Wednesday, April 08, 2009
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 8 April 2009
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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IWS Weekly Bulletin, 8 April 2009
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 April 2009
Academic Research
- ILR Press (an imprint of Cornell Universtiy Press)
- AGITATE! EDUCATE! ORGANIZE! : American Labor Posters [April 2009]
- by Lincoln Cushing; Timothy W. Drescher
- http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_detail.taf?ti_id=5364
- $24.95t paper
- 2009, 216 pages, 8 1/8 x 10 1/2, 268 color photographs
- ISBN: 978-0-8014-7427-9
- IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)
- http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers
- Recent studies include ---
- 4104
- 4103
- 4102
- 4101
- 4100
- 4099
- 4098
International
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
- European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)
- COMPARATIVE STUDY
- Wage formation in the EU [31 March 2009]
- March 2009
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn0808019s/index.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn0808019s/tn0808019s.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/eiro/tn0808019s/tn0808019s.pdf
- [full-text, 37 pages]
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
- European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC)
- EMCC case studies - Joint social partner structures and restructuring: Comparing national approaches [1 April 2009]
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0918.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2009/18/en/1/EF0918EN.pdf
- [full-text, 19 pages]
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
- European Working Conditions Observatory (EWCO)
- COMPARATIVE STUDY
- Occupational promotion of migrant workers [25 March 2009]
- March 2009
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/ewco/studies/tn0807038s/index.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/ewco/studies/tn0807038s/tn0807038s.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/ewco/tn0807038s/tn0807038s.pdf
- [full-text, 31 pages]
- Japan Institute for Labor Policy and Training (JILPT)
- Labor Situation in Japan and Analysis: Detailed Exposition 2009/2010 [27 March 2009]
- http://www.jil.go.jp/english/lsj.html
- or
- http://www.jil.go.jp/english/laborsituation/2009-2010/detailed_2009-2010.pdf
- [full-text, 215 pages]
- Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT)
- JILPT Databook of International Labour Statistics 2009 [30 March 2009]
- http://www.jil.go.jp/english/estatis/databook/index.htm
- Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
- OECD ECONOMIC OUTLOOK Interim Report [31 March 2009]
- http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/18/1/42443150.pdf
- [full-text, 150 pages]
- Press Release 31 March 2009
- http://www.oecd.org/oecdEconomicOutlook
- New Feature from BLS
- Commissioner's Corner [1 April 2009]
- http://www.bls.gov/bls/commissionerscorner.htm
- Testimony delivered on "Raising Wages and Living Standards for Families and Workers" [25 March 2009]
- http://www.bls.gov/bls/testimony_march_25_2009_hearing.pdf
- [full-text, 20 pages]
- Testimony delivered before the Congressional Joint Economic Committee on March 6, 2009 in re February 2009 employment situation
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/jec_03062009.htm
- BLS: Issues in Labor Statistics
- Summary 09-03 / March 2009
- Holiday Season Hiring in Retail Trade [2 April 2009]
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/ils/pdf/opbils73.pdf
- [full-text, 2 pages]
- Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
- A Preliminary Analysis of the President's Budget and an Update of CBO's Budget and Economic Outlook [March 2009]
- http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=10014&type=1
- [full-text, 56 pages]
- Government Accountability Office (GAO)
- Defined Benefit Pensions: Survey Results of the Nation's Largest Private Defined Benefit Plan Sponsors, GAO-09-291, March 30, 2009
- http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09291.pdf
- [full-text, 65 pages]
- Small Business Administration (SBA)
- Office of Advocacy
- Effective Federal Income Tax Rates Faced By Small Businesses in the United States [2 April 2009]
- http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs343tot.pdf
- [full-text, 76 pages]
- and
- research summary
- http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs343.pdf.
- Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
- EBRI Databook on Employee Benefits [Updated March 2009]
- http://www.ebri.org/publications/books/index.cfm?fa=databook
- Published by the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI), 2009
- ETUI Policy Brief
- European Economic and Employment Policy
- Plant-level responses to the crisis: can jobs be saved by working less? [3 April 2009]
- Authors: Vera Glassner and Béla Galgóczi
- Editor: Andrew Watt
- http://www.etui.org/research/Media/Files/EEEPB/2009/1-2009
- [full-text, 7 pages]
- View other recent Policy Briefs at
- http://www.etui.org/research/Publications/Regular-publications/European-Economic-and-Employment-Policy-Brief
- euro-workscouncil.net
- on EUROPEAN WORKS COUNCILS (EWS)
- Welcome to issue no. 1 / 2009 of EWC News. 20th March 2009
- http://www.ewc-news.com/en012009.pdf
- [full-text, 15 pages]
- International Trade Union Confederaton (ITUC)
- GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS UNIONS' WATCH web site
- http://www.ituc-csi.org/spip.php?rubrique262
- or
- http://www.ituc-csi.org/financialcrisis
- LLRX.com
- Competitive Intelligence - A Selective Resource Guide - Updated and Revised March 2009
- By Sabrina I. Pacifici, Published on March 28, 2009
- http://www.llrx.com/features/ciguide.htm
- Mercer
- Expatriate rental property costs - Mercer global survey and city rankings [2 April 2009]
- http://www.mercer.com/summary.htm?idContent=1343095
- or
- http://www.mercer.com/attachment.dyn?idContent=1343095&filePath=%2fattachments%2fEnglish%2fPR_RL_VF_ExpatHousingsurvey_APR.pdf&fileType=DB&siteLanguage=100
- [full-text, 4 pages -- INCLUDING TABLES]
- Monthly Review Press
- Why Unions Matter: 10th Anniversary Edition [2009]
- http://monthlyreview.org/books/whyunionsmatter.php
- or
- From Amazon
- http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0853459290/ref=dp_proddesc_1?ie=UTF8&n=283155
- by Michael D. Yates
- ISBN: 978-1-58367-190-0
- $17.95 paperback
- 200 pp.
- [New Editon, Fully Revised and Updated]
- Work Foundation (UK)
- Healthy Work: Challenges and Opportunities to 2030
- Authors: Stephen Bevan
- Date: April 2009
- http://www.workfoundation.org/research/publications/publicationdetail.aspx?oItemId=216&parentPageID=102&PubType =
- or
- http://www.workfoundation.org/assets/docs/publications/216_Bupa_report.pdf
- [full-text, 92 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- RS20210
- Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms: Economic, Program, and Policy Issues [6 March 2009]
- http://opencrs.com/document/RS20210/
- or
- http://opencrs.com/getfile.php?rid=80949
- [full-text, 10 pages]
- EEOC NEWS ARCHIVE [Press Releases]
- http://www.eeoc.gov/press/index.html
- BLS: JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER: FEBRUARY 2009 [7 April 2009]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/jolts.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/jolts.pdf
- [full-text, 16 pages]
- BLS: THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: MARCH 2009 [3 April 2009]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf
- [full-text, 30 pages]
- and
- Supplemental Files Table of Contents
- http://www.bls.gov/web/empsit.supp.toc.htm
- BLS: METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: FEBRUARY 2009 [1 April 2009]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/metro.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/metro.pdf
- [full-text, 20 pages]
- and
- Supplemental Files Table of Contents
- http://www.bls.gov/web/metro.supp.toc.htm
- DOL
- Employment and Training Administration (ETA)
- UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS REPORT [2 April 2009]
- http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/ui/current.htm
- THE BACHARACH BLOG
- http://bacharachblog.com/
- Proactive Leadership - Cornell Entrepreneurial Network
- http://bacharachblog.com/political-leadership/proactive-leadership-cornell-entrepreneurial-network/
- April 3, 2009
- Too Many Chefs in the Kitchen, or When a Coalition Becomes a Clunker
- http://bacharachblog.com/leadership-skills/too-many-chefs-in-the-kitchen-or-when-a-coalition-becomes-a-clunker/
- April 3, 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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