Tuesday, May 19, 2009

[IWS] NO MESSAGES until 3 June 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 3 June 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.

****************************************
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                
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[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 20 May 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
________________________________________________________________________

IWS Weekly Bulletin, 20 May 2009


Academic Research

TRADE UNION PUBLICATIONS: THE OFFICIAL JOURNALS, CONVENTION PROCEEDINGS AND CONSTITUTIONS OF INTERNATIONAL UNIONS AND FEDERATIONS, 1850-1941
by Lloyd G. Reynolds and Charles C. Killingsworth
Baltimore, The John Hopkins Press, 1944
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/tradeunionpubs/


IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers
Recent studies include ---
4180    The Impact of Demographic Change on Human Capital Accumulation          
4179    Optimal Family Policy in the Presence of Moral Hazard, When the Quantity and Quality of Children Are Stochastic         
4178    Coming to America: Does Immigrant's Home Country Economic Status Impact the Probability of Self-Employment in the U.S.?         
4177    A Distribution Dynamics Approach to Regional GDP Convergence in Unified Germany
                 (forthcoming in: Empirical Economics)
4176    Still Waiting for Mister Right? Asymmetric Information, Abortion Laws and the Timing of Marriage        
4175    Migrants at School: Educational Inequality and Social Interaction in the UK and Germany         
4174    Real Wages and the Business Cycle: Accounting for Worker and Firm Heterogeneity         
4173    Equal-Treatment Policy in a Random Search Model with Taste Discrimination       
4172    Birth Weight and the Dynamics of Early Cognitive and Behavioural Development    
4171    The Impact of Parental Education on Earnings: New Wine in an Old Bottle?        
4170    Biased Probability Judgment: Evidence of Incidence and Relationship to Economic Outcomes from a Representative Sample
                 (forthcoming in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization)         
4169    Interpreting Degree Effects in the Returns to Education         
4168    Labour Market Mismatch Among UK Graduates: An Analysis Using REFLEX Data        
4167    Are Two Tax Rates Better than One?      
4166    Global Aging and Fiscal Policy with International Labor Mobility: A Political Economy Perspective       
4165    An Empirical Analysis of the Dynamics of the Welfare State: The Case of Benefit Morale  
4164    Does Offshoring of Materials and Business Services Affect Employment? Evidence from a Small Open Economy        
4163    Participation in Higher Education: A Random Parameter Logit Approach with Policy Simulations    
4162    Sample Attrition Bias in Randomized Experiments: A Tale of Two Surveys  
4161    Population Aging, Elderly Migration and Education Spending: Intergenerational Conflict Revisited


Government Reports/Press - International, Federal, State, Local


International

African Development Bank (AFDB)
African Statistical Yearbook 2009 [12 May 2009]
http://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Documents/Publications/African%20Statistical%20Yearbook%202009%20-%2000.%20Full%20Volume.pdf
[full-text, 389 pages]

Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Pan-Asian Integration: Linking East and South Asia [13 May 2009]
Edited by Joseph Francois, Pradumna B. Rana, and Ganeshan Wignaraja
http://www.adb.org/Documents/books/Pan-Asian-Integration/
or
Summary
http://www.adb.org/Documents/books/Pan-Asian-Integration/summary.pdf
[full-text, 2 pages]

Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Pacific Studies Series
Taking the Helm: A Policy Brief on a Response to the Global Economic Crisis [April 2009]
http://www.adb.org/Documents/Briefs/Taking-the-Helm/default.asp
or
http://www.adb.org/Documents/Briefs/Taking-the-Helm/Taking-the-Helm.pdf
[full-text, 62 pages]

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
Patterns of recent employment growth in the EU: implications for gender equality - Background paper [15 May 2009]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0935.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2009/35/en/1/EF0935EN.pdf
[full-text, 14 pages]

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
European Working Conditions Observatory (EWCO)
CZECH REPUBLIC--
Measuring satisfaction with key elements of working life [1 April 2009]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/ewco/surveyreports/CZ0901019D/CZ0901019D.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/ewco/surveyreports/CZ0901019D/CZ0901019D.pdf
[full-text, 21 pages]

Korea Labor Institute
e-Labor News
No. 89
Industrial Relations and Labor Market Trends [15 May 2009]
https://www.kli.re.kr/kli/html_eng/08_mail/webzineboard/view_trends.asp?seq=96&rseq=267&tseq=77


Federal

BLS:
Issues in Labor Statistics
Summary 09-06 / May 2009
A New Approach to Classifying Industries in the Information Sector
http://www.bls.gov/opub/ils/pdf/opbils75.pdf
[full-text, 4 pages]


BLS: Notice about wage data for postal service workers [12 May 2009]
http://www.bls.gov/oes/oespostalnotice.htm


Census
POPULATION ESTIMATES [Detailed Tables] [14 May 2009]
http://www.census.gov/popest/estimates.html
Press Release 14 May 2009
Census Bureau Estimates Nearly Half of Children Under Age 5 are Minorities
Estimates find nation's population growing older, more diverse
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/013733.html


Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MWWR)
May 8, 2009 / 58(17);473
QuickStats: Life Expectancy at Age 65 Years, by Sex and Race --- United States, 2000--2006*
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5817a7.htm
CHART
SOURCE: Heron MP, Hoyert DL, Murphy SL, Xu JQ, Kochanek KD, Tejada-Vera B. Deaths: final data for 2006. Natl Vital Stat Rep 2009;57(14).
Available at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr57/nvsr57_14.pdf
                 [full-text, 80 pages]

U.S. Commercial Service
Doing Business in France: 2009 Country Commercial Guide for U.S. Companies [11 May 2009]
http://www.buyusainfo.net/docs/x_5541033.pdf
[full-text, 153 pages]

U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC)
Executive Briefings on Trade
http://www.usitc.gov/ind_econ_ana/research_ana/research_work_papers/ebot_external.htm

New Civil Aircraft Competitors on the Horizon?
Peder Andersen (April 2009)
http://www.usitc.gov/ind_econ_ana/research_ana/research_work_papers/documents/executive_briefings/NewCivilAircraftExecutiveBriefing.pdf
   

The Global Trade Contraction: How Much is 2008-09 Like 1929-33?
Michael Ferrantino (April 2009)
http://www.usitc.gov/ind_econ_ana/research_ana/research_work_papers/documents/executive_briefings/TradeandRecessionExecutiveBriefing.pdf
  

How Do FTA's Affect the U.S. Trade Balance?
Nick Grossman (April 2009)
http://www.usitc.gov/ind_econ_ana/research_ana/research_work_papers/documents/executive_briefings/FTAs_USTradeBalance.pdf
  

Growth in Wind Turbine Manufacturing and Trade
 Andrew David (March 2009)
http://www.usitc.gov/ind_econ_ana/research_ana/research_work_papers/documents/executive_briefings/USITC_EB_WindTurbines_David.pdf
  

China's Growth Recession and Policy Response
Alexander Hammer (March 2009)
http://www.usitc.gov/ind_econ_ana/research_ana/research_work_papers/documents/executive_briefings/USITC_EB_ChinaGrowthRecession_Hammer.pdf


Institutes/Associations/Commercial

AARP Policy & Research
Older Workers on the Move: Recareering in Later Life
Research Report
Richard W. Johnson, The Urban Institute
Janette Kawachi, The Urban Institute
Eric K. Lewis, The Urban Institute
May 2009
http://www.aarp.org/research/work/employment/2009_08_recareering.html
or
http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/econ/2009_08_recareering.pdf
[full-text, 70 pages]

RAND
Review of the European Data Protection Directive [12 May 2009]
By: Neil Robinson, Hans Graux, Maarten Botterman, Lorenzo Valeri
http://rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR710/
or
http://rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2009/RAND_TR710.pdf
[full-text, 99 pages]
and
Summary
http://rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2009/RAND_TR710.sum.pdf
[full-text, 12 pages]


Law

EEOC
LIFECARE HOSPITALS OF PITTSBURGH WILL PAY $100,000 FOR FIRING EMPLOYEE BECAUSE OF CANCER [12 May 2009]
Hospital Settles EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit
http://www.eeoc.gov/press/5-12-09.html


Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT)
Japan Labor Review
Volume 6, Number 2, Spring 2009 [14 May 2009]
 Special Edition: The Labor Contract Act of 2007 and Other Legislative  Developments
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR.htm
or
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR/documents/2009/JLR22_all.pdf
[full-text, 113 pages]
   * Introduction
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR/documents/2009/JLR22_intro.pdf
   * Articles
    The Enactment of the Labor Contract Act: Its Significance and Future   Issues
 Ryuichi Yamakawa
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR/documents/2009/JLR22_yamakawa.pdf
  A New Departure in the Japanese Minimum Wage Legislation
 Hiroya Nakakubo
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR/documents/2009/JLR22_nakakubo.pdf
  Balanced Treatment and Bans on Discrimination--Significance and   Issues of the Revised Part-Time Work Act
 Michiyo Morozumi
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR/documents/2009/JLR22_morozumi.pdf
  The Amendment of the Employment Measure Act: Japanese Anti-Age   Discrimination Law
 Ryoko Sakuraba
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR/documents/2009/JLR22_sakuraba.pdf
  The Process of Formulating Policy in Labor Matters: Derailment? Or  Transformation?
 Keisuke Nakamura
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR/documents/2009/JLR22_nakamura.pdf
   * Article Based on Research Report
    Employment Promotion Programs for Single Mothers in Japan: 2003-   2008
 Yanfei Zhou
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR/documents/2009/JLR22_zhou.pdf
 * JILPT Research Activities
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR/documents/2009/JLR22_activities.pdf


Statistical Reports

BEA: U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES March 2009 [12 May 2009]
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2009/trad0309.htm
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2009/pdf/trad0309.pdf
[full-text, 47 pages]
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2009/xls/trad0309.xls
[spreadsheet]
and
Highlights
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2009/pdf/trad0309_fax.pdf


BLS: CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: APRIL 2009 [15 May 2009]
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 APRIL 2009 [15 May 2009]
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 - April 2009 [14 May 2009]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ppi.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ppi.pdf
[full-text, 21 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/ppi.supp.toc.htm


BLS: U.S. IMPORT AND EXPORT PRICE INDEXES  APRIL 2009 [13 May 2009]
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


BLS: JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER:  MARCH 2009 [12 May 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: EXTENDED MASS LAYOFFS IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2009 [12 May 2009]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/mslo.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/mslo.pdf
[full-text, 23 pages]


Employment and Training Administration (ETA)
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS REPORT [14 May 2009]
http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/ui/current.htm


OECD
Dataset: UNIT LABOR COST-- Quarterly Indicators
http://stats.oecd.org/WBOS/Index.aspx?DatasetCode=ULC_QUA
Press Release
OECD System of quarterly unit labour cost indexes - Updated: May 2009 [15 May 2009]
http://www.oecd.org/document/46/0,3343,en_2649_33715_42764398_1_1_1_1,00.html
or
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/41/22/42764007.pdf
[full-text, 4 pages]


Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

Administrative Office of the United States Courts
Costs of Imprisonment Far Exceed Supervision Costs [12 May 2009]
http://www.uscourts.gov/newsroom/2009/costsOfImprisonment.cfm
ENLARGED CHART
http://www.uscourts.gov/CostofIncarceration.swf


National Science Foundation (NSF)
Solving the Puzzle: Researching the Impacts of Climate Change around the World [14 May 2009]
http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/climate/index.jsp
or
http://www.nsf.gov/news/nsf09202/index.jsp
or
http://www.nsf.gov/news/nsf09202/nsf09202.pdf
[full-text, 114 pages]
Press Release 09-099
National Science Foundation Releases Comprehensive Report on Global Impacts of Climate Change [14 May 2009]
Agency proposes to double climate research portfolio in 2010
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=114811&org=NSF&from=news


ILR Employment Law Program & N.Y. State Bar Association
2nd Annual Conference
As the World Turns: Perspectives on International Labor and Employment Law
June 5 - 6, 2009
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/law/events/As-the-World-Turns-2nd-Annual.html
WHEN:
Friday and Saturday, June 5 and 6, 2009
WHERE:
At the offices of White & Case, LLP,
1155 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
FEE:
$400.00/person or $350.00 for groups of two or more (includes all program materials, continental breakfast on both days, and lunch and reception on Day 1).
For non-profit organizations rates and CLE scholarship information, please contact Opal Bablington (odb2@cornell.edu or 212-340-2866).
Register online at the regular price only.
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/law/catalog/EL888.html
For all discounted registrations. please download the registration form and fax it to Opal Bablington at 212-340-7979.
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/law/events/upload/LawReg_June2009.pdf
CLE CREDIT:
11.0 CLEs ­ Professional Practice (Transitional and Non-Transitional)
CO-SPONSORED BY:
Cornell University ILR, Labor and Employment Law Program
Director: Esta R. Bigler, Esq.
NYS Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section
Chair: Alan M. Koral, Vedder Price P.C.
Chair-Elect: Donald L. Sapir, Sapir & Frumkin LLP
REGISTER:
Register online at
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/law/catalog/EL888.html
 or
fax the registration form to: Opal Bablington, 212-340-7979. Questions, phone 212-340-2866 or e-mail odb2@cornell.edu
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/law/events/upload/LawReg_June2009.pdf
View the full 2-day AGENDA
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/law/events/AsTheWorldTurnsAgenda.html
TOPICS INCLUDE:
Globally Aligning Compensation and Benefits
Starting Up in a New Country
Non-Competes and Intellectual Property: Whose Law Applies?
Cross-Border Class Action Litigation
Employee Data Privacy Inside and Outside the E.U.
Organizing Global Reductions in Force: Law and Methods


New York University 62nd Annual Conference on Labor
Labor and Employment Initiatives and Proposals Under the Obama Administration
http://www.law.nyu.edu/centers/labor/conferences/2009/index.htm
The Center for Labor and Employment Law is proud to present the 62nd Annual Conference on Labor. This year's topic is: Labor and Employment Law Initiatives and Proposals Under the Obama Administration, an expansion of the Center's November 2008 Program Labor & Employment Law Under the Obama Administration, which took place a few days after the election. 
DATES: JUNE 4-5, 2009
All sessions will be held in Lipton Hall, D'Agostino Hall, NYU School of Law, 108 West Third Street.
15 hours of CLE credit including 2 hours of ethics/professionalism
See
AGENDA
http://www.law.nyu.edu/centers/labor/conferences/2009/ECM_PRO_062033
and
REGISTRATION
http://www.law.nyu.edu/centers/labor/conferences/2009/ECM_PRO_061811
Registration deadline is June 1, 2009.


THE BACHARACH BLOG
http://bacharachblog.com/


Visiting Mr. Green: Acceptance, Diversity, and Tolerance
http://bacharachblog.com/leadership-skills/visiting-mr-green-acceptance-diversity-and-tolerance/
May 18, 2009


When is Superstar Leadership Needed?
http://bacharachblog.com/leadership-skills/when-is-superstar-leadership-needed/
May 18, 2009


Leadership Link Round-Up: May 11-15
http://bacharachblog.com/leadership-skills/leadership-link-round-up-may-11-15/
May 15, 2009


4 Essential Leadership Traits: Empathy, Sincerity, Loyalty, & Follow Through
http://bacharachblog.com/leadership-skills/4-essential-leadership-traits-empathy-sincerity-loyalty-follow-through/
May 14, 2009


When Charisma becomes Madness: Leadership and Shakespeare's Henry V and Melville's Ahab
http://bacharachblog.com/leadership-skills/when-charisma-becomes-madness-leadership-and-shakespeares-henry-v-and-melvilles-ahab/
May 13, 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.

****************************************
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                  
****************************************


Tuesday, May 12, 2009

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 13 May 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
________________________________________________________________________

IWS Weekly Bulletin, 13 May 2009


Academic Research

Asian Development Bank (ADB)
ADB Economics Working Paper Series
No. 153 | April 2009
Poverty Impact of the Economic Slowdown in Developing Asia: Some Scenarios
Rana Hasan, Maria Rhoda Magsombol, and J. Salcedo Cain
http://www.adb.org/Documents/Working-Papers/2009/Economics-WP153.pdf
[full-text, 18 pages]


ILR School, Cornell University
Focus on Research of Michele Williams, ILR Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/directory/mw326/
Press Release
Workplace Trust Research
May 11 2009
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/news/WilliamsTrust051109.html


Be as Careful of the Company You Keep as of the Books You Read: Peer Effects in Education and on the Labor Market
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14948.pdf
[full-text, 54 pages]
Giacomo DeGiorgi, Michele Pellizzari, Silvia Redaelli
NBER Working Paper No. 14948
Issued in May 2009
---- Abstract -----
http://papers.nber.org/papers/w14948


Government Reports/Press - International, Federal, State, Local


International

African Development Bank (AFDB)
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2008/2009: CONFLICT RESOLUTION, PEACE AND RECONSTRUCTION IN AFRICA [10 May 2009]
http://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Documents/Publications/African%20Development%20Report%202008.2009_00_Full_Report.pdf
[full-text, 127 pages]

African Development Bank (AFDB)
ADB STATISTICS POCKETBOOK 2009 [7 May 2009]
http://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Documents/Publications/AfDB_Statistics_Pocketbook_2009_01_Full_Report.pdf
[full-text, 168 pages]

African Development Bank (AFDB) 
Compendium of Statistics on Bank Group Operations 2009 Volume XXXI - Full Report [7 May 2009]
http://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Documents/Publications/Compendium_Statistics_Bank_Group_Operations_2009_Volume_XXXII_01_Full_Report.pdf
[full-text, 199 pages]


Aftrican Development Bank (AFDB)
African Development Bank Group Annual Report 2008 - Full Report [11 May 2009]
http://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Documents/Publications/African%20Development%20Bank%20Group%20Annual%20Report%202008%20-%2000.%20Full%20Report.pdf
[full-text, 312 pages]

African Development Bank (AFDB)
Gender, Poverty and Environmental Indicators on African Countries 2009 [6 May 2009]
http://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Vacancies/GenderPovertyEnvironmental_IndicatorsAfricanCountries2009_01_Full_Report.pdf
[full-text, 305 pages]

Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Sustainability Report 2009 [May 2009]
http://www.adb.org/Documents/Books/sustainability-report/2009/default.asp
or
http://www.adb.org/Documents/Books/sustainability-report/2009/SR2009.pdf
[full-text, 92 pages]


Asian Development Bank (ADB)
The Global Economic Crisis Implications for Asia-Pacific and ADB [updated 8 May 2009]
http://www.adb.org/Economic-Crisis/default.asp


European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)
COMPARATIVE STUDY
Representativeness of the European social partner organisations: Personal services sector [6 May 2009]
May 2009
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn0811017s/index.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn0811017s/tn0811017s.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/eiro/tn0811017s/tn0811017s.pdf
[full-text, 46 pages]

International Labour Organization (ILO)
THE COST OF COERCION [12 May 2009]
REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL
Global Report under the follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work
http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_norm/---relconf/documents/meetingdocument/wcms_106230.pdf
[full-text, 96 pages]
SUMMARY
http://www.ilo.org/global/About_the_ILO/Media_and_public_information/Press_releases/lang--en/docName--WCMS_106200/index.htm
With special reports by REGION of the WORLD.
Press Release 12 May 2009
New ILO report says "cost of coercion" to workers in forced labour surpasses USD 20 billion per year
http://www.ilo.org/global/About_the_ILO/Media_and_public_information/Press_releases/lang--en/WCMS_106219/index.htm


ILO
Sectoral Activities Programme
Social dialogue and industrial relations issues in the oil industry [11May 2009]
Report for discussion at the Tripartite Meeting on Promoting Social Dialogue and Good Industrial Relations from Oil and Gas Exploration and Production to Oil and Gas Distribution
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/sector/techmeet/tmoge09/tmoge-r.pdf
[full-text, 134 pages]
Press Release 11 May 2009
Governments, oil firms and oil workers meeting at ILO to discuss implications of global crisis for oil and gas industry
http://www.ilo.org/global/About_the_ILO/Media_and_public_information/Press_releases/lang--en/WCMS_106187/index.htm


Organización Internacional del Trabajo (OIT)
2008 LABOUR OVERVIEW for LATIN AMERICA and the CARIBBEAN [May 2008]
www.oit.org.pe/WDMS/bib/publ/panorama/labour_overview_08.pdf
[full-text, 129 pages]
or
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/intl/72/


OECD
AFRICAN ECONOMIC OUTLOOK (AEO) 2008/9 [11 May 2009]
http://www.africaneconomicoutlook.org/en/home/
Includes pull-down menu providing
access to the profiles of 47 of the 53 countries in Africa. Each profile includes synopses of the overall state of the country.
Press Release
African Economic Outlook (AEO) 2008/9 [11 May 2009]
http://www.oecd.org/document/43/0,3343,en_2649_15162846_42719915_1_1_1_1,00.html


Trade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC) to the OECD
Global crisis: list of trade union statements and press releases
http://www.tuac.org/print/en/public/e-docs/00/00/03/CF/document_doc.phtml


Federal

BLS: EMPLOYMENT & EARNINGS ONLINE [8 May 2009]
March 2009
Vol. 56 No. 3
http://www.bls.gov/opub/ee/empearn200903.pdf
[full-text, 222 pages]


The 2010 President's Budget for the Bureau of Labor Statistics [7 May 2009]
http://www.bls.gov/bls/budget2010.htm
and
http://www.dol.gov/dol/budget/2010/PDF/CBJ-2010-V3-01.pdf
[full-text 71 pages]


Census 2000 Foreign-Born Population Map Series by Selected Countries of Birth ­ [7 May 2009]
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/foreign/index.html
MAPS in particular at
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/foreign/fb-maps.html


Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
HRSA Geospatial Data Warehouse (HGDW)
http://datawarehouse.hrsa.gov/default.aspx


National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Basic Reading Skills and the Literacy of the America's Least Literate Adults: Results from the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) Supplemental Studies [6 May 2009]
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2009481
or
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2009/2009481.pdf
[full-text, 83 pages]

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Crime, Violence, Discipline, and Safety in U.S. Public Schools, Findings from the School Survey on Crime and Safety: 2007-08 [5 May 2009]
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2009326
or
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2009/2009326.pdf
[full-text, 81 pages]


NIOSH Safety and Health Topic:
Occupational Health Issues Associated with H1N1 Influenza Virus (Swine Flu) [2 May 2009]
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/H1N1flu/


United States International Trade Commission (USITC)
Investigation No. 332-477
USITC Publication 4071
April 2009
Sub-Saharan Africa: Effects of Infrastructure Conditions on Export Competitiveness, Third Annual Report [8 May 2009]
http://www.usitc.gov/publications/332/pub4071.pdf
[full-text, 195 pages]
Press Release 8 May 2009
POOR INFRASTRUCTURE SIGNIFICANTLY UNDERMINES EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, USITC FINDS
Governments, Private Sector Aware Of, Working to Address Infrastructure Issues
http://www.usitc.gov/ext_relations/news_release/2009/er0508gg3.htm


Institutes/Associations/Commercial

European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) -- web page
Economic and social crisis: ETUC positions and actions
http://www.etuc.org/a/5838


Migration Policy Institute (MPI)
Monthly Estimates of the Total Foreign-Born and Mexican/Central American-Born Labor Force, January 2000 to March 2009
http://www.migrationinformation.org/DataHub/charts/laborforce.3.shtml
Unemployment Rates by Nativity, January 2000 to March 2009
(not seasonally adjusted)
http://www.migrationinformation.org/DataHub/charts/laborforce.4.shtml
Foreign Born as a Percentage of the Total Population and of the Civilian Labor Force by State, 1980 to 2007
http://www.migrationinformation.org/DataHub/charts/laborforce.2.shtml
The above charts are found by visiting the
US Historical Immigration Trends
http://contact.migrationpolicy.org/site/R?i=uldP0S0ytHM8l1jVQEX9ug.. page, click on
Immigrants in the US Labor Force, and then select a chart of your interest.
http://contact.migrationpolicy.org/site/R?i=Gx0RevKMV1XQMHN5jO1n2A ..


Watson Wyatt
Majority of Fortune 100 Companies Offer Only Defined Contribution Plans to New Salaried Employees, Watson Wyatt Analysis Finds [11 May 2009]
Hybrid Pension (Cash Balance) Plans Become More Prevalent Than Traditional Pension Plans for the First Time
http://www.watsonwyatt.com/news/press.asp?ID=21177


Law

Baker & McKenzie LLP
Global Practice Group
Worldwide Guide to Trade Unions and Works Councils 2009 Edition
http://bakerxchange.com/ve/ZZO30Jn85a718393es5/stype=dload/OID=70955213548273/VT=0
[full-text, 336 pages]


Statistical Reports

BLS: THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: APRIL 2009 [8 May 2009]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf
[full-text, 29 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/empsit.supp.toc.htm


BLS: PRODUCTIVITY AND COSTS First Quarter 2009, Preliminary [7 May 2009]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prod2.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prod2.pdf
[full-text, 18 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/prod2.supp.toc.htm


BLS: PRELIMINARY MULTIFACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRENDS, 2008 [6 May 2009]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prod3.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prod3.pdf
[full-text, 12 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/prod3.supp.toc.htm


Census
2007 Economic Census: Transportation and Warehousing Industry Series ­
http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/EconSectorServlet?caller=dataset&sv_name=*&_SectorId=48&ds_name=EC0700A1&_lang=en&_ts=259506943587


Census
2007 Economic Census: Manufacturing Industry Series ­ [7 May 2008]
http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/EconSectorServlet?caller=dataset&sv_name=*&_SectorId=31&ds_name=EC0700A1&_lang=en&_ts=259166765542

Census
2007 Economic Census: Wholesale Trade Industry Series ­ [7 May 2008]
http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/EconSectorServlet?caller=dataset&sv_name=*&_SectorId=42&ds_name=EC0700A1&_lang=en&_ts=259483962809



Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

THE BACHARACH BLOG
http://bacharachblog.com/


Friendship: Establishing Bonds in the Workplace Painlessly
http://bacharachblog.com/leadership-skills/friendship-establishing-bonds-in-the-workplace-painlessly/
May 11, 2009


Jackson Pollock or Knute Rockne: How Do You Lead?
http://bacharachblog.com/leadership-skills/jackson-pollock-or-knute-rockne-how-do-you-lead/
May 11, 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.

****************************************
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                  
****************************************


Wednesday, May 06, 2009

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 6 May 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
________________________________________________________________________

IWS Weekly Bulletin, 6 May 2009


Academic Research

ILR Press (an imprint of Cornell University Press)
TAXI! Cabs and Capitalism in New York City [April 2009]
Biju Mathew
Paper, 2008   ISBN: 978-0-8014-7439-2  $18.95s
http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_detail.taf?ti_id=4864


IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers
Recent studies include ---
4159    Unexplained Gaps and Oaxaca-Blinder Decompositions      
4158    The Effect of Employment Protection Legislation and Financial Market Imperfections on Investment: Evidence from a Firm-Level Panel of EU Countries
4157    Immigrant Wages in the Spanish Labour Market: Does the Origin of Human Capital Matter?
4156    The Impact of Aid on Growth Revisited: Do Donor Motives Matter?         
4155    Well-Being over the Life Span: Semiparametric Evidence from British and German Longitudinal Data        
4154    Dynamics of Poor Health and Non-Employment      
4153    Why Pay Taxes When No One Else Does?    
4152    The Effect of an Employer Health Insurance Mandate on Health Insurance Coverage and the Demand for Labor: Evidence from Hawaii  
4151    Policy, Institutional Factors and Earnings Mobility     
4150    Family Ties and Political Participation         
4149    Do the Obese Really Die Younger or Do Health Expenditures Buy Them Extra Years?         
4148    A Comparison and Decomposition of Reform-Era Labor Force Participation Rates of China's Ethnic Minorities and Han Majority      
4147    Does Job Loss Cause Ill Health?         
4146    Stepping Stone or Dead End? The Effect of the EITC on Earnings Growth   
4145    An Incentive Theory of Matching 


Government Reports/Press - International, Federal, State, Local


International

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)
COMPARATIVE STUDY
Representativeness of the European social partner organisations: Hospitals [28 April 2009]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn0802017s/index.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn0802017s/tn0802017s.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/eiro/tn0802017s/tn0802017s.pdf
[full-text, 53 pages]

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
European Day on Solidarity and Cooperation between Generations, 2009 [29 April 2009]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/areas/populationandsociety/eurdaysolidarity2009.htm


European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
(European Restructuring Monitor) ERM Quarterly
Issue 1, Spring 2009 [30 April 2009]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/emcc/erm/index.php?template=quarterly
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/emcc/erm/templates/displaydoc.php?docID=51
[full-text, 30 pages]

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
The following are the latest [SECTOR] FACT SHEETS [30 April 2009]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/bytype/infosheets2008.htm


Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
The following is a background paper prepared for
A High-Level Forum on Sickness, Disability and Work: Addressing Policy Challenges in OECD Countries will be held in Stockholm on 14-15 May 2009.
http://www.oecd.org/site/0,3407,en_21571361_42464611_1_1_1_1_1,00.html
Sickness, Disability and Work: KEEPING ON TRACK IN THE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN [April 2009]
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/42/15/42630589.pdf
[full-text, 46 pages]


OECD
Economic Survey of France 2009 [28 April 2009]
http://www.oecd.org/document/8/0,3343,en_2649_33733_42610376_1_1_1_1,00.html
and
POLICY BRIEF
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/20/32/42655601.pdf
[full-text, 12 pages]


Federal

BLS: Monthly Labor Review Online
April 2009
Vol. 132, Number 4
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/home.htm


Trends in labor force flows during recent recessions
Harley Frazis and Randy Ilg
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2009/04/art1full.pdf
[full-text, 16 pages]


Business employment dynamics: tabulations by size of employment change
Sheryl L. Konigsberg, James R. Spletzer, and David M. Talan
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2009/04/art2full.pdf
[full-text, 11 pages]


China's manufacturing employment and compensation costs: 2002­06
Erin Lett and Judith Banister
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2009/04/art3full.pdf
[full-text, 9 pages]



BLS
Issues in Labor Statistics
Ranks of Discouraged Workers and Others Marginally Attached to the Labor Force Rise During Recession [30 April 2009]
http://www.bls.gov/opub/ils/pdf/opbils74.pdf
[full-text, 3 pages]

Census
QUARTERLY PUBLIC EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SYSTEMS SURVEY: 4th Qtr. 2008 [30 April 2009]
http://www.census.gov/govs/www/qpr.html
Press Release 30 April 2009
Quarterly Public-Employee Retirement Systems Survey: 4th Quarter 2008
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/miscellaneous/013695.html


Congressional Research Service (CRS)
R40517
Health Care Reform: An Introduction
Bob Lyke
April 14, 2009
http://opencrs.com/getfile.php?rid=81262
[full-text, 20 pages]

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
New Indicators of Career/Technical Education Coursetaking: Class of 2005 [29 April 2009]
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2009038
or
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2009/2009038.pdf
[full-text, 20 pages]

Small Business Administration (SBA)
Office of Advocacy
Effects of International Competition on Small Wholesale and Retail Trade Firms [1 May 2009]
by Robert M. Feinberg,
http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs344tot.pdf
[full-text, 27 pages]
Research Summary
http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs344.pdf
[full-text, 2 pages]

Social Security Administration (SSA)
Research, Statistics, & Policy Analysis
Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 69 No. 1 [5 May 2009]
http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v69n1/index.html


Institutes/Associations/Commercial

European Trade Union Institute (ETUI)
The Collective Bargaining Newsletter for April 2009
http://www.etui.org/research/content/download/6559/31939/file/Collective%20bargaining%20April%202009.pdf
[full-text, 10 pages]
See PAST NEWSLETTERS at
http://www.etui.org/research/Publications/Newsletters/Collective-bargaining-newsletter


Kauffman Foundation
2008 KAUFFMAN INDEX OF ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITY [April 2009]
http://www.kauffman.org/uploadedFiles/kiea_042709.pdf
[full-text, 36 pages]
Press Release
Entrepreneurship Remains Strong in 2008 with Increasing Business Startups, According to Kauffman Foundation [30 April 2009]
http://www.kauffman.org/newsroom/entrepreneurship-remains-strong-in-2008.aspx


Mercer
Quality of Living global city rankings 2009 ­ Mercer survey [29 April 22009]
http://www.mercer.com/summary.htm?idContent=1345570


RAND
No Bullies Allowed: Understanding Peer Victimization, the Impacts on Delinquency, and the Effectiveness of Prevention Programs [29 April 2009]
By: Jennifer S. Wong
http://rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/RGSD240/
or
http://rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/2009/RAND_RGSD240.pdf
[full-text, 372 pages]

A report for UNISON (the Public Service Union) (UK)
Making the Connections, Contract Cleaning and Infection Control [17 April 2009]
Steve Davies
Senior Research Fellow Cardiff School of Social Sciences
http://www.unison.org.uk/acrobat/14564.pdf
[full-text, 48 pages]


Law

Congressional Research Servcie (CRS)
RS22718
Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers (TAA) and Reemployment Trade Adjustment Assistance (RTAA)
February 19, 2009
http://opencrs.com/getfile.php?rid=81391
[full-text, 12 pages]


Congressional Research Service (CRS)
R40368 -
Unemployment Insurance Provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
March 4, 2009
http://opencrs.com/getfile.php?rid=81246
[full-text, 12 pages]


Congressional Research Service (CRS)
RL34330 -
The Proposed U.S.-South Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA): Provisions and Implications
March 24, 2009
http://opencrs.com/getfile.php?rid=81357
[full-text, 51 pages]


EEOC
Employment Discrimination and the 2009 H1N1 Flu Virus (Swine Flu) [1 May 2009]
http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/h1n1.html


EEOC
ADA-Compliant Employer Preparedness For the H1N1 Flu Virus [4 May 2009]
http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/h1n1_flu.html


N. L. R. B. BULLETIN
Division of Information
Washington, D.C.
April 27, 2009
WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCES TWO BOARD MEMBER NOMINEES
http://www.nlrb.gov/shared_files/Press%20Releases/2009/B042709.pdf


Statistical Reports

BEA: GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT: FIRST QUARTER 2009 (ADVANCE) [29 April 2009]
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2009/gdp109a.htm
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2009/pdf/gdp109a.pdf
[full-text, 14 pages]
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2009/xls/gdp109a.xls
[spreadsheet]
and
Highlights
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2009/pdf/gdp109a_fax.pdf


BLS: OCCUPATIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES, 2008 [1 May 2009]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ocwage.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ocwage.pdf
[full-text, 30 pages]


BLS: EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX-MARCH 2009 [30 April 2009]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/eci.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/eci.pdf
[full-text, 24 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/eci.supp.toc.htm


BLS: International Comparisons of Hourly Compensation Costs for All Employees in Manufacturing, Supplementary Tables 1996-2007 [April 2009]
http://www.bls.gov/fls/hcaesupptabtoc.htm


BLS: International Comparisons of Hourly Compensation Costs for Production Workers in Manufacturing, Supplementary Tables 1975-2007 [April 2009]
http://www.bls.gov/fls/hcpwsupptabtoc.htm


Employment and Training Administration (ETA)
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS REPORT [30 April 2009]
http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/ui/current.htm


Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
A CBO Paper
Potential Impacts of Climate Change in the United States [4 May 2009]
May 2009
http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=10107
[full-text, 33 pages]


Google
ADDING SEARCH POWER TO PUBLIC DATA [28 April 2009]
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/adding-search-power-to-public-data.html


National Academies Press
Technology, Policy, Law, and Ethics Regarding U.S. Acquisition and Use of Cyberattack Capabilities [April 2009]
http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12651
or
http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12651#toc
[to read full-text online]
Press Release 29 April 2009
Greater Transparency Needed in Development of U.S. Policy on Cyberattack
http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=12651


U.S. State Department
Country Reports on Terrorism 2008 [30 April 2009]
http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/crt/2008/index.htm
or
http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/122599.pdf
[full-text, 351 pages]

U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO)
Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/pubpapers/gwbush.html


Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS)
On Thursday, April 23, 2009, David Lipsky and William Sonnenstuhl presented and led a discussion on critical issues in health care,  illustrating the ILR School's expanded work in this area. This was done as part of the continuing IWS Workplace Colloquium Series.
The video of this presentation can be viewed at the following link:
COLLOQUIUM VIDEO FOOTAGE
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/iws/news/colloquium-video.html
April 23, 2009
The Future of US Health Care
with David Lipsky, and William Sonnenstuhl
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/iws/news/colloquium4239.html
In order to view a segment, click a topic on the right and it will begin to play.


THE BACHARACH BLOG
http://bacharachblog.com/


Charisma & Leadership Podcast: Is it Necessary?
http://bacharachblog.com/leadership-skills/charisma-leadership-is-it-necessary/
May 6, 2009

Leaders and Technology; Buying a Blackberry
http://bacharachblog.com/leadership-skills/leaders-and-technology-buying-a-blackberry/
April 30, 2009


Small Town, Small Businesses, and Being Proactive
http://bacharachblog.com/leadership-skills/small-town-small-businesses-and-being-proactive/
April 29, 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.

****************************************
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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