Monday, January 18, 2010
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin 20 January 2010
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 January 2010
Academic Research
Catherwood Library/ILR School/Cornell University
INDIA Links for Courses
by Stuart Basefsky [compiled September 2008; updated January 2010]
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/research/courseGuides/indiaguide.html
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Subregional Office for South Asia (SRO-New Delhi)
ONLINE PUBLICATIONS
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/newdelhi/info/publ-online.htm
Evolution of the industrial relations system in Pakistan [October 2009]
Sabur Ghayur
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/newdelhi/download/publ/working_paper/industrel/pak_final.pdf
[full-text, 79 pages]
Current State and Evolution of Industrial Relations in Maharashtra [October 2009]
K.R. Shyam Sundar
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/newdelhi/download/publ/working_paper/industrel/maharashtra_final.pdf
[full-text, 85 pages]
The Current Status and Evolution of Industrial Relations in Sri Lanka [October 2009]
Franklyn Amerasinghe
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/newdelhi/download/publ/working_paper/industrel/srilanka_final.pdf
[full-text, 62 pages]
Current Status and Evolution of Industrial Relations System in Bangladesh [October 2009]
Dr Abdullah Al Faruque
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/newdelhi/download/publ/working_paper/industrel/bgd_final.pdf
[full-text, 88 pages]
The Evolution of Industrial Relations in West Bengal [October 2009]
Ratna Sen
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/newdelhi/download/publ/working_paper/industrel/westbengal_final.pdf
[full-text, 86 pages]
Government Reports/Press - International, Federal, State, Local
International
African Development Bank (AfDB)
2009 African Economic Conference, November 11-13, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Fostering Development in an Era of Financial and Economic Crises
http://www.afdb.org/en/2009-african-economic-conference-november-11-13-addis-ababa-ethiopia/
or
http://www.afdb.org/en/knowledge/
Papers (full-text)
http://www.afdb.org/en/2009-african-economic-conference-november-11-13-addis-ababa-ethiopia/papers/
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Regional Forum: Impact of the Global Economic and Financial Crisis
ADB Headquarters, Manila, Philippines: 14-15 January 2010
http://www.adb.org/Documents/events/2010/Global-Economic-Financial-Crisis/default.asp
Reports: (in PDFs)
# Report 1: Global Economic and Financial CrisisImpact on Developing Asia and Immediate Policy Implications
http://www.adb.org/Documents/events/2010/Global-Economic-Financial-Crisis/report-1.pdf
# Report 2: Lessons of the Crisis and Global Imbalances: Should and Can Asia Reduce its Reliance on Exports to US and Europe and Focus More on Internal (Regional) Markets?
http://www.adb.org/Documents/events/2010/Global-Economic-Financial-Crisis/report-2.pdf
# Report 3: Impact and Policy Responses India
http://www.adb.org/Documents/events/2010/Global-Economic-Financial-Crisis/report-3.pdf
# Report 4: Impact and Policy Responses People’s Republic of China (PRC)
http://www.adb.org/Documents/events/2010/Global-Economic-Financial-Crisis/report-4.pdf
# Report 5: Impact and Policy Responses Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives
http://www.adb.org/Documents/events/2010/Global-Economic-Financial-Crisis/report-5.pdf
# Report 6: Impact and Policy Responses Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand
http://www.adb.org/Documents/events/2010/Global-Economic-Financial-Crisis/report-6.pdf
# Report 7: Impact and Policy Responses Pakistan and Afghanistan
http://www.adb.org/Documents/events/2010/Global-Economic-Financial-Crisis/report-7.pdf
# Report 8: Impact and Policy Responses Caucasus, Central Asia and Mongolia
http://www.adb.org/Documents/events/2010/Global-Economic-Financial-Crisis/report-8.pdf
European Foundations for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)
COMPARATIVE STUDY
Representativeness of the European social partner organisations: Civil aviation [12 January 2010]
January 2010
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn0809027s/index.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn0809027s/tn0809027s.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/eiro/tn0809027s/tn0809027s.pdf
[full-text, 55 pages]
OECD: Economic Survey of Switzerland 2009 [15 January 2010]
www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/switzerland
Policy Brief: Economic Survey of Switzerland 2009
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/40/23/44259489.pdf
[full-text, 12 pages]
Press Release 15 January 2010
Education and housing key areas for reform, says OECD Economic Survey of Switzerland
http://www.oecd.org/document/43/0,3343,en_2649_201185_44410603_1_1_1_1,00.html
World Bank
Trade Logistics in the Global Economy 2010: The Logistics Performance Index and Its Indicators [15 January 2010]
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTTLF/Resources/LPI2010_for_web.pdf
[full-text, 64 pages]
Logistics Performance Index (LPI) [15 January 2010]
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTTRANSPORT/EXTTLF/0,,contentMDK:21514122~menuPK:3875957~pagePK:210058~piPK:210062~theSitePK:515434,00.html
Press Release 15 January 2010
Economies Ranked on Ease of Shipping, Trade
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:22442731~pagePK:64257043~piPK:437376~theSitePK:4607,00.html
Federal
BLS: Monthly Labor Review Online [11 January 2010]
December 2009, Vol. 132, No. 12
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2009/12/home.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2009/12/mlr200912.pdf
[full-text, 118 pages]
Articles
Work-related activities of single mothers before and after welfare reform
Jeounghee Kim and Myungkook Joo
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2009/12/art1full.pdf
[full-text, 15 pages]
Household liability data in the Consumer Expenditure Survey
Kathleen W. Johnson and Geng Li
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2009/12/art2full.pdf
[full-text, 10 pages]
Multiple jobholding in States in 2008
James Campbell
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2009/12/art3full.pdf
[full-text, 2 pages]
Census
AMERICA'S FAMILIES AND LIVING ARRANGEMENTS 2009 [15 January 2010]
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hh-fam/cps2009.html
Press Release 15 January 2010
Census Bureau Reports Families With Children Increasingly Face Unemployment
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/families_households/014540.html
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
Policies for Increasing Economic Growth and Employment in 2010 and 2011 [14 January 2010]
January 2010
http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=10803&type=1
[full-text, 34 pages]
or
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/695/
or
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1700&context=key_workplace
[full-text, 35 pages]
Government Printing Office (GPO)
[FREE] Executive Branch Resources on GPO Access [as of 15 January 2010]
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/executive.html
Government Printing Office (GPO)
[FREE] Legislative Branch Resources on GPO Access (as of 15 January 2010)
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/legislative.html
National Science Foundation (NSF)
National Science Board
Science and Engineering Indicators 2010 [15 January 2010]
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind10/
or
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind10/pdf/seind10.pdf
[full-text, 566 pages]
NOTE IN PARTICULAR:
Chapter 3 Science and Engineering Labor Force
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind10/pdf/c03.pdf
[full-text, 60 pages]
Institutes/Associations/Commercial
Economic Policy Institute (EPI)
EPI Issue Brief #269
Employer Health Costs Do Not Drive Wage Trends
By Lawrence Mishel,
January 6, 2010
http://www.epi.org/page/-/ib269/ib269.pdf
[full-text, 5 pages]
Press Release
http://www.epi.org/page/-/ib269/20100106-health_care_excise_tax-pr.pdf
Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
EBRI NOTES
January 2010, Vol. 31, No. 1
Paperback, 20 pp
'Employee Tenure, 2008,' and 'Retiree Health Benefit Trends Among the Medicare-Eligible Population'
http://www.ebri.org/publications/notes/index.cfm?fa=notesDisp&content_id=4447
or
http://www.ebri.org/pdf/notespdf/EBRI_Notes_Jan-10.Tenure.pdf
[full-text, 20 pages]
Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
January 2010
EBRI Issue Brief #338
Paperback, 20 pp.
Implications of Health Reform for Retiree Health Benefits [13 January 2010]
http://www.ebri.org/publications/ib/index.cfm?fa=ibDisp&content_id=4433
or
http://www.ebri.org/pdf/briefspdf/EBRI_IB_01-2010_No338_RetHlth1.pdf
[full-text, 20 pages]
Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc.
FOR RELEASE AT 10:00 A.M. EST, JANUARY 13, 2010
Lowest CEO Turnover Since 2004
1,227 CEOs LEFT THEIR POSTS IN 2009
http://iwsdocumentednewsdaily.blogspot.com/2010/01/iws-challenger-lowest-ceo-turnover.html
World Economic Forum (WEF)
Global Risk Report 2010 [14 January 2010]
http://www.weforum.org/en/initiatives/globalrisk/Reports/index.htm
or
http://www.weforum.org/pdf/globalrisk/globalrisks2010.pdf
[full-text, 52 pages]
Risks Interconnection Map
http://www.weforum.org/documents/riskbrowser2010/risks/
Press Release
World Economic Forum Global Risks Report warns of long shadow of the financial crisis
http://www.weforum.org/en/media/Latest%20Press%20Releases/PR_GRR2010
Law
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
The Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement
Ian F. Fergusson, Specialist in International Trade and Finance
Bruce Vaughn, Specialist in Asian Affairs
December 7, 2009
http://opencrs.com/document/R40502/2009-12-07/download/1013/
[full-text, 17 pages]
Government Printing Office (GPO)
[FREE] Judicial Branch Resources on GPO Access (as of 15 January 2010)
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/judicial.html
Government Printing Office (GPO)
FEDERAL DIGITAL SYSTEM (FDsys)
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/search/home.action
For more information on FDsys.
http://www.gpo.gov/projects/fdsysinfo.htm
NOTE: If you are looking for free alternatives to LEXIS, WESTLAW, and other commercial databases for access to U.S. Government Information, this is a key source.
OSHA News Release: [01/15/2010]
Contact Name: Diana Petterson
Phone Number: (202) 693-1898
Release Number: 10-0063-NAT
US Department of Labor’s OSHA announces ‘OSHA Listens’ public meeting to solicit comments and suggestions from stakeholders
Public meeting scheduled for Feb. 10 in Washington, D.C.
http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/osha/osha20100063.htm
Statistical Reports
BEA: U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES November 2009 [12 January 2010]
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2010/trad1109.htm
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2010/pdf/trad1109.pdf
[full-text, 47 pages]
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2010/xls/trad1109.xls
[spreadsheet]
and
Highlights
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2010/pdf/trad1109_fax.pdf
BLS: Consumer Price Index - December 2009 [15 January 2010]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cpi.pdf
[full-text, 25 pages]
BLS: REAL EARNINGS - DECEMBER 2009 [15 January 2010]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/realer.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/realer.pdf
[full-text, 6 pages]
BLS: The Editor's Desk
Long-term unemployment in December 2009 [14 January 2010]
http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2010/ted_20100114.htm
BLS: U.S. IMPORT AND EXPORT PRICE INDEXES - DECEMBER 2009 [14 January 2010]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ximpim.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ximpim.pdf
[full-text, 16 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ximpim.toc.htm
BLS: COUNTY EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES Second Quarter 2009 [13 January 2010]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cewqtr.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cewqtr.pdf
[full-text, 24 pages]
Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts
Congressional Budget Office (CBo)
Economic and Budget Issue Brief
The Individual Alternative Minimum Tax [15 January 2010]
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/108xx/doc10800/01-15-AMT_Brief.pdf
[full-text, 10 pages]
NOTE: The IWS Documented News Service is committed to helping the Rwanda Tribunal garner more attention world-wide. The lessons and legacy of ground-breaking legal matters related to the unspeakable events in Rwanda should not be forgotten. Humans, whether from rich or poor countries, must remain vigilant in curbing the motivations that lead individuals and groups to violent hatred and barbaric acts against a class of people. Consequently, items about this tribunal, which will end shortly after 2010, will appear from time to time on this news service.
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)
Status of Detainees
http://www.ictr.org/ENGLISH/factsheets/detainee.htm
THE BACHARACH BLOG
Juggling Three Balloons: NBC & Decision Theory
Posted by Samuel B. Bacharach on Jan 14, 2010
http://bacharachblog.com/proactive-leadership-skills/juggling-three-balloons-nbc-decision-theory/
Google & China at High Noon: Making Difficult Decisions
By Samuel B. Bacharach on 01/14/10
http://bacharachblog.com/proactive-leadership-skills/google-china-at-high-noon-making-difficult-decisions/
I, Claudius & The Key to Effective Leadership
By Samuel B. Bacharach on 01/13/10
http://bacharachblog.com/proactive-leadership-skills/i-claudius-the-key-to-effective-leadership/
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