Friday, December 19, 2008
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin - NO MESSAGES until 7 January 2009
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 7 January 2009.
______________________________
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 7 January 2009.
______________________________
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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# posted by SBasefsky : 12:14 PM
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 17 December 2008
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, 17 December 2008
Academic Research
http://www.global-labour-university.org/164.html
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) Research Department Working Papers Research Topic: Labor and Social Issues http://www.iadb.org/res/pub_list.cfm?pub_type_id=LAB&language=En&parid=2
ILR Press (an imprint of Cornell University Press) LERA Research Volume THE GLOVES-OFF ECONOMY: Workplace Standards at the Bottom of America's Labor Market [December 2008] Annette Bernhardt (Editor); Heather Boushey (Editor); Laura Dresser (Editor); Chris Tilly (Editor) http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_detail.taf?ti_id=5301
International Labour Organization INFORM Bureau of Library and Information Services Resource Guide on Microfinance [December 2008] http://www.ilo.org/public/english/support/lib/resource/subject/microf.htm
UPJOHN INSTITUTE WORKING PAPERS http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/wp/index.htm
Government Reports/Press - International, Federal, State, Local
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, 17 December 2008
Academic Research
- GLOBAL LABOUR UNIVERSITY WORKING PAPERS
Government Reports/Press - International, Federal, State, Local
International
- Prepared by the African Development Institute (EADI) of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group.
- EMINENT SPEAKERS SERIES
- Sharing Visions of Africa's Development, Volume I
- A Publication of the 2006- 2007 Eminent Speakers Seminars
- http://www.afdb.org/pls/portal/url/ITEM/5DDA8C10E268FD24E040C00A0C3D35FC
- [full-text, 220 pages]
- Press Release 12 December 2008
- Knowledge for Development: Launch of the Publication "Sharing Visions of Africa's Development"
- http://www.afdb.org/portal/page?_pageid=293,174339&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&press_item=30771194&press_lang=us
- Asian Development Bank (ADB)
- ASIA ECONOMIC MONITOR DECEMBER 2008 [11 Decmember 2008]
- http://aric.adb.org/asia-economic-monitor/2008-December
- or
- http://aric.adb.org/pdf/aem/dec08/Dec_AEM_complete.pdf
- [full-text, 79 pages]
- Press Release 11 December 2008
- Slowdown in Growth, Difficult Year Ahead for Developing Asia, Says ADB
- http://www.adb.org/Media/Articles/2008/12753-asian-growth-slowdown/default.asp
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
- Agriculture and fishing (Fact sheet) [12 December 2008]
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef08141.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2008/141/en/1/ef08141en.pdf
- [full-text, 4 pages]
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
- European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)
- COMPARATIVE STUDY
- Wage flexibility [10 December 2008]
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn0803019s/index.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn0803019s/tn0803019s.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/eiro/tn0803019s/tn0803019s.pdf
- [full-text, 45 pages]
- Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
- Statistics
- http://www.iadb.org/research/statistics.cfm?lang=en
- Key Indicators
- http://www.iadb.org/gl
- Governance Database
- http://www.iadb.org/datagob/index.html
- Social indicators
- http://www.iadb.org/sociometro/index.html
- Trade Statistics
- http://dataintal.iadb.org
- Country Indicators
- http://www.iadb.org/countries/
- http://www.iadb.org/gl
- EMINENT SPEAKERS SERIES
- BLS PERIODICAL UPDATES [12 December 2008]
- * Employment & Earnings Online: November 2008
- Vol. 55 No. 11
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/ee/empearn200811.pdf
- [full-text, 219 pages]
- * PPI Detailed Report, Data for November 2008
- Vol. 12, No. 11
- http://www.bls.gov/ppi/ppidr200811.pdf
- [full-text, 161 pages]
- Census
- INTERNATIONAL DATA BASE
- http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/
- WORLD POPULATION INFORMATION
- http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/worldpopinfo.html
- Global Births Increasing Even as Fertility Rates Decline [15 December 2008]
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/international_population/013031.html
- Census
- Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): 2006 and 2007 [10 December 2008]
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/income_wealth/013030.html
- or
- http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/saipe/index.html
- Release summary of 2007 estimates »
- * http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/saipe/data/summary/2007.html
- School district estimates for 2007»
- * http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/saipe/data/schools/index.html
- State and county estimates for 2007 »
- * http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/saipe/data/statecounty/index.html
- View maps for 2007 »
- * http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/saipe/data/statecounty/maps/2007.html
- * http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/saipe/data/summary/2007.html
- Government Accountability Office (GAO)
- Testimony Before the Committee on Financial Services, House of Representatives
- AUTO INDUSTRY: A Framework for Considering Federal Financial Assistance, GAO-09-247T, December 05, 2008
- http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09247t.pdf
- [full-text, 14 pages]
- Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
- Immigration Enforcement Actions: 2007 [12 December 2008]
- http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/statistics/publications/enforcement_ar_07.pdf
- [full-text, 4 pages]
- National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
- Employees in Postsecondary Institutions, Fall 2007, and Salaries of Full-Time Instructional Faculty 2007-08 [11 December 2008]
- http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2009154
- or
- http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2009/2009154.pdf
- [full-text, 43 pages]
- United States International Trade Commission (USITC)
- Textile and Apparel Imports from China: Statistical Reports (332-501)
- http://www.usitc.gov/ind_econ_ana/research_ana/chinareports_332.htm
- Request Letter
- * http://www.usitc.gov/ind_econ_ana/research_ana/Ongoing_Inv/Request_Letter_a23d29.pdf
- News Release
- * http://www.usitc.gov/ext_relations/news_release/2008/er1031ff1.htm
- Federal Register Notice
- * http://www.usitc.gov/ind_econ_ana/research_ana/332-501_institution.pdf
- Import Monitoring Statistics, December 1, 2008 Report
- * http://www.usitc.gov/ind_econ_ana/research_ana/ITC_textile_apparel_import_monitoring_20081201.xls
- * http://www.usitc.gov/ind_econ_ana/research_ana/Ongoing_Inv/Request_Letter_a23d29.pdf
- * Employment & Earnings Online: November 2008
- AARP Policy & Research
- Retired Spouses: A National Survey of Adults 55-75
- Research Report
- Jean Koppen, AARP Knowledge Management
- Gretchen Anderson, AARP Knowledge Management
- November 2008
- http://www.aarp.org/research/work/retirement/retired_spouses.html
- or
- http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/general/retired_spouses.pdf
- [full-text, 56 pages]
- Brookings Institution
- Stock Market Fluctuations and Retiree Incomes: An Update [31 October 2008]
- Gary Burtless
- http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/papers/2008/1031_market_burtless/1031_market_burtless.pdf
- [full-text, 13 pages]
- Summary
- http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2008/1031_market_burtless.aspx
- Brookings Institution
- LIVING WAGE LAWS: HOW MUCH DO (CAN) THEY MATTER? [10 December 2008]
- Harry J. Holzer, Georgetown University
- A Discussion Paper Prepared for the Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program
- December 2008
- http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/reports/2008/1210_living_wage_holzer/living_wage_report.pdf
- [full-text, 39 pages]
- Executive Summary
- http://www.brookings.edu/reports/2008/1210_living_wage_holzer.aspx
- Brookings Institution
- From Prison to Work: A Proposal for a National Prisoner Reentry Program [December 2008]
- Bruce Western, Director, Program in Inequality and Social Policy, Harvard University
- Hamilton Project Discussion Paper
- http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/papers/2008/12_prison_to_work_western/12_prison_to_work_western.pdf
- [full-text, 38 pages]
- ABSTRACT
- http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2008/12_prison_to_work_western.aspx
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP)
- THE LONG-TERM FISCAL OUTLOOK IS BLEAK
- Restoring Fiscal Sustainability Will Require Major Changes to
- Programs, Revenues, and the Nation's Health Care System
- By Richard Kogan, Kris Cox, and James Horney
- http://www.cbpp.org/12-16-08bud.htm>http://www.cbpp.org/12-16-08bud.htm
- or
- http://www.cbpp.org/12-16-08bud.pdf
- [full-text, 16 pages]
- Press Release
- NEW LONG-TERM DEFICIT PROJECTIONS PAINT GRIM PICTURE [16 December 2008]
- Rising Health Costs, Aging Population Are Biggest Challenges; Expected Economic Recovery Package Not a Big Factor
- http://www.cbpp.org/12-16-08bud-pr.htm
- or
- http://www.cbpp.org/12-16-08bud-pr.pdf
- Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
- New Edition of EBRI's
- Fundamentals of Employee Benefit Programs
- Available in January 2009
- http://www.ebri.org/pdf/PR_820_12Dec08.pdf
- Fiscal Policy Institute (FPI) Report
- www.fiscalpolicy.org
- New York City Unemployment in 2009The Emerging Crisis [11 December 2008]
- http://www.fiscalpolicy.org/EmergingUnemploymentCrisisNYC2009.html
- or
- http://www.fiscalpolicy.org/FPI_NYC_EmergingUnemploymentCrisis2009_December2008.pdf
- [full-text, 16 pages]
- Institute for America's Future
- MAIN STREET RECOVERY PROGRAM [11 December 2008]
- http://www.ourfuture.org/mainstreetrecovery
- or
- http://assets.ourfuture.org/documents/main-street-recovery-program.pdf
- [full-text, 22 pages]
- Mercer
- "Leading through unprecedented times" SnapShot Survey -- Summary [11 December 2008
- http://www.mercer.com/attachment.dyn?idContent=1326900&filePath=/attachments/English/UnprecTimes_SurveyResults.pdf
- [full-text, 22 pages]
- Leading through unprecedented times [11 December 2008]
- http://www.mercer.com/unprecedentedtimes
- Mercer
- S&P 1500 pension plans deficit hits record $280 billion [2 December 2008]
- http://www.mercer.com/summary.htm?idContent=1329965
- Pew Hispanic Center
- Latino Workers in the Ongoing Recession: 2007 to 2008 [15 December 2008]
- Rakesh Kochhar
- Associate Director for Research, Pew Hispanic Center
- http://pewhispanic.org/files/reports/99.pdf
- [full-text, 31 pages]
- Summary-
- Latino Workers in the Ongoing Recession: 2007 to 2008
- by Rakesh Kochhar, Associate Director for Research, Pew Hispanic Center
- December 15, 2008
- http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1054/latino-workers-in-the-ongoing-recession-2007-to-2008
- RAND
- Research Brief
- The Evolution of Corporate Governance in China [9 December 2008]
- By: Yong Kang, Lu Shi, Elizabeth D. Brown
- http://rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9405/
- or
- http://rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9405/index1.html
- or
- http://rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/2008/RAND_RB9405.pdf
- [full-text, 3 pages]
- See also the RAND Technical Report
- Chinese Corporate Governance: History and Institutional Framework
- By: Yong Kang, Lu Shi, Elizabeth D. Brown
- http://rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR618/
- or
- http://rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2008/RAND_TR618.pdf
- [full-text, 62 pages]
- and
- Summary
- http://rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2008/RAND_TR618.sum.pdf
- [full-text, 7 pages]
- Teamsters for a Democratic Union
- Ron Carey: Visionary Labor Leader Dies at 72
- First Democratically Elected Teamster President Remembered
- As A Corruption Fighter And Vindicated Reformer
- http://www.tdu.org/node/2633
- Watson Wyatt
- Effect of the Economy on Executive Compensation Programs [11 December 2008]
- www.watsonwyatt.com/ExecCompReport
- [full-text, 8 pages]
- Press Release 11 December 2008
- Recession Forcing Companies to Cut Executive Bonuses, Watson Wyatt Survey Finds
- http://watsonwyatt.com/news/press.asp?ID=20218
- Watson Wyatt
- U.S. Workers Taking Steps To Lower Medical Costs, Watson Wyatt Survey Finds [10 December 2008]
- Significant Drop in Number of Employees Willing to Pay Higher Premiums to Keep Out-of-Pocket Costs Low
- http://www.watsonwyatt.com/news/press.asp?ID=20212
- WorldatWork.org
- COMPANY CAR and VEHICLE ALLOWANCES 2008 [November 2008]
- A Survey Brief by WorldatWork
- http://www.worldatwork.org/waw/adimLink?id=29658
- [full-text, 12 pages]
- Retired Spouses: A National Survey of Adults 55-75
- World Legal Information Institute (WorldLII)
- Industrial Relations & Labor Law (Global)
- http://www.worldlii.org/catalog/51110.html
- Industrial Relations & Labor Law (Global)
- BEA: Revised Statistics of Gross Domestic Product by Industry [15 December 2008]
- Finance and Insurance Industries Led Slowdown in 2007
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/industry/gdpindustry/2008/gdpind07_rev.htm
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/industry/gdpindustry/2008/pdf/gdpind07_rev.pdf
- [full-text, 5 pages]
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/industry/gdpindustry/2008/xls/gdpind07_rev.xls
- [spreadsheet]
- and
- Highlights
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/industry/gdpindustry/2008/pdf/gdpind07_rev_fax.pdf
- BEA: U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES October 2008 [11 December 2008]
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2008/trad1008.htm
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2008/pdf/trad1008.pdf
- [full-text, 47 pages]
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2008/xls/trad_time_series_1008.xls
- [spreadsheet]
- and
- Highlights
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2008/pdf/trad1008_fax.pdf
- BLS: CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: NOVEMBER 2008 [16 December 2008]
- 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 NOVEMBER 2008 [16 December 2008]
- 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 - November 2008 [12 December 2008]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ppi.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ppi.pdf
- [full-text, 21 pages]
- BLS: EMPLOYER COSTS FOR EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION-SEPTEMBER 2008 [10 December 2008]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ecec.pdf
- [full-text, 27 pages]
- BLS: WORK EXPERIENCE OF THE POPULATION IN 2007 [10 December 2008]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/work.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/work.pdf
- [full-text, 9 pages]
- BLS: U.S. IMPORT AND EXPORT PRICE INDEXES - NOVEMBER 2008 - [11 December 2008]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ximpim.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ximpim.pdf
- [full-text, 15 pages]
- and
- Supplemental Files Table of Contents
- http://www.bls.gov/web/ximpim.supp.toc.htm
- Finance and Insurance Industries Led Slowdown in 2007
- Homelands Productions
- www.homelands.org
- WORKER BROWSER [now public 16 December 2008]
- http://working.homelands.org
- UNISON
- [UNISON is Britain and Europe's biggest public sector union with more than 1.3 million members].
- www.unison.org.uk
- Taking stock: the future of our public library service
- A report for UNISON by Steve Davies
- http://www.unison.org.uk/acrobat/17301.pdf
- [full-text, 31 pages]
- Press Release -
- Library Research Launch [15 December 2008]
- http://www.unison.org.uk/localgov/pages_view.asp?did=7992
- Workforce Development Institute (WDI)
- UNSEEN AMERICA'S PHOTO STREAM
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/unseenamerica/
- UNSEEN AMERICA - NEW YORK STATE [PHOTOS of WORKERS]
- http://unseenamericanys.blogspot.com/
- See Video at
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2l0Rkg6bpc
- www.homelands.org
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 : 7:12 AM
Tuesday, December 09, 2008
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 10 December 2008
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, 10 December 2008
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, 10 December 2008
Academic Research
- ILO
- Conditions of Work and Employment Programme
- Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 20
- Age discrimination and older workers: Theory and legislation in comparative context (2008)
- by Naj Ghosheh
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/condtrav/publ/20cwe.htm
- or
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/condtrav/pdf/20cws.pdf
- [full-text, 67 pages]
- International Institute for Labour Studies (IILS) at the ILO
- Research Series 117
- The promise and perils of participatory policy-making
- by Lucio Baccaro and Konstantinos Papadakis.
- http://www.ilo.org//public/english/bureau/inst/download/rs117.pdf
- [full-text, 77 pages]
- International Institute for Labour Studies (IILS) at the ILO
- Executive compensation: Trends and policy issues
- by Franz Christian Ebert, Raymond Torres and Konstantinos Papadakis.
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/download/dp19008.pdf
- [full-text, 40 pages]
- ILR Press (an imprint of Cornell University Press)
- THE CHANGING FACE OF MEDICINE: Women Doctors and the Evolution of Health Care in America [November 2008]
- Ann K. Boulis; Jerry A. Jacobs
- http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_detail.taf?ti_id=5252
- ILR Press (an imprint of Cornell University Press)
- BLUE-GREEN COALITIONS: Fighting for Safe Workplaces and Healthy Communities [December 2008]
- Brian Mayer
- http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_detail.taf?ti_id=5272
- Conditions of Work and Employment Programme
International
- European Commission (EC)
- Employment in Europe Report (2008) [18 November 2008]
- http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?langId=en&catId=89&newsId=415&furtherNews=yes
- or
- http://ec.europa.eu/social/BlobServlet?docId=681&langId=en
- [full-text, 292 pages]
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
- Living and working in Europe [28 November 2008]
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0890.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2008/90/en/1/EF0890EN.pdf
- [full-text, 28 pages]
- International Labour Organisation (ILO)
- Global Wage Report 2008/09: Minimum wages and collective bargaining: Towards policy coherence [25 November 2008]
- http://www.ilo.org/global/What_we_do/Publications/lang--en/docName--WCMS_100786/index.htm
- or
- http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/documents/publication/wcms_100786.pdf
- [full-text, 120 pages]
- Executive Summary
- http://www.ilo.org/global/What_we_do/Publications/lang--en/docName--WCMS_100790/index.htm
- or
- http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/documents/publication/wcms_100790.pdf
- [full-text, 4 pages]
- Press Release 25 November 2008]
- ILO warns of cuts in real wages for millions of workers in 2009 Declines follow decade in which wages failed to keep pace with economic growth
- http://www.ilo.org/global/About_the_ILO/Media_and_public_information/Press_releases/lang--en/WCMS_100783/index.htm
- OECD
- See the country notes for details about the OECD's policy recommendations.
- Denmark
- http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/9/36/41695696.pdf
- Finland
- http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/9/34/41695739.pdf
- Ireland
- http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/9/32/41696306.pdf
- Netherlands
- http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/9/31/41696331.pdf
- OECD says governments must continue reforms of disability systems [20 November 2008]
- http://www.oecd.org/document/43/0,3343,en_2649_34487_41689835_1_1_1_1,00.html
- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
- Economic Survey of the United States 2008 [9 December 2008]
- http://www.oecd.org/document/32/0,3343,en_2649_33733_41803296_1_1_1_1,00.html
- Executive Summary
- http://www.oecd.org/document/11/0,3343,en_2649_33733_41807435_1_1_1_1,00.html
- Employment in Europe Report (2008) [18 November 2008]
- Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
- Automotive Industry: Employment, Earnings, and Hours [2 December 2008]
- http://www.bls.gov/bls/auto.htm
- U.S. Department of Labor
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- October 2008
- Report 1008
- Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2004-2005 [14 November 2008]
- http://www.bls.gov/cex/twoyear/200405/csxtwoyr.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/cex/twoyear/200405/csxtwoyr.pdf
- [full-text, 45 pages]
- BLS: Monthly Labor Review Online [9 December 2008]
- November 2008
- Vol. 131, Number 11
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/home.htm
- 401(k) plans move away from employer stock as investment vehicle
- William J. Wiatrowski
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2008/11/art1full.pdf
- Occupational employment in the not-for-profit sector
- Zack Warren
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2008/11/art2full.pdf
- The employment rate of people with disabilities
- Burt S. Barnow
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2008/11/art3full.pdf
- How high school students use time: a visual essay
- Mary Dorinda Allard
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2008/11/art4full.pdf
- William J. Wiatrowski
- Census
- BUSINESS DYNAMICS STATISTICS
- http://www.ces.census.gov/index.php/bds
- LONGITUDINAL BUSINESS DATABASE
- http://www.ces.census.gov/index.php/ces/researchdata?detail_key=10
- Press Release
- Census Bureau Announces a New Product for Tracking Business Activity [2 December 2008]
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/employment_occupations/013012.html
- Census
- North American Transportation in Figures [19 November 2008]
- http://nats.sct.gob.mx/nats/
- or
- http://nats.sct.gob.mx/nats/sys/index.jsp?i=3 [English]
- Census
- A Compass for Understanding and Using American Community Survey Data: What the Media Need to Know [November 2008]
- http://www.census.gov/acs/www/Downloads/ACSMediaHandbook.pdf
- [full-text, 60 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RL34733
- NAFTA and the Mexican Economy
- November 4, 2008
- M. Angeles Villarreal, Specialist in International Trade and Finance, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division
- Marisabel Cid, Research Associate, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division
- http://opencrs.com/getfile.php?rid=65645
- or
- http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/565/
- or
- http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1570&context=key_workplace
- [full-text, 24 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Converting Retirement Savings into Income: Annuities and Periodic Withdrawals
- December 1, 2008
- Janemarie Mulvey, Specialist in Aging Policy
- Patrick Purcell, Specialist in Income Security, Domestic Social Policy Division
- http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/566/
- or
- http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1571&context=key_workplace
- [full-text, 40 pages]
- Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
- The Small Business Profiles for the States and Territories 2008 [20 November 2008]
- http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/profiles/
- or
- http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/profiles/08profilestot.pdf
- [full-text, 106 pages]
- U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION (USCC)
- 2008 REPORT TO CONGRESS [20 November 2008]
- of the
- U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION
- ONE HUNDRED TENTH CONGRESS
- SECOND SESSION
- NOVEMBER 2008
- http://www.uscc.gov/annual_report/2008/annual_report_full_08.pdf
- [full-text, 405 pages]
- Press Release 20 November 2008
- U.S. CHINA COMMISSION CITES CHINESE CYBER ATTACKS, AUTHORITARIAN RULE, AND TRADE VIOLATIONS AS IMPEDIMENTS TO U.S. ECONOMIC AND NATIONAL SECURITY INTERESTS
- http://www.uscc.gov/pressreleases/2008/08_11_20pr.php
- Automotive Industry: Employment, Earnings, and Hours [2 December 2008]
- Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
- Unions and Upward Mobility for Women Workers [2 December 2008]
- John Schmitt
- http://www.cepr.net/documents/publications/unions_and_upward_mobility_for_women_workers_2008_12.pdf
- [full-text, 10 pages]
- Press Release 2 December 2008
- Unionization Substantially Improves the Pay and Benefits of Women Workers
- Gains from union membership large, even compared to benefits of college education.
- http://www.cepr.net/index.php/press-releases/press-releases/unionization-substantially-improves-the-pay-and-benefits-of-women-workers/
- GLOBAL UNION RESEARCH NETWORK (GURN)
- http://www.gurn.info/en
- 18.11.08: New GURN Web
- http://www.gurn.info/en/18-11-08-new-web-site
- http://www.gurn.info/en/18-11-08-new-web-site
- International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
- 2008 ANNUAL SURVEY OF VIOLATIONS OF TRADE UNION RIGHTS [20 November 2008]
- http://survey08.ituc-csi.org/survey.php?mode=pr&IDCont=1&Lang=EN
- See Press Release 20 November 2008
- http://ituc-csi.org/spip.php?article2539
- LEGISTORM
- EARMARKS DATABASE
- http://www.legistorm.com/earmarks.html
- See PRESS RELEASE 19 November 2008
- LegiStorm Releases Congressional Earmarks Database On The Web
- http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/11/prweb1633194.htm
- [NOTE: The following series is appropriately used for teaching in high schools and colleges; training and development in industry; and for general policy discussions].
- American Public Media produced by Homelands Productions - http://homelands.org/
- MARKETPLACE (Radio & Website)
- WORKING [profiles of single workers in the global economy]
- http://marketplace.publicradio.org/segments/working/
- FIDELE MUSAFIRI
- http://marketplace.publicradio.org/segments/working/miner.html
- Manpower
- Manpower Employment Outlook Survey Q1/2009 [9 December 2008]
- http://manpower.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=38
- or
- http://manpower.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=44
- or
- http://manpower.mediaroom.com/file.php/221/Q109+MEOS+U.S.+Research+Report.pdf
- [full-text, 12 pages]
- Press Release 9 December 2008]
- Manpower Employment Outlook Survey Reveals
- Majority of U.S. Employers Holding Staff Steady for Q1 2009
- http://manpower.mediaroom.com/file.php/220/Q109+MEOS+U.S.+Release.pdf
- Mercer
- Mercer survey finds $1,000 health plan deductible was the norm in 2008 [19 November 2008]
- So what happens in next year's tough business environment?
- http://www.mercer.com/summary.htm?idContent=1328445
- Migration Information Source (MIS)
- TOP 10 MIGRATION ISSUES of 2008 [December 2008]
- http://www.migrationinformation.org/
- or
- http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=710
- (Click on Next Story for each of the following 9 stories)
- Migration Policy Institute (MPI) and Population Reference Bureau (PRB)
- Immigration: Data Matters
- http://www.migrationpolicy.org/pubs/2008DataGuide.pdf
- [full-text, 25 pages]
- Press Release 16 October 2008
- Immigration: Data Matters
- MPI and PRB Release Guide to Finding and Using Most Accurate Data
- http://www.migrationpolicy.org/news/2008_10_16.php
- Unions and Upward Mobility for Women Workers [2 December 2008]
- EEOC
- LA WEIGHT LOSS SETTLES NATIONWIDE SEX DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT WITH EEOC [2 December 2008]
- Company Refused to Hire Men into Weight Loss Counselor and Other Jobs, Agency Alleged
- http://www.eeoc.gov/press/12-2-08.html
- LEXIS WEB
- http://www.lexisweb.com
- LA WEIGHT LOSS SETTLES NATIONWIDE SEX DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT WITH EEOC [2 December 2008]
- BLS: JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER: OCTOBER 2008 [9 December 2008]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/jolts.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/jolts.pdf
- [full-text, 15 pages]
- BLS: REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: OCTOBER 2008 [21 November 2008]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/laus.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/laus.pdf
- [full-text, 20 pages]
- and
- Supplemental Files Table of Contents
- http://www.bls.gov/web/laus.supp.toc.htm
- BLS: MASS LAYOFFS IN OCTOBER 2008 [21 November 2008]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/mmls.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/mmls.pdf
- [full-text, 10 pages]
- BLS: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT DYNAMICS: FIRST QUARTER 2008 [20 November 2008]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cewbd.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cewbd.pdf
- [full-text, 19 pages]
- BLS: NONFATAL OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES AND ILLNESSES REQUIRING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK, 2007 [20 November 2008]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/osh2.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/osh2.pdf
- [full-text, 42 pages]
- BLS: REAL EARNINGS IN OCTOBER 2008 [19 November 2008]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/realer.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/realer.pdf
- [full-text, 5 pages]
- BLS: CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: OCTOBER 2008 [19 November 2008]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cpi.pdf
- [full-text, 18 pages]
- Census
- QUARTERLY RETAIL E-COMMERCE SALES 3rd QUARTER 2008 [19 November 2008]
- http://www.census.gov/mrts/www/ecomm.html
- or
- http://www.census.gov/mrts/www/data/html/08Q3.html
- or
- http://www.census.gov/mrts/www/data/pdf/08Q3.pdf
- [full-text, 3 pages]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/jolts.nr0.htm
- Prepared under the direction of the
- Committee on House Administration
- The Honorable Robert A. Brady, Pennsylvania, , Chairman
- The Honorable Vernon J. Ehlers, Michigan, Ranking Member
- New Member Pictorial Directory: 111th Congress [19 November 2008]
- http://www.gpoaccess.gov/pictorial/111th/newmems.html
- or
- http://www.gpoaccess.gov/pictorial/111th/pdf/fulldoc.pdf
- [full-text, 30 pages]
- Committee on House Administration
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