Tuesday, May 19, 2009
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 20 May 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, 20 May 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, 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 ---
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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
- 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
- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
- 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]
- 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
- 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]
- 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.
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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
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