education Reform
- Annual Survey of AMERICA'S CHARTER SCHOOLS [26 July 2007]
- http://www.edreform.com/_upload/cer_charter_survey.pdf
- [full-text, 20 pages]
- and
- Understanding CONSTITUTIONS & CHARTER SCHOOLS [26 July 2007]
- http://www.edreform.com/_upload/CER_charter_constitutionality.pdf
- [full-text, 6 pages]
- Press Release
- Education Programs Constitutional; Growth Steady. July 26, 2007
- Studies document court decisions on charter schools and rising enrollment among minorities
- http://www.edreform.com/index.cfm?fuseAction=document&documentID=2691§ionID=55
- Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
- August 2007
- EBRI Issue Brief #308
- Paperback, 40 pp.
- 401(k) Plan Asset Allocation, Account Balances, and Loan Activity in 2006 [31 July 2007]
- http://www.ebri.org/publications/ib/index.cfm?fa=ibDisp&content_id=3838
- or
- Press Release
- http://www.ebri.org/pdf/PR_773_31July07.pdf
- Foundation for Child Development
- International Comparisons of Child Well-Being The United States and Four English-Speaking Countries [17 July 2007]
- http://www.fcd-us.org/usr_doc/2007CWIIntlReport.pdf
- [full-text, 17 pages]
- CHARTS
- http://www.fcd-us.org/usr_doc/CWI_Intl-ChartsofIndicators.ppt
- Presentation
- http://www.fcd-us.org/usr_doc/CWI_Intl_Ken_Land_Presentation.ppt
- Press Release
- 2007 Child Well-Being Index (CWI) Special Focus Report on International [17 July 2007]
- Published: July 2007
- http://www.fcd-us.org/resources/resources_show.htm?doc_id=510642
- ETUI-REHS
- European Economic and Employment Policy Brief:
- No. 3 2007
- ISSN 1782]2165
- No vacation nation USA a comparison of leave and holiday in OECD countries [4 July 2007]
- http://www.etui-rehs.org/research/media/files/eeepb/2007/3_2007
- [full-text, 18 pages]
- See Press Release (4 July 2007)
- ENJOY YOUR SUMMER HOLIDAYS: YOU ARE EUROPEAN
- http://www.etui-rehs.org/en/about_etui_rehs/press/press_releases
- Reason Foundation
- ANNUAL PRIVATIZATION REPORT 2007 [26 July 2007]
- http://reason.org/apr2007/
- or
- http://reason.org/apr2007/apr2007.pdf
- [full-text, 122 pages]
- Press Release [26 July 2007]
- Reason Foundation's Annual Privatization Report
- Long-term toll road leases and global airport privatization among the top trends
- http://www.reason.org/news/annual_privatization_report_072607.shtml
- Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
- FMLA and Its IMPACT on ORGANIZATIONS [27 July 2007]
- http://www.shrm.org/hrresources/surveys_published/FMLA%20And%20Its%20Impact%20On%20Organizations%20Survey%20Report.pdf
- [full-text, 48 pages]
- Press Release
- SHRM Study Highlights FMLA's Challenges [27 July 2007]
- http://www.shrm.org/press_published/CMS_022471.asp#P-4_0
- Watson Wyatt
- Pension Plan Freezes Slowing, Watson Wyatt Finds [23 July 2007]
- Most Firms Committed to Keeping Plans
- http://www.watsonwyatt.com/news/press.asp?ID=17616
- Annual Survey of AMERICA'S CHARTER SCHOOLS [26 July 2007]
- EEOC
- SUBWAY FRANCHISE TO PAY $166,500 FOR DISABILITY BIAS, JURY RULES IN EEOC LAWSUIT [27 July 2007]
- Former Area Supervisor with Hearing Impairment Wins Harassment Case
- http://www.eeoc.gov/press/7-27-07.html
- SUBWAY FRANCHISE TO PAY $166,500 FOR DISABILITY BIAS, JURY RULES IN EEOC LAWSUIT [27 July 2007]
- BEA: PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS: JUNE 2007 [31 July 2007]
- REVISED ESTIMATES: 2004 THROUGH MAY 2007
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/pinewsrelease.htm
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2007/pdf/pi0607.pdf
- [full-text, 28 pages]
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2007/xls/pi0607.xls
- [spreadsheet]
- and
- Highlights
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2007/pihighlights.pdf
- BEA: NATIONAL INCOME AND PRODUCT ACCOUNTS [27 July 2007]
- * SECOND QUARTER 2007 GDP (ADVANCE)
- * REVISED ESTIMATES: 2004 THROUGH FIRST QUARTER 2007
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/gdpnewsrelease.htm
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2007/pdf/gdp207a.pdf
- [full-text, 35 pages]
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2007/xls/gdp207a.xls
- [spreadsheet]
- and
- Highlights
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2007/pdf/gdp207a_fax.pdf
- BLS: EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX-JUNE 2007 [31 July 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/eci.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/eci.pdf
- [full-text, 22 pages]
- and
- Supplemental Files Table of Contents
- http://www.bls.gov/web/eci.supp.toc.htm
- BLS: COUNTY EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES: FOURTH QUARTER 2006 [25 July 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cewqtr.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cewqtr.pdf
- [full-text, 24 pages]
- CENSUS BUREAU RSS FEEDS
- http://www.census.gov/main/www/feeds.html
- Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
- Employment and Trends of Federal Civilian Workforce Statistics January 2007 [23 July 2007]
- http://www.opm.gov/feddata/html/2007/january/index.asp
- See also --
- http://www.opm.gov/feddata/html/empt.asp
- and
- http://www.opm.gov/feddata/index.asp
- REVISED ESTIMATES: 2004 THROUGH MAY 2007
- CBO Testimony
- Statement of Robert A. Sunshine
- Assistant Director for Budget Analysis
- Estimated Costs of U.S. Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and of Other Activities Related to the War on Terrorism
- before the Committee on Budget
- U.S. House of Representatives
- July 31, 2007
- http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdoc.cfm?index=8497&type=0
- or
- http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/84xx/doc8497/07-30-WarCosts_Testimony.pdf
- [full-text, 18 pages]
- GAO-07-816
- AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE [30 July 2007]
- Additional HHS Assistance Needed to Help States Reduce the Proportion in Care
- http://waysandmeans.house.gov/media/pdf/110/GAO%20rpt%20Af%20Am%20and%20Foster%20Care.pdf
- or
- http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d07816.pdf
- [full-text, 87 pages]
- How Latino Culture is Transforming the U.S. [1 July 2007]
- by Cristina Benitez
- Foreword by Henry Cisneros
- ISBN 978-0-9786602-5-3; 128 pages, hardcover
- http://www.paramountbooks.com/prodpage.cfm?cat_selected=43&product_selected=237&startrow=1
- Baby Boomers and Their Parents: Surprising Findings About Their Lifestyles, Mindsets, and Well-Being [July 2007]
- by George P. Moschis, PhD and Anil Mathur, PhD
- ISBN 978-0-9786602-4-6, 244 pages, hardcover
- http://www.paramountbooks.com/prodpage.cfm?cat_selected=43&product_selected=230&startrow=1
- Art/Works - American Labor Graphics
- Lincoln Cushing and Timothy W.
- to be published by Cornell University Press in 2008
- http://www.docspopuli.org/ArtWorks.html
- READ about this upcoming book at the URL above. Note the following, however --
- ...unlike almost every other full color art book published these days,
- at the authors' request this will be printed at a North American union shop.. http://www.docspopuli.org/articles/UnionLabels/Use_the_union_label.html
- In order to keep this book affordable (expected retail price should be around $25) so it gets into the hands of the working people that will appreciate it most, Cornell University Press needs a subsidy (known in the publishing industry as "subvention") of $20,000. The Fund for Labor Culture and History has graciously agreed to serve as nonprofit fiscal agent.
- We need your help
to spread the word about this project and to raise the subvention funds. Please ask your union local, international, or labor-support organization to help us bring these important works before the public by contributing to the fundraising or placing advance bulk orders. All donations are tax-deductible please make checks out to "Art/Works c/o Fund for Labor Culture and History."- Thank you.
- In solidarity,
- Lincoln Cushing and Tim Drescher
- Art/Works
- www.docspopuli.com/ArtWorks.html
- 822 Santa Barbara Road, Berkeley, CA 94707
- (510) 418-5193
- Statement of Robert A. Sunshine
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
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