Wednesday, May 06, 2009
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 6 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, 6 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, 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 ---
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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]
- 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
- 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]
- 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
- 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
- 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]
- 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.
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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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