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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
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NO MESSAGE will be sent until 30 November 2009.

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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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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
________________________________________________________________________

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)

Working conditions and social dialogue [17 November 2009]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0943.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2009/43/en/1/EF0943EN.pdf

Author:

Voss, Eckhard

Summary:

This report seeks to investigate the contribution played by social dialogue structures in boosting the quality of work and employment. Focusing in particular on national experience in six Member States, and the situations of the construction and healthcare sectors, it provides an overview of major framework conditions from both a European and national perspective, presents key findings from existing research and national working conditions surveys, as well as giving an overview of examples of good practice at company level and of the results of case studies carried out as part of the research for this report. An executive summary is available.

CONTENTS

Foreword v

Executive summary 1

Introduction 1

Part 1 – European and national experience 7

1. Working conditions as an issue of public policy 9

2. Experience in six Member States 21

3. Conclusions 33

Part 2 – Analysis of existing research 35

4. Overview of previous surveys 37

5. Conclusions 63

Part 3 – The construction and healthcare sectors 65

6. Overview 67

7. Construction 69

8. Healthcare 83

9. Conclusions 91

Bibliography 95

Annex 1: Overview of case studies and authors 99

Annex 2: Interview guidelines for management and employee representatives

on working conditions and social dialogue 100

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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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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
________________________________________________________________________

BLS Spotlight on Statistics

November 2009

Thanksgiving

http://www.bls.gov/spotlight/2009/thanksgiving/home.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/spotlight/2009/thanksgiving/pdf/thanksgiving_bls_spotlight.pdf

[full-text, 6 pages]

What activities do you have planned for this Thanksgiving? Perhaps cooking and enjoying a meal with family or friends, playing sports or watching sports on television, doing volunteer work, or shopping? Here's a look at some BLS data behind those Thanksgiving scenes.

Includes numerous CHARTS & TABLES….

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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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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
________________________________________________________________________

Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)

Social Panorama of Latin America 2009
http://www.eclac.org/cgi-bin/getProd.asp?xml=/publicaciones/xml/0/37840/P37840.xml&xsl=/dds/tpl-i/p9f.xsl&base=/tpl-i/top-bottom.xsl
or
http://www.eclac.org/publicaciones/xml/0/37840/PSI2009-Sintesis-Lanzamiento.pdf
[full-text, 64 pages]

The 2009 edition of Social Panorama of Latin America links trends in poverty and income distribution with social protection systems, placing special emphasis on how these systems have responded to the social impacts of the current crisis and on medium- and long-term projections. It focuses in particular on the impact of public transfers, trends in social spending, the mechanisms by which social vulnerability is reproduced and changing intergenerational and gender relations. These changes pose significant challenges for the role played by the State, the market and families in jointly meeting needs related to the population's welfare.

The document is divided into two parts. Part 1 includes the usual chapter on poverty and income distribution in the region and a second chapter that examines these issues in greater depth through an analysis of social spending, monetary transfers and conditional cash transfer programmes. The third chapter examines poverty and social vulnerability in light of the crisis and post-crisis situation and analyses how the countries' social protection systems can mitigate these effects of the crisis. Part 2 focuses on the care economy. It includes a chapter on paid and unpaid work from a gender perspective, highlighting inequalities and outstanding debts in the sexual division of labour; a chapter that looks at population projections and trends and underscores the pressing short- and medium-term priorities for care work; and a final chapter on the policy implications of these transformations.

CONTENTS

Introduction.........................................................................................................................5
Summary..............................................................................................................................9
Poverty and inequality in the context of the economic crisis ........................................9
Dynamics of social spending, monetary transfers and co-responsibility
transfer programmes.........................................................................................................22
The crisis, post-crisis scenarios and social vulnerability in Latin America ...............33
Gender and paid and unpaid work: links in the chains of discrimination
and inequality ....................................................................................................................41
Generational impacts of population dynamics and care provision in
the framework of social protection .................................................................................51
Public policies and the care crisis: alternatives and initiatives....................................58

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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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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
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U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION (USCC)

2009 REPORT TO CONGRESS
of the
U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION
ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION
NOVEMBER 2009
http://www.uscc.gov/annual_report/2009/annual_report_full_09.pdf
[full-text, 381 pages]

Among the topics addressed in the 367-page Report are:
* China's increasingly aggressive espionage efforts to obtain U.S. secrets and technology for the benefit of China's military and its economy.
* China's stepped-up cyber espionage and cyber warfare capabilities that constitute a growing threat to U.S. computer networks.
* China's extensive use of foreign propaganda and China's efforts to influence public opinion and policymaking in the United States.
* China's detailed industrial policy designed to attract foreign investment and production and to create "national champions" to compete on a global scale.
* China's use of subsidies and other trade-distorting measures in violation of its international commitments.
* China's role in the creation of the economic imbalances that that helped produce the global financial crisis.
* The expansion and modernization of the Chinese navy and its effects on U.S. access to the waters around China and Taiwan and the likelihood of a maritime arms race.
* The use of new and more sophisticated methods by Chinese authorities to control the Chinese news media and the Internet.
* China's activities in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia.
* Mainland China's increasing influence in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
* The effect of China's policies on the economy of the upstate New York region.

CONTENTS

TRANSMITTAL LETTER TO THE CONGRESS ............................................................... iii
COMMISSIONERS APPROVING THE REPORT .............................................................. v
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................... 1
KEY RECOMMENDATIONS TO CONGRESS ........................................................... 12
INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................... 15
2009 REPORT TO CONGRESS OF THE
U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION
Chapter 1: The U.S.-China Trade and Economic Relationship ............... 19
Section 1: The U.S.-China Trade and Economic Relationship's Current Status
and Significant Changes During 2009 ..................................................... 19
Section 2: China's Role in the Origins of the Global Financial Crisis and
China's Response .............................................................................................. 38
Section 3: China's Industrial Policy and its Impact on U.S. Companies,
Workers, and the American Economy ............................................................. 56
Section 4: China's Industrial Policy and its Impact on Upstate New York .... 80
Recommendations .................................................................................................. 90
Chapter 2: China's Activities Directly Affecting U.S. Security Interests
........................................................................................................................ 113
Section 1: China's Military and Security Activities Abroad ............................. 113
Section 2: China's Naval Modernization ............................................................ 128
Section 3: China's Human Espionage Activities that Target the United
States, and the Resulting Impacts on U.S. National Security ..................... 148
Section 4: China's Cyber Activities that Target the United States, and the
Resulting Impacts on U.S. National Security ................................................ 167
Recommendations .................................................................................................. 182
Chapter 3: China in Asia ................................................................................... 209
Section 1: China in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia ......................... 209
Section 2: Taiwan ................................................................................................. 231
Section 3: Hong Kong .......................................................................................... 245
Recommendations .................................................................................................. 254
Chapter 4: China's Media and Information Controls—The Impact in
China and the United States ......................................................................... 269
Section 1: Freedom of Expression in China ....................................................... 269
Section 2: China's External Propaganda and Influence Operations, and the
Resulting Impacts on the United States ......................................................... 289
Recommendations .................................................................................................. 310
Comprehensive List of the Commission's Recommendations .................. 325
Additional Views of Commissioners ................................................................ 331
Appendices:
Appendix I: United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission
Charter .......................................................................................................... 335
Appendix II: Background of Commissioners ....................................................... 345
Appendix III: Public Hearings of the Commission ............................................... 355
A. List of Witnesses Testifying Before the Commission—2009 Hearings ........ 359
Appendix IV: Interlocutors' Organizations—2009 Asia Fact Finding Trip ........ 363
Appendix V: List of Research Material ............................................................... 365
Appendix VI: Abbreviations and Acronyms ......................................................... 367
Commission Staff and Acknowledgements .................................................... 369

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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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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
________________________________________________________________________

Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)

Bridging Regional Trade Agreements in the Americas [16 November 2009]
Antoni Est evadeordal and Kati Suominen with Jeremy T. Harris and Matthew Shearer
http://idbdocs.iadb.org/wsdocs/getdocument.aspx?docnum=2252290
[full-text, 180 pages]

[excerpt]
But as this report shows, the regional economies would significantly
augment the gains from trade through improved convergence among their
manifold common trade agreements. The current web of agreements has
been a positive force for the region, but it has also created complexities
of overlapping trade rules and regulations that increase the transaction
costs for entrepreneurs and enterprises aiming to operate region-wide.
Bridging the regional trade agreements would enable these end users of
integration agreements to pursue multinational export strategies, pool
production, and harness region-wide production possibilities, as well as
to score competitiveness gains in the global export markets.

Press Release 16 November 2009
Nov 16, 2009
IDB study provides roadmap for promoting convergence among regional trade agreements
http://www.iadb.org/NEWS/detail.cfm?language=English&id=5950

New book identifies common features that could help countries use regional trade agreements to foster further integration

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is publishing today a new book that offers countries a roadmap to use their existing regional trade agreements to foster greater integration and trade liberalization.

The book Bridging Regional Trade Agreements in the Americas reveals that liberalization in the regional agreements is similarly sequenced, and that these accords share common regulations in areas such as rules of origin, investment, services, customs procedures, and competition policy rules.

The study comes as policymakers are increasingly concerned about the proliferation of regional trade agreements (RTAs) as the world prepares for another Doha trade talks in December. RTAs could lead to excessive and overlapping rules, hurting the world's ultimate goal to increase trade and investments. At the regional level, the issue was in the agenda of APEC leaders in Singapore last week and it will be discussed next week in Mexico during the Trade Ministerial of the ARCO of the Pacific Initiative.

Some 200 deals have been notified to the World Trade Organization (WTO), and many more are under negotiation. Practically all countries around the world belong to a free trade agreement, and several countries in the Americas such as Chile, Mexico or Peru among others have inked numerous deals, often across oceans.

"The study identifies common features among these deals that could serve as the starting points for connecting the agreements together,'' said Antoni Estevadeordal, head of the IDB's integration and Trade Department and one of the authors of the book. "It is vital for countries to foster convergence of such agreements because it can make their companies more competitive in the global market."

The study includes the results of an IDB survey where Latin American companies say they could significantly cut trade-related costs from such "convergence". For example, in Colombia, 54 percent of small and medium-sized firms and 34 percent for larger firms report that cost-savings from connecting the various FTAs would be "high" or "very high". In Mexico, the figures are 50 percent SMEs and 52 percent for large firms, and in Panama 73 percent and 67 percent, respectively.

The IDB's latest book complements the findings of another book the Bank produced in collaboration with the WTO earlier this year. The book Regional Rules in the Global Trading System said, despite some protectionist measures in certain sensitive sectors, regional trade agreements are deeply liberalizing, freeing more than 90 percent of the traded products by the tenth year they are implemented.

IDB economists Estevadeordal, Kati Suominen, Jeremy Harris and Matthew Shearer are the authors of Bridging Regional Trade Agreements in the Americas, which has been published by the IDB. Estevadeordal and Suominen together with Robert Teh are the editors of the book Regional Rules in the Global Trading System. This book, a joint IDB and WTO publication, has been published by Cambridge University Press.

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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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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
________________________________________________________________________

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)

Overview of industrial relations in the EU and other global economies 20082009 [17 November 2009]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0990.htm

or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2009/90/en/1/EF0990EN.pdf
[full-text, 21 pages]

Author: Foundation
Summary: This year's annual review of industrial relations developments in the European Union, Japan and the US, as well as in the emerging economies of Brazil and China, is set against the background of the global financial and economic crisis that developed in the summer of 2008. As recession has hit countries worldwide, weakening labour markets and causing unemployment to rise, governments have issued stimulus packages to combat the crisis. This report explores the impact of the crisis on developments in industrial relations in the EU, Brazil, China, Japan and the US over the period 20082009. It charts the similarities and trends, as well as the differences in structure and developments between these five major economies, followed by an outline of priority issues for the social partners and a range of measures that could improve the global economic outlook.

CONTENTS
Introduction
Economic and employment context
Legislative developments
Developments of social partner organisations
Collective bargaining
Industrial action
Industrial relations outlook
References

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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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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
________________________________________________________________________

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

Employees in Postsecondary Institutions, Fall 2008, and Salaries of Full-Time Instructional Staff, 2008-09 [18 November 2009]
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2010165
or
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2010/2010165.pdf
[full-text, 39 pages]

Description:
This First Look presents data from the Winter 2008-09 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), including data on the number of staff employed in Title IV postsecondary institutions in fall 2008 by primary function/occupational activity, length of contract/teaching period, employment status, salary class interval, faculty and tenure status, academic rank, race/ethnicity, and gender.

______________________________
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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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
________________________________________________________________________

Fact Sheet:
Fatal Occupational Injuries to Members of the Resident Military [16 November 2009]
http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/cfoi/fatal_occupational_injuries_military.htm

Members of the resident military face a set of hazards different from that of the typical worker. In 2008, 53 fatal occupational injuries, or 1 percent of all fatal occupational injuries in the United States, were incurred by members of the resident military according to the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) Program]. Members of the resident military are more likely to be fatality injured than workers in general. In 2007, the fatal injury rate for members of the resident military was 5.5 fatalities per 100,000 employed workers compared to the all worker rate of 3.8.

AND MUCH MORE...including CHARTS & TABLES....

______________________________
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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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
________________________________________________________________________

Census

Model-based Small Area Income & Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) for School Districts, Counties, and States [18 November 2009]
http://www.census.gov/did/www/saipe/

Fact Sheet
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/pdf/cb09-173_SAIPEfactsheet.pdf

Release Highlights of 2008
November 18, 2009
The following estimates are produced for 2008 from the Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) program:
http://www.census.gov/did/www/saipe/data/highlights/2008.html

Census Bureau Releases 2008 Income and Poverty Estimates for All School Districts and Counties [18 November 2009]
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/income_wealth/014415.html

     The U.S. Census Bureau today released 2008 income and poverty estimates for every school district and county in the nation. These data, part of the < http://www.census.gov/did/www/saipe/> Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) program, currently represent the only source of Census Bureau income and poverty data for each of the nation's 3,142 counties and almost 14,000 Title I-eligible school districts.

     SAIPE is the only source of single-year income and poverty data for approximately 1,300 counties and 76 percent of school districts. Data for these areas with population size of less than 20,000 are not expected to be available from the American Community Survey (ACS) until late 2010.

     SAIPE numbers have a smaller margin of error than ACS estimates because they combine ACS data with aggregate data from federal tax information, administrative records on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participation, Census 2000 statistics and annual population estimates.

     State and county estimates are provided for the total number of people in poverty, the number of children under age 5 in poverty (for states only), number of related children age 5 to 17 in families in poverty, number of children under 18 in poverty and median household income.

     School district estimates, produced in order for the Department of Education to implement provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, are available for the total population, number of children age 5 to 17 and number of related children age 5 to 17 in families in poverty.

     These tabulations, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, are used as one of the criteria to allocate federal funds to local jurisdictions. In addition, state and local programs use these data for distributing funds and managing school programs.

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Cornell/ILR School
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New York, NY 10016

Telephone: (607) 255-2703
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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
________________________________________________________________________

Employment Training Administration (ETA)

ETA News Release: [11/18/2009]

US Department of Labor announces nearly $55 million in green jobs training grants through Recovery Act [18 November 2009]
http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/eta20091439.htm

WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today announced nearly $55 million in green jobs grants, as authorized by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The grants will support job training and labor market information programs to help workers, many in underserved communities, find jobs in expanding green industries and related occupations.

"Today's announcement is part of the administration's long-term commitment to fostering both immediate economic growth and a clean energy future. It's an investment that will help American workers do well while doing good," said Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis. "These grants provide an immediate return, and they are part of a larger green initiative that will help lead to increased job placements and promote economic growth."

The two categories of grant awards announced today are: State Labor Market Information Improvement Grants and Green Capacity Building Grants. Both will be administered by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration.

Green Capacity Building Grants, totaling $5.8 million, will increase the training capacity of 62 current Labor Department grant recipients through a variety of strategies, and will offer training opportunities to help individuals acquire jobs in expanding green industries. These grants will help serve underserved communities. Targeted communities include American Indians, women, at-risk youth and farm workers.

State Labor Market Information Improvement Grants, totaling $48.8 million, will support the collection and dissemination of labor market information, and will enhance the labor exchange infrastructure to provide career opportunities within clean energy industries. Grantees will be able to employ strategies that enable job seekers to connect with green job banks and help ensure that workers find employment after completing training. Thirty awards ranging from about $763,000 to $4 million were made to state workforce agencies to utilize data for workforce development strategies. Multiple state workforce agencies partnering as a consortium will use this program to gather information that is likely to have a regional, multi-state or national impact.

The grants are part of a larger Recovery Act initiative totaling $500 million for green jobs training grants designed to promote economic growth. The Department of Labor expects to release funding for an additional three green grant award categories over the next several months.

For a full listing and project description of each grant recipient, visit http://www.doleta.gov.

Editor's Note: Charts reflecting grantees is below.
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Cornell/ILR School
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New York, NY 10016

Telephone: (607) 255-2703
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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
________________________________________________________________________

REAL EARNINGS -- OCTOBER 2009 [19 November 2009]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/realer.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/realer.pdf
[full-text, 6 pages]

Real average hourly earnings fell 0.1 percent from September to October, seasonally adjusted, the U.S.
Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. A 0.3 percent increase in the Consumer Price Index for
Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) slightly offset a 0.3 percent increase in average
hourly earnings for production and nonsupervisory workers.

Real average weekly earnings fell 0.1 percent over the month, as a result of a decline in real average
hourly earnings and an unchanged average work week. Since reaching a recent high point in December
2008, real average weekly earnings have fallen by 1.9 percent.

Real average hourly earnings grew 2.8 percent, seasonally adjusted, from October 2008 to October 2009.
A 1.5 percent decline in average weekly hours partly offset the increase in real average hourly earnings
and resulted in a 1.2 percent increase in real average weekly earnings during this period.

Real Earnings for November 2009 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at
8:30 a.m. (EST).

AND MORE...including TABLES...

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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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# posted by SBasefsky : 8:41 AM links to this post

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
________________________________________________________________________

Consumer Price Index - October 2009 [19 November 2009]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cpi.pdf
[full-text, 19 pages]

On a seasonally adjusted basis, the Consumer Price Index for All
Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.3 percent in October, the U.S. Bureau
of Labor Statistics reported today. The index has decreased 0.2
percent over the last 12 months on a not seasonally adjusted basis.

The seasonally adjusted all items increase largely reflected advances
in the indexes for energy and for new and used motor vehicles. The
energy index rose for the fifth time in the last six months,
advancing 1.5 percent as the indexes for gasoline, fuel oil, natural
gas, and electricity all increased. The index for all items less food
and energy rose 0.2 percent in October, the same increase as in
September. The indexes for used cars and trucks and for new vehicles
both rose sharply and together they accounted for over 90 percent of
the increase in the index for all items less food and energy. The
indexes for airline fares and medical care also increased, while the
shelter index was unchanged and the indexes for apparel and
recreation declined.

The food index also increased in October, rising 0.1 percent after
declining in two of the previous three months. The index for food
away from home increased slightly, while the food at home index was
unchanged. Within the food at home group, the index for dairy and
related products rose significantly, while the fruits and vegetables
index declined for the fourth straight month.

AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES....

______________________________
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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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# posted by SBasefsky : 8:39 AM links to this post

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
________________________________________________________________________

BLS

International Unemployment Rates and Employment Indexes, Seasonally Adjusted, 2007-2009 (updated monthly) [6 November 2009]
http://www.bls.gov/fls/intl_unemployment_rates_monthly.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/fls/intl_unemployment_rates_monthly.pdf
[full-text, 5 pages]

Includes CHARTS & TABLES...

______________________________
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****************************************
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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
****************************************

# posted by SBasefsky : 3:26 PM links to this post

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
________________________________________________________________________

McGill Institute for Health and Social Policy
http://www.mcgill.ca/ihsp/

THE WORK, FAMILY, & EQUITY INDEX: A WORLD LEGAL RIGHTS DATABASE
http://researchtoaction.mcgill.ca/public_html/wfei/

About the Index
http://researchtoaction.mcgill.ca/public_html/wfei/about.php

With the support of the Ford Foundation and the Canada Foundation for Innovation, the Work, Family, and Equity Index (WFEI) measures governmental performance around the world in meeting the needs of working women, men, and their families. Developed by researchers at the < http://www.mcgill.ca/ihsp> McGill University Institute of Health and Social Policy and the < http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/> Harvard School of Public Health, the WFEI is the first program devoted to understanding and improving the relationship between working conditions around the world and health and well-being. The elements in the Index comprise an evidence-based set of national labor policies that affect workers' ability to meet health and welfare needs.

Policy Areas Examined

We set out to examine a series of working conditions that affect workers' ability to meet health and welfare needs, which could be analyzed in a comparable way across countries. We focused on the daily lives of working men and women, their ability to continue to earn a living when special needs arose, and their capacity to care for their families on a routine basis. While it was not possible to obtain globally comparative data on all of the conditions associated with these issues, the policies we examined include a selection of those that have achieved: (1) widespread recognition based on the weight of the research evidence, and (2) consensus in international agreements, treaties, covenants, and other legal documents as being important to the health and well-being of working women, men, and their families.

The policy areas we examined include guarantees of:

   * Paid leave for new mothers
   * The right of mothers to breastfeed new infants during working hours
   * Paid leave for new fathers
   * Paid leave to meet personal health needs
   * Leave to address family members' health needs
   * Paid annual leave
   * A day of rest every week
   * Restrictions on the amount of overtime
   * Increased pay for overtime hours
   * Paid leave for family emergencies
   * Discretionary leave for family needs
   * Leave for family events such as marriages and funerals
   * Increased pay for night work
   * Restrictions on night work

For the sake of comparability and because countries can vary in their approaches to common policy goals, we selected the essential, core features of a given policy and then systematically analyzed and categorized the approach taken by each country.

Click < http://researchtoaction.mcgill.ca/public_html/wfei/methodology.php > here for detailed information on our methodology.

----------

About the World Database

Funded by the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) and the Government of Quebec, the World Legal Rights Data Centre (WoRLD) global databases project began in 2005. This unprecedented initiative aims to significantly improve the level and quality of knowledge and comparative data available to global policymakers, NGOs and researchers on issues of labour, education, equity, and related social policy, as well as human rights and other social determinants of population health. Led by Jody Heymann, WoRLD continues to build on the international database Heymann began at Harvard with the Project on Global Working Families. WoRLD compares policies in all 192 UN countries. Once completed, it will include extensive and detailed data on social and demographic conditions and public policy, specifically addressing adult and child labour, education, equality, social security, poverty, and health and wellbeing outcomes.

______________________________
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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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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
________________________________________________________________________

Cornell ILR School & Ius Laboris, the Global Alliance of Leading Employment Law Practices

Join us on Thursday, December 3, 2009, from 8:00am 5:00pm, for Challenging Issues, Challenging Times: The Employment Law Horizon Facing Global Employers in 2010, co-Sponsored by the Cornell ILR School & Ius Laboris, the Global Alliance of Leading Employment Law Practices, at The Cornell Club, New York City.

This unique conference bringing together leading labor, employment and Human Resources attorneys for employers from more than 10 countries in one conference day will provide a valuable opportunity to learn about the global implications of corporate policy. Join lawyers from Ius Laboris the Alliance of Leading Employment Law Practices as they discuss the evolving world of employment law for businesses operating around the globe. Go to our website-- http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/law/events for more information and registration information

See
Employment Law Horizons Facing Global Employers in 2010
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/law/events/120309_GlobalEmployers.html

December 3, New York City

Challenging Issues, Challenging Times

Co-Sponsored by the Cornell ILR School & Ius Laboris, the Global Alliance of Leading Employment Law Practices

Date: Thursday, December 3, 2009
Time: 8:00am 5:00 pm
Location: The Cornell Club, New York City

Print a Registration Form
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/law/events/upload/Registration-form-4.pdf
or
Register Online
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/law/catalog/el999.html

Printable Agenda
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/law/events/upload/IL_Horizon2010_Agenda_11-09-092-2.pdf
Additional Program Information
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/law/events/upload/PROGRAM-INFORMATION-for-brochure-2.pdf

As organizations doing business globally know or quickly discover, long-term or even short-term assignments away from an individual's home country regularly raise a large number of questions and challenges legal, cultural and matters of business strategy and employee relations. This unique conference bringing together leading labor, employment and Human Resources attorneys for employers from more than 10 countries in one conference day will provide a valuable opportunity to learn about the global implications of corporate policy, including issues relating to:

   * The evolving landscape of workplace privacy rules
   * Corporate codes of conduct: how well do they travel from the U.S.?
   * Challenges in cross-border employment contracts
   * Lessons from the downturn -- strategies for restructuring, and other workplace changes
   * Global labor strategies -- preparing for new pressures and new realities

Join lawyers from Ius Laboris the Alliance of Leading Employment Law Practices as they discuss the evolving world of employment law for businesses operating around the globe.

For information on registering or our CLE scholarship policy, contact Opal Bablington at 212-340-2842, fax 212-340-7979, or e-mail < mailto:odb2@cornell.edu> odb2@cornell.edu.

Offered in conjunction with Cornell Law School

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

# posted by SBasefsky : 2:43 PM links to this post

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
________________________________________________________________________

The National Partnership for Women & Families

Raising the Global Floor: Dismantling the Myth that We Can't Afford Good Working Conditions for Everyone [17 November 2009]
http://researchtoaction.mcgill.ca/public_html/wfei/book/book.php

NEWS RELEASE
November 17, 2009 Contact:
Gretchen Wright
Johanna Diaz
(202) 371-1999

Raising the Global Floor: Unprecedented New Study Finds that
Family-Friendly Workplace Policies and Protections
Support Jobs, Enhance Competitiveness

Eight-Year Worldwide Study Finds U.S. Lacking Compared to Other Nations on Paid Sick Days, Paid Paternal Leave, Breastfeeding, Other Worker Supports [17 November 2009]
http://www.nationalpartnership.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=21961&security=2141&news_iv_ctrl=2181

WASHINGTON, DC A major new study by researchers at Harvard and McGill Universities the largest ever to look at working conditions worldwide finds the United States far behind other economically successful nations in terms of adopting policies that support workers and families. The new study finds that 14 of the world's 15 most competitive countries provide paid sick leave, 13 guarantee paid leave for new mothers, 12 provide paid leave for new fathers, 11 provide paid leave to care for children's health needs, eight provide paid leave to care for adult family members, and seven guarantee breastfeeding breaks to nursing mothers on the job. At the federal level, the United States offers its workers none of those supports.

Raising the Global Floor: Dismantling the Myth that We Can't Afford Good Working Conditions for Everyone examines policies, protections and supports in 190 of the world's 192 United Nations countries. It is the most extensive study ever conducted on these issues. Released today, the new book is published by Stanford University Press and written by Jody Heymann, Founding Director of the Institute for Health and Social Policy at McGill University and Alison Earle, while a Research Scientist at the Harvard School of Public Health. They were aided in the study by a team of international researchers who also examined the working conditions faced by 55,000 households in seven countries on five continents.

"The world's most successful and competitive nations are providing the supports the United States lacks, without harming their competitiveness," Heymann said. "Globally, we found that none of these working conditions are linked with lower levels of economic competitiveness or employment. There simply is no negative relationship at all between decent working conditions and competitiveness or job creation. In fact, we found that a number of these guarantees are associated with increased competitiveness. Ensuring a floor of decent working conditions is crucial for the majority of Americans. The United States lags far behind most of the 190 countries whose labor laws we examined."

"This is a groundbreaking study that should, once and for all, put to rest all claims that providing humane family-friendly workplace policies will cost jobs or hurt our nation's competitiveness," said Debra L. Ness, President of the National Partnership for Women & Families. "Health insurance isn't the only area where protections for Americans are lacking. We are far behind the rest of the world in guaranteeing paid sick days and many other crucial supports. In one example, all of the world's most competitive economies except for the United States guarantee paid sick days, as do the majority of countries with the lowest unemployment rates. This book should be a call to action for Congress to pass the Healthy Families Act, the Family Leave Insurance Act, the Federal Employees Paid Leave Act, and the Merkley Amendment, which would require employers to provide reasonable unpaid time for employees to pump breast milk."

Raising the Global Floor also finds that:
   * 163 nations around the world guarantee paid sick leave; the U.S. does not.
   * 164 nations guarantee paid annual leave; the U.S. does not.
   * 177 nations guarantee paid leave for new mothers; the U.S. does not.
   * 74 nations guarantee paid leave for new fathers; the U.S. does not.
   * 48 nations guarantee paid time off to care for children's health; the U.S. does not.
   * 157 nations guarantee workers a day of rest each week; the U.S. does not.
   * 148 nations guarantee a wage premium for mandatory overtime, including the U.S.

In the United States, legislation has been introduced in Congress to provide a minimum standard of paid sick days and paid family leave, as well as numerous other workplace supports. But many are languishing and no floor votes are currently scheduled.

The McGill Institute for Health and Social Policy has created a new website, < http://www.raisingtheglobalfloor.org/> , which serves as a gateway to international labor and work policy data, and provides the means to measure, compare and map this new data.

# # #

The National Partnership for Women & Families is a non-profit, non-partisan advocacy group dedicated to promoting fairness in the workplace, access to quality health care and policies that help women and men meet the dual demands of work and family. More information is available at www.nationalpartnership.org.

______________________________
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
****************************************

# posted by SBasefsky : 2:32 PM links to this post

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
________________________________________________________________________

U.S. Commercial Service

Doing Business in Mongolia 2009: A Country Commercial Guide for U.S. Companies [November 2009]
http://www.buyusainfo.net/docs/x_8159819.pdf
[full-text, 92 pages]

CONTENT
Chapter 1: Doing Business in Mongolia
Chapter 2: Political and Economic Environment
Chapter 3: Selling U.S. Products and
Chapter 4: Leading Sectors for U.S. Export
Chapter 5: Trade Regulations and Standards
Chapter 6: Investment Climate
Chapter 7: Trade and Project Financing
Chapter 8: Business Travel
Chapter 9: Contacts, Market Research
Chapter 10: Guide to Our Services

______________________________
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
****************************************

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

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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# posted by SBasefsky : 2:06 PM links to this post

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
________________________________________________________________________

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)

Report On Quality Changes For 2010 Model Vehicles [17 November 2009]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/motveh.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/motveh.pdf

Passenger Cars

The value of quality changes for a sample of 2010 model year domestically produced passenger
cars included in the Producer Price Index (PPI) for October averaged $249.69, according to
estimates by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). This change represents 30.8 percent of
the average $811.69 increase in manufacturers' invoice prices for this year's models as compared
with last year's models.

The retail equivalent value of these quality changes averaged $271.42, representing 38.0 percent
of the average $713.99 over-the-year increase in manufacturers' suggested list prices.

Light Trucks

The value of quality changes for a sample of 2010 model year domestically produced light trucks
included in the PPI for October averaged $(5.02). The average increase in manufacturers'
invoice prices for this year's models was $793.46 as compared with last year's models.

The retail equivalent value of quality changes for domestically produced light trucks averaged
$(2.92). The average over-the-year increase in manufacturers' suggested list prices was $752.81.

The $(2.92) estimated retail value of quality change breaks down as follows:

   *    $45.50 for mandated and non-mandated safety changes such as improvements to
        headrests and airbags.
   *    $(48.42) for other quality changes such as changes in audio systems, powertrains, and
        changes in levels of standard or optional equipment.

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Estimates of the value of quality change are based on a review by the BLS of data supplied by
producers for similarly equipped 2009 and 2010 domestically produced models priced for the
Producer Price Index. Most of the estimates of quality changes in this release are derived from
information supplied for the Producer Price Index for October. These data also form the basis of
some of the new vehicle quality adjustments for the Consumer Price Index (CPI). However, it
should be noted that, effective with the release of data for January 1999, changes made solely for
the purpose of meeting air pollution standards are no longer considered quality improvements for
CPI calculation purposes.

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Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc.

Social Networking Explodes As Job-Search Tool [17 November 2009]
sites offer many benefits, but pitfalls abound as job seekers learn the ropes

CHICAGO, November 17, 2009 As the nation's job seekers attempt to find any advantage in a tight job market, more and more are turning to social networking to stand out from the crowd. However, while these sites have the potential to revolutionize the job search, they could also prove harmful for those who rely too heavily on them or misuse them, warns one employment authority.

"The job search has changed radically over the last two decades with the advent of electronic mail, the Internet, social networking, smart phones, etc. However, it is important to remember that all of these technologies simply enhance the job search; they will never replace the face-to-face connections that are critical to a successful search," said John A. Challenger, chief executive officer of global outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc., which provides job-search training and counseling to individuals who have lost their job.

"That being said, we feel that these new networking tools are essential and now advise all of the job seekers going through our program to open LinkedIn accounts and to consider other services such as Facebook and Twitter," said Challenger.

"Of course, many of the job seekers going through our program do not need the advice as they are already among the millions who have signed up on social networking sites in recent years," he added.
The number of Americans belonging to social networking sites has grown exponentially in the last five years. It is now estimated that 51 percent of online U.S. adults utilize social networking sites such as Facebook or LinkedIn, according to a recent survey by Forrester Research. That is up from the 25 percent of users who reported using social networking sites in 2007.

One reason the number of social networkers is on the rise is due to increased use among business professionals. In fact, the most rapidly growing age group represented on Facebook is the 35-and-older population.

Meanwhile, a study from the Pew Internet & American Life Project reveals that 19 percent of Internet users are sharing personal and business updates on Twitter or other status-update services, up from 11 percent earlier this year.

"Social networking is an easy way for job seekers to build their network by reaching out to former colleagues and classmates, as well as fellow alumni and industry professionals. Job seekers can then use their networks to uncover available positions and to establish relationships with hiring managers or contacts who can give them a recommendation," said Challenger.

"Just a few years ago, job seekers' only search tools were newspapers and cold calls. Now, technology serves to instantly connect seekers with employers, recruiters and job leads."

Job seekers are not the only ones taking advantage of these new tools. Employers are also jumping on the social networking bandwagon. A recent survey by Jobvite found that 80 percent of companies use or are planning to use social networking sites to fill vacant positions. While LinkedIn is still the most popular site used by employers, with 95 percent of companies using it, Facebook and Twitter are gaining ground. The use of Facebook has grown from 36 percent of recruiters in 2008 to 59 percent in 2009, while Twitter is currently being used by 42 percent of recruiters.
"Social networking should be used cautiously, however," warns Challenger. "As these sites become increasingly intertwined, it will becomes easier and easier for potential employers to access the more personal aspects of job seekers' lives."
Status updates on Facebook can now be sent automatically to Twitter followers. A similar cross-service status updates was recently initiated between Twitter and LinkedIn. The problem, said Challenger, is that people tend to use these services in different ways, and these ways are not always compatible with the job search.

In fact, a job seeker is twice as likely to be eliminated from consideration than be hired based on his or her social networking site content, according to a survey of human resources professionals by Careerbuilder.com. In the survey, 35 percent of respondents said they ceased consideration of an applicant due to a social networking gaffe, with reasons ranging from provocative/inappropriate photographs and information to candidates having poor communication skills. Only 18 percent said they offered a position to a prospective employee due to social networking research, attributing that decision to seeing the candidate as a good fit for the company or the candidate's site conveying a professional image.

"Perhaps the most dangerous aspect of the Internet is the permanency and pervasiveness of any and all information that finds its way there. Comments on a friend's blog, reviews on consumer sites and inside jokes made for a private audience on a social networking site's public group page are all available at the click of a mouse to potential employers."

"The other danger is that many job seekers tend to let the Internet become their primary, if not sole, job-search tool. It is too easy to simply sit in front of one's computer all day, scanning job boards and expanding one's virtual network through LinkedIn. However, these online connections are superficial at best. It takes a lot more work to turn them into meaningful relationships that can advance your job search. In the end, face-to-face meetings are still the most effective relationship-building tool available," said Challenger.

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Challenger offered some of the guidelines provided to job seekers going
through its job-search training program.

USING SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES TO FIND A JOB

Build your network. Utilize every person in your personal and professional
networks. With Twitter, you can grow this network to include hundreds of people.

Build your brand. Your Twitter page can show a little something about yourself
with the pictures and colors you choose to use. The interface allows you to post
links to websites or blogs, so when building your Twitter page, make sure to
include links to these. Start a blog discussing industry trends as you see them.
Include discussions about your work. Basically, talk yourself up. You are a
product employers must have.

Advertise your job loss. Although a job loss can be a trying time for families and
loved ones, telling your "followers" that you are looking for a job can be not only
therapeutic, but also incredibly useful to finding a new position. Hundreds of
recruiters are on Twitter and have no problem following your tweets. You can cast
a very wide net on Twitter with potential to net incredible results.

Get Recommended. LinkedIn allows users the ability to recommend each other's
work. As professional networking sites become the new resume, ask colleagues to
advocate on your behalf on your LinkedIn profile. Recruiters trolling these sites
are much more likely to be impressed if past colleagues rave about your
performance.

Join Groups. LinkedIn also allows users to create and join professional groups,
allowing you to instantly communicate with others in your field. Join and/or start
building those relationships.

Think before you tweet. Twitter can be as anonymous as you want it to be.
However, if you want to find a new position, you might want to spend some time
on each tweet. Remember that you're marketing yourself, you're a product. As with
blogs, LinkedIn, Facebook, etc., you don't want to post anything that might cause
pause (i.e., racy photos, questionable content, etc.). Moreover, having only 140
characters to express yourself limits your literary ability. What you read as witty,
another might read as acerbic. What you think is funny, someone else might find
offensive. Obviously, you want to show the world your best face, so keep this in
mind when fashioning those 140 characters.

Source: Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc.

FIVE BEST WAYS TO USE TWITTER FOR YOUR JOB SEARCH

1. Follow and read job search experts. The amount of excellent ideas, tips,
leads, news, informative articles, and best practices going by all day long is
amazing. Use Twellow's directory for Employment > Career > Job Search to
find excellent people to follow. You'll find outstanding advice that applies to
your situation guaranteed.

2. Search for posted positions. Use Twitter's search function to look for #jobs,
or TwitterJobSearch to find a wealth of open positions that aren't necessarily
posted on job boards or company sites. Also search #splits for positions that
recruiters use to split open searches with other recruiters. New positions are
posted with excellent companies, large and small, every minute of every day.
Get them in real time, early, and often.

3. Follow and read people in your field or industry. Industry chatter is
incredible. News items, rumors, and trends get discussed daily. You can
become much better versed in your field by 'listening'. It can provide you with
new and valuable information that can make you a better candidate in the
interview process. Use Twellow to find appropriate people to follow.

4. Engage! Get in conversations with people. Ask questions, offer help,
ReTweet (re-post) good information you see. Make sure to proofread
everything you Tweet, and keep everything professional. Offering opinions
about politics (unless you're looking for a job in politics), or talking about your
weekend at the bar will alienate half the people you want to connect to. Don't
sound discouraged or be a spreader of bad news. Keep your conversations
focused on your area of expertise, or job search topics, and keep them positive.

5. Connect with people at your target companies. Many companies have an
official presence on Twitter and post positions. There are also obviously many
people on Twitter on their own that work at companies you many have an
interest in. Professionally, ask questions, ask for referrals, offer information,
and seek advice.

Source: Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc.

10 LINKEDIN GROUPS JOB SEEKERS SHOULD JOIN

The Talent Buzz
Executive Suite
Linked:HR
JobsDirectUS
Star:Candidate For Hire
Indeed
Career Rocketeer
Project:Get Hired
MyCredentials: Career Presentation
Job Search Help

Source: Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc.

CONTACTS
James K. Pedderson, Director of Public Relations
Office: 312-422-5078
Mobile: 847-567-1463
jamespedderson@challengergray.com

Colleen Madden, Media Relations Manager
Office: 312-422-5074
colleenmadden@challengergray.com

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Cornell/ILR School

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The Regulation Room Team (Cornell Law School & ILR School's Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution)

The Cornell e-Rulemaking Initiative is proud to announce a preview of Regulation Room, a collaborative effort with the United States Department of Transportation seeking to increase and enhance public engagement during administrative rulemaking proceedings.

Administrative agencies have traditionally used the Federal Register to publish new proposals involving regulations on businesses, industries, and many other aspects that influence society at large. Traditionally, the Federal Register will allow for sixty days of public comments and an additional thirty days for replies. When announcing new rules, agencies typically provide a public comment period where anyone is permitted to voice their opinion on the proposed rules.

Regulation Room is a new and innovative environment attempting to enable and increase public participation in the rulemaking process. The site features a collaborative phase, which should be of interest to the ADR community. The goal is to attract a wide audience who will contribute diverse perspectives and viewpoints, while attempting to grow awareness in the public at large. The site is moderated by Cornell Law School students under close supervision of faculty from the Law School and the ILR School's Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution.

Regulation Room will be running a test commenting period from November 12 - 22 on a proposed National Highway Transportation Safety Administration rule on new tires. During the test period, users of Regulation Room will be able to learn about the rule through research options and asking questions, interact with other individuals around the world, and foster a unique dialogue on the important regulations that affect our daily lives.

Please note that, while we look forward to your valuable feedback and discussion, NHTSA is no longer accepting public comments on the proposed rule that is the subject of the Regulation Room test.

To accept your invitation, sign in to Regulation Room at the following link:
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Once you've joined:
Check out the Learn section (especially the Rule Map)
Share your views or suggestions with others in the Participate section
Tell us how we're doing through the feedback button on the left

During the beta test, Regulation Room will work best with Firefox , Chrome, or Safari. We will have multiple browser compatibility for the first "live" rule on Regulation Room, which is scheduled for early 2010.

Thanks for the help!
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International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations (IUF)

[The following comes directly from the IUF - 17 November 2009]

Independent Sugar Union Leaders in Iran Now Behind Bars - Act Now!
The leaders of Iran's independent sugarworkers union are now in prison in the city of Dezful, serving sentences for their trade union activity. Send a message to the Iranian state and judicial authorities, calling on them to immediately and unconditionally release the jailed unionists:
http://www.iuf.org/den6318

As UN World Summit on Food Security Meets, IUF Asks What about the Workers?
http://www.iuf.org/den6317

Unite Demands Kraft Divulge Employment Implications of Potential Cadbury Takeover
As the battle for the financial spoils from a potential hostile takeover of UK-based Cadbury by Kraft Foods heats up, the IUF's UK affiliate Unite has called on Kraft to lay its plans on the table, and to offer clear guarantees on jobs and pensions.
http://www.iuf.org/den6320

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________________________________________________________________________

World Health Organization (WHO)
WHO global report

Women and health: today's evidence tomorrow's agenda [November 2009]
http://www.who.int/gender/documents/9789241563857/en/index.html
or
http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2009/9789241563857_eng.pdf
[full-text, 108 pages]

Overview

This is a report on women and health both women's health needs and their contribution to the health of societies. Women's health has long been a concern for WHO but today it has become an urgent priority. This report explains why. Using current data, it takes stock of what we know now about the health of women throughout their lives and across the different regions of the world.

CONTENTS
Chapter 1 Understanding women's health in the world today 1
Women around the world 4
Increasing life expectancy 5
The health transition 6
Socioeconomic inequalities adversely affect health 8
Gender inequities affect women's health 9
Women amid conflicts and crisis 11
Women and the health-care system 11
Conclusion 13
Chapter 2 The girl child 17
Still too many deaths of infants and children 19
Sex differentials in health 21
Female genital mutilation 23
Abuse and maltreatment 23
Conclusion 23
Chapter 3 Adolescent girls 27
A time of good health but also risk 29
Puberty and sexual debut 30
Adolescent pregnancy 31
Sexually transmitted infections 31
Substance use 32
Poor diet and physical inactivity 32
Mental health in adolescence 33
Conclusion 33
Chapter 4 Adult women: the reproductive years 37
Women's health during the reproductive years 39
Maternal health 40
Women and HIV/AIDS 43
Sexually transmitted infections 45
Cervical cancer 45
Infertility 46
Conclusion 47
Chapter 5 Adult women 49
Mortality and burden of disease 51
Women, depression and suicide 53
Risk factors for chronic disease 54
Violence 55
Illness and use of health services 56
Conclusion 57
Chapter 6 Older women 59
Women and ageing 61
Socioeconomic influences on health in older women 62
What are the health problems that older women face? 62
Managing disabilities a matter of prevention and care 65
Caring for older women 66
Conclusion 67
Chapter 7 Policy implications 71
Leadership 73
Responsive health services 75
Universal coverage 77
Public policy 78
Tracking progress 81
Conclusion 85
Index 89
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PRODUCER PRICE INDEXES - OCTOBER 2009 [17 November 2009]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ppi.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ppi.pdf
[full-text, 22 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/ppi.supp.toc.htm

The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods advanced 0.3 percent in October, seasonally
adjusted, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. This increase followed a 0.6-percent
decline in September and a 1.7-percent rise in August. In October, at the earlier stages of
processing, prices received by manufacturers of intermediate goods moved up 0.3 percent and
the crude goods index increased 5.4 percent. On an unadjusted basis, from October 2008 to
October 2009, prices for finished goods fell 1.9 percent, the eleventh consecutive month of year-
over-year declines. (See table A.)

AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES....

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Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Economic Stimulus: Issues and Policies
Jane G. Gravelle, Senior Specialist in Economic Policy
Thomas L. Hungerford, Specialist in Public Finance
Marc Labonte, Specialist in Macroeconomic Policy
November 10, 2009
http://opencrs.com/document/R40104/2009-11-10/download/1013/
[full-text, 25 pages]

Summary
The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), in December 2008, declared the economy
in recession since December 2007. With the worsening performance of the economy beginning in
September 2008, Congress passed and President Obama signed a much larger stimulus package
composed of spending and tax cuts. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
(ARRA, P.L. 111-5), a $787 billion package with $286 billion in tax cuts and the remainder in
spending, was signed into law on February 17, 2009. It includes spending for infrastructure,
unemployment benefits, and food stamps, revenue sharing with the states, middle class tax cuts,
and business tax cuts.

Also in 2008 and 2009, the government intervened in specific financial markets by providing
financial assistance to troubled firms and enacting legislation granting authority to the Treasury
Department to purchase $700 billion in assets. The broad intervention into the financial markets
was passed to avoid the spread of financial instability into the broader market; but there are
disadvantages, including leaving the government holding large amounts of mortgage debt.

The need for additional fiscal stimulus depends on the state of the economy. Growth rates,
measured by gross domestic product (GDP), after two strong quarters, were 2.1% in the fourth
quarter of 2007, slightly negative in the first quarter of 2008, positive in the second quarter, a
negative 2.7% in the third quarter, and a negative 5.4% in the fourth quarter. The contraction of
GDP continued into 2009, with a decrease by 6.4% in the first quarter and a second quarter fall of
0.7%. However, after four consecutive quarters of decline, 2009 third quarter estimates indicate a
real GDP increase of 3.5%.

The unemployment rate, which rose slightly in the last half of 2007, declined in January and
February of 2008, but began rising in March 2008 and by October 2009 stood at 10.2%, the
highest rate since April 1983. After extensions of, and modifications to, unemployment
compensation in 2008 and early 2009, another extension of unemployment benefits for 14 weeks
in all 50 states was enacted in the Worker, Homeownership, and Business Act (H.R. 3548, P.L.
111-92) and signed into law on November 6, 2009. The new law also offers an additional six
weeks of benefits for laid-off workers in 27 states with high unemployment.

Fiscal policy temporarily stimulates the economy through an increase in the budget deficit, which
leads to an increase in total spending in the economy, either through direct spending by the
government or spending by the recipients of tax cuts or government transfers. There is a
consensus that certain proposalsones that result in more spending, can be implemented quickly,
and leave no long-term effect on the budget deficitwould increase the benefits and reduce the
costs of fiscal stimulus relative to other proposals. Economists generally agree that spending
proposals are somewhat more stimulative than tax cuts because part of a tax cut may be saved by
the recipients. The most important determinant of the effect on the economy is the stimulus' size.
For instance, the 2008 stimulus package increased the deficit by about 1% of GDP while ARRA is
estimated to increase the budget deficit by about 1.3% in 2009 and an additional 2.2% (or 3.5%
overall) in 2010. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projects that ARRA would raise GDP
by a range of 1.4% to 3.8% in 2009 compared with what it otherwise would have been.

This report, which includes research and analysis from Andrew Hanna, will be updated as
legislative and economic events occur.

Contents
Introduction ...............................................................................................................................1
The Current State of the Economy...............................................................................................2
The 2009 Stimulus Package ........................................................................................................5
Preliminary Discussions ........................................................................................................5
House Proposal .....................................................................................................................6
Senate Proposal.....................................................................................................................7
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 ........................................................7
Discussion ............................................................................................................................8
Issues Surrounding Fiscal Stimulus ...........................................................................................10
The Magnitude of a Stimulus ..............................................................................................10
Bang for the Buck ............................................................................................................... 11
Timeliness..........................................................................................................................14
Long-Term Effects ..............................................................................................................16
Should Stimulus be Targeted? .............................................................................................16
Is Additional Fiscal Stimulus Needed? ................................................................................17
Policies Previously Adopted................................................................................................18
Interventions for Financial Firms and Markets...........................................................................19

Tables
Table 1. Zandi's Estimates of the Multiplier Effect for Various Policy Proposals........................14
Table 2. Timing of Past Recessions and Stimulus Legislation ....................................................15

Contacts
Author Contact Information ......................................................................................................22
Acknowledgments ....................................................................................................................22

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Center for Economic Policy and Research (CEPR)

Unions and Upward Mobility for Asian Pacific American Workers
November 2009, John Schmitt, Hye Jin Rho, and Nicole Woo
http://www.cepr.net/index.php/publications/reports/unions-apa/
or
http://www.cepr.net/documents/publications/unions-apa-2009-11.pdf
[full-text, 13 pages]

Asian Pacific American (APA) workers are, with Latinos, the fastest growing group in the U.S. workforce and in organized labor. Since the late 1980s, APA workers have seen their representation in the ranks of U.S. unions almost double, from about 2.5 percent of all union workers in 1989 to about 4.6 percent in 2008.

This report uses national data from the Current Population Survey (CPS) to show that unionization raises the wages of the typical APA worker by 9 percent compared to their non-union peers. The study goes on to show that unionization also increases the likelihood that an APA worker will have health insurance and a pension.

Contents
Executive Summary..........................................................................................................................................1
Introduction.......................................................................................................................................................2
APAs in Unions and the Workforce...............................................................................................................3
APA Workers in Unions Earn More, More Likely to Have Benefits ........................................................6
Conclusion .........................................................................................................................................................9
Appendix..........................................................................................................................................................10
Health..........................................................................................................................................................10
Pension........................................................................................................................................................10
Union...........................................................................................................................................................10
Low-Wage Occupations ............................................................................................................................11
Data .............................................................................................................................................................11

About the Author
John Schmitt is a Senior Economist, Hye Jin Rho is a Research Assistant, and Nicole Woo is
Director of Domestic Policy at the Center for Economic and Policy Research.
Acknowledgements

The Center for Economic and Policy Research gratefully acknowledges financial support from the
Public Welfare Foundation, the Arca Foundation, and the Ford Foundation. We thank Travis
McArthur for research assistance.

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Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)

The Changing Face of Labor, 1983-2008
John Schmitt and Kris Warner
November 2009
http://www.cepr.net/documents/publications/changing-face-of-labor-2009-11.pdf
[full-text, 24 pages]

Executive Summary
Over the last quarter century, the unionized workforce has changed dramatically. In 1983, over half
of all union workers were white men, few union workers had a college degree, and almost one-third
were in manufacturing.

In 2008:
Over 45 percent of unionized workers were women, up from 35 percent in 1983. At current
growth rates, women will be the majority of unionized workers before 2020.
Over one-third (37.5 percent) of union workers had a four-year college degree or more, up
from only one-in-five (20.3 percent) in 1983. Almost half (49.4 percent) of union women
had at least a four-year college degree.
Only about one-in-ten unionized workers was in manufacturing, down from almost 30
percent in 1983.
Just under half (48.9 percent) of unionized workers were in the public sector, up from
about one-third (34.4 percent) in 1983. About 61 percent of unionized women are in the
public sector, compared to about 38 percent for men.
Latinos were 12.2 percent of the unionized workforce, up from 5.8 percent in 1983. Asian
Pacific Americans were 4.6 percent of union workers, up from 2.5 percent in 1989.
About one-in-eight (12.6 percent) of union workers was an immigrant, up from one in
twelve (8.4 percent) in 1994, the earliest year for which consistent data are available.
Black workers were about 13 percent of the total unionized workforce, a share that has held
fairly steady since 1983, despite a large decline in the representation of whites over the same
period.
Unionized workers were most likely to live in the Northeast (27.4 percent), the Midwest
(25.7 percent), and the Pacific states (22.7 percent). A smaller share of the unionized
workforce lives in the South (18.7 percent) and the West (5.6 percent). Since 2006,
unionization rates have been increasing in the Pacific states (up from 17.6 percent in 2006
to 19.9 percent in 2008), the Northeast (up from 19.5 percent to 20.3 percent), and the
West (up from 10.1 percent to 10.7 percent). Over the same period, unionization rates have
been basically flat in the Midwest (at about 15.5 percent) and in the South (at 7.0-7.2
percent).
The typical union worker was 45 years old, or about 7 years older than in 1983. (The typical
employee, regardless of union status, was 41 years old, also about 7 years older than in
1983.)
CEPR The Changing Face of Labor, 1983-2008 2
The most heavily unionized age group was 55-64 year olds (18.4 percent of 55-64 year-old
workers are in a union). The least unionized age group was 16-24 year olds (5.7 percent).
More-educated workers were more likely to be unionized than less-educated workers, a
reversal from 25 years ago.
In rough terms, five of every ten union workers were in the public sector; one of every ten
was in manufacturing; and the remaining four of ten were in the private sector outside of
manufacturing.

These trends in the composition of the unionized workforce, in part, reflect similar shifts in the
workforce as a whole toward a greater share of women, Latinos, Asian Pacific Americans, and
older, more-educated workers and a shift out of manufacturing toward services.

Contents
Executive Summary........................................................................................................................................ 2
Introduction..................................................................................................................................................... 3
Unionized Workers Today ............................................................................................................................. 4
Gender ......................................................................................................................................................... 4
Race/Ethnicity............................................................................................................................................ 5
Race/Ethnicity and Gender....................................................................................................................... 8
Age..............................................................................................................................................................11
Education ..................................................................................................................................................13
Immigrant Status ......................................................................................................................................15
Manufacturing...........................................................................................................................................17
Public Sector .............................................................................................................................................18
Region ........................................................................................................................................................19
Conclusion .....................................................................................................................................................22

About the Authors
John Schmitt is a Senior Economist and Kris Warner is a Program Assistant at the Center for
Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C.
Acknowledgements
The Center for Economic and Policy Research gratefully acknowledges financial support from the
Public Welfare Foundation, the Arca Foundation, and the Ford Foundation.

[Thanks to Sabrina Pacifici of Bespacific.com for the tip].

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Government Accountability Office (GAO)

Workplace Safety and Health: Enhancing OSHA's Records Audit Process Could Improve the Accuracy of Worker Injury and Illness Data
GAO-10-10, October 15, 2009 [online 16 November 2009]
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d1010.pdf
[full-text, 75 pages]

Abstract
DOL verifies some of the workplace injury and illness data it collects from employers through OSHA's audits of employers' records, but these efforts may not be adequate. OSHA overlooks information from workers about injuries and illnesses because it does not routinely interview them as part of its records audits. OSHA annually audits the records of a representative sample of about 250 of the approximately 130,000 worksites in the high hazard industries it surveys to verify the accuracy of the data on injuries and illnesses recorded by employers. However, OSHA does not always require inspectors to interview workers about injuries and illnessesthe only source of data not provided by employerswhich could assist them in evaluating the accuracy of the records. In addition, some OSHA inspectors reported they rarely learn about injuries and illnesses from workers since the records audits are conducted about 2 years after incidents are recorded. Moreover, many workers are no longer employed at the worksite and therefore cannot be interviewed. OSHA also does not review the accuracy of injury and illness records for worksites in eight high hazard industries because it has not updated the industry codes used to identify these industries since 2002. OSHA officials told GAO they have not updated the industry codes because it would require a regulatory change that is not currently an agency priority. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) also collects data on work-related injuries and illnesses recorded by employers through its annual Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII), but it does not verify the accuracy of the data. Although BLS is not required to verify the accuracy of the SOII data, it has recognized several limitations in the data, such as its limited scope, and has taken or is planning several actions to improve the quality and completeness of the SOII.

According to stakeholders interviewed and the occupational health practitioners GAO surveyed, many factors affect the accuracy of employers' injury and illness data, including disincentives that may discourage workers from reporting work-related injuries and illnesses to their employers and disincentives that may discourage employers from recording them. For example, workers may not report a work-related injury or illness because they fear job loss or other disciplinary action, or fear jeopardizing rewards based on having low injury and illness rates. In addition, employers may not record injuries or illnesses because they are afraid of increasing their workers' compensation costs or jeopardizing their chances of winning contract bids for new work. Disincentives for reporting and recording injuries and illnesses can result in pressure on occupational health practitioners from employers or workers to provide insufficient medical treatment that avoids the need to record the injury or illness. From its survey of U.S. health practitioners, GAO found that over a third of them had been subjected to such pressure. In addition, stakeholders and the survey results indicated that other factors may affect the accuracy of employers' injury and illness data, including a lack of understanding of OSHA's recordkeeping requirements by individuals responsible for recording injuries and illnesses.

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WorldatWork Sponsored Research:

Case Studies in Optimizing Executive Compensation Design
Diane Vavrasek, Cornell University
November 2009
http://www.worldatwork.org/waw/adimLink?id=35568
[full-text, 33 pages]

In 2007, the all-volunteer Executive Rewards Advisory Board of WorldatWork,
a group of practitioners working in the executive compensation
field, came together to produce the WorldatWork Executive Rewards Questionary:
Optimize Executive Compensation Design.
See - http://www.worldatwork.org/waw/Content/library/html/Exec_Model

This WorldatWork sponsored research report responds to a question that was
posed since the publication of the Questionary: Would the use of this one-of-akind
tool have had any effect on some of the highly publicized and embarrassing
executive compensation situations of the past decade. The simple answer,
as shown in this report, is yes. This report is designed to illustrate specific,
real-world corporate examples of how compensation plans may have differed
had the Questionary been consulted. It includes 10 case studies taken straight
from the headlines of the past 10 years. As in the Questionary itself, the
questions contained here are grouped into four primary areas:

Internal environment

External environment

Stakeholders

Disclosure and transparency.

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Congressional Research Service (CRS)

The Global Financial Crisis: Analysis and Policy Implications
Dick K. Nanto, Coordinator, Specialist in Industry and Trade
October 2, 2009
http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34742_20091002.pdf
[full-text, 155 pages]

Summary
The world is near the bottom of a global recession that is causing widespread business
contraction, increases in unemployment, and shrinking government revenues. Although recent
data indicate the large industrialized economies may have reached bottom and are beginning to
recover, for the most part, unemployment is still rising. Numerous small banks and households
still face huge problems in restoring their balance sheets, and unemployment has combined with
sub-prime loans to keep home foreclosures at a high rate. Nearly all industrialized countries and
many emerging and developing nations have announced economic stimulus and/or financial
sector rescue packages, such as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (P.L. 111-
5). Several countries have resorted to borrowing from the International Monetary Fund as a last
resort. The crisis has exposed fundamental weaknesses in financial systems worldwide,
demonstrated how interconnected and interdependent economies are today, and has posed vexing
policy dilemmas.

The process for coping with the crisis by countries across the globe has been manifest in four
basic phases. The first has been intervention to contain the contagion and restore confidence in
the system. This has required extraordinary measures both in scope, cost, and extent of
government reach. The second has been coping with the secondary effects of the crisis,
particularly the global recession and flight of capital from countries in emerging markets and
elsewhere that have been affected by the crisis. The third phase of this process is to make changes
in the financial system to reduce risk and prevent future crises. In order to give these proposals
political backing, world leaders have called for international meetings to address changes in
policy, regulations, oversight, and enforcement. On September 24-25, 2009, heads of the G-20
nations met in Pittsburgh to address the global financial crisis. The fourth phase of the process is
dealing with political, social, and security effects of the financial turmoil. One such effect is the
strengthened role of China in financial markets.

The role for Congress in this financial crisis is multifaceted. While the recent focus has been on
combating the recession, the ultimate issue perhaps is how to ensure the smooth and efficient
functioning of financial markets to promote the general well-being of the country while
protecting taxpayer interests and facilitating business operations without creating a moral hazard.
In addition to preventing future crises through legislative, oversight, and domestic regulatory
functions, On June 17, 2009, the Department of the Treasury presented the Obama Administration
proposal for financial regulatory reform. The proposal focuses on five areas and includes
establishing the Federal Reserve as a systemic risk regulator, creating a Council of Regulators,
regulating all financial derivatives, creating a Consumer Financial Protection Agency, improving
coordination and oversight of international financial markets, and other provisions. Treasury also
has submitted to Congress proposed legislation to implement the reforms. The reform agenda
now has moved to Congress. Legislation in Congress addresses many of the issues in the
Treasury plan but also may focus on other financial issues. Congress also plays a role in measures
to reform and recapitalize the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and regional
development banks.

Contents
Recent Developments and Analysis .............................................................................................1
The Global Financial Crisis and U.S. Interests.............................................................................2
Policy and Legislation...........................................................................................................4
Four Phases of the Global Financial Crisis ..........................................................................10
Contain the Contagion and Strengthen Financial Sectors ...............................................10
Coping with Macroeconomic Effects.............................................................................12
Regulatory and Financial Market Reform......................................................................14
Dealing with Political, Social, and Security Effects .......................................................17
New Challenges and Policy in Managing Financial Risk ...........................................................23
The Challenges ...................................................................................................................23
Summary of Policy Targets and Options ..............................................................................27
Origins, Contagion, and Risk ....................................................................................................30
Risk ...................................................................................................................................34
The Downward Slide ..........................................................................................................35
Effects on Emerging Markets ....................................................................................................40
Latin America .....................................................................................................................47
Mexico .........................................................................................................................50
Brazil...........................................................................................................................51
Argentina ......................................................................................................................53
Russia and the Financial Crisis............................................................................................54
Effects on Europe and The European Response .........................................................................56
The "European Framework for Action" ...............................................................................60
The de Larosiere Report and the European Plan for Recovery..............................................63
The de Larosiere Report................................................................................................63
Driving European Recovery ..........................................................................................65
The British Rescue Plan ......................................................................................................66
Collapse of Iceland's Banking Sector ..................................................................................67
Impact on Asia and the Asian Response.....................................................................................69
Asian Reserves and Their Impact ........................................................................................71
National Responses .............................................................................................................73
Japan ............................................................................................................................73
China ............................................................................................................................74
South Korea ..................................................................................................................78
Pakistan ........................................................................................................................79
International Policy Issues...................................................................................................80
Bretton Woods II...........................................................................................................81
G-20 Meetings ..............................................................................................................81
The International Monetary Fund ..................................................................................86
Changes in U.S. Regulations and Regulatory Structure..................................................89

Figures
Figure 1. Quarterly (Annualized) Economic Growth Rates for Selected Countries .....................13
Figure 2. Origins of the Financial Crisis: The Rise and Fall of Risky Mortgage and Other Debt.......32
Figure 3. Selected Stock Market Indices for the United States, U.K., Japan, and Russia ............36
Figure 4. Exchange Rate Values for Selected Currencies Relative to the U.S. Dollar..................38
Figure 5. Current Account Balances (as a percentage of GDP)...................................................42
Figure 6. Global Foreign Exchange Reserves ............................................................................43
Figure 7. Capital Flows to Latin America (in percent of GDP)...................................................45
Figure 8. Capital Flows to Developing Asia (in percent of GDP) ...............................................45
Figure 9. Capital Flows to Central and Eastern Europe (in percent of GDP)...............................46
Figure 10. Asian Current Account Balances are Mostly Healthy ................................................70
Figure 11. Monthly Change in Chinese FDI and Trade: April 2008-May 2009 ...........................75

Tables
Table 1. Problems, Targets of Policy, and Actions Taken or Possibly to Take in Response to the Global Financial Crisis .........27
Table 2. Stimulus Packages by Selected Countries.....................................................................39
Table 3.China's Central Government November 2008 Domestic Stimulus Package....................76

Appendixes
Appendix A. Major Recent Actions and Events of the International Financial Crisis ..................90
Appendix B. Stimulus Packages Announced by Governments ................................................. 142
Appendix C. Comparison of Selected Financial Regulatory Reform Proposals ........................ 145
Appendix D. British, U.S., and European Central Bank Operations, April to Mid-October 2008 ................ 149

Contacts
Author Contact Information .................................................................................................... 151

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International Labour Organizaton (ILO)

ILO PHOTO GALLERY
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See in particular
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Here you can search by the following -- in parentheses is the number of photos for each category

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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
________________________________________________________________________

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC)
CASE STUDY

The impact of bankruptcy on restructuring in the UK tourism sector: XL Leisure [12 November 2009]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0993.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2009/93/en/1/EF0993EN.pdf

Author: Foundation
Summary: The collapse of package-holiday giant XL Leisure Group made front-page news in September 2008, with tens of thousands of British holidaymakers stranded in airports across Europe and hundreds of employees made redundant. As the company's assets were frozen, flights grounded and holidays cancelled, the scale and nature of the meltdown quickly became apparent. Indeed, the operator's demise was one of the earliest examples of the credit crunch affecting businesses. The size of debt amassed by XL Leisure, its previous failed restructuring, uncontrolled growth and mounting overheads meant that the company had been on the brink of insolvency for some time.

CONTENTS
Introduction 1
Company profile 2
Timeline of the company's collapse 3
Legal context for company bankruptcy and collective redudunacies 7
Administration and redundancy process at XL Leisure 14
Measures to assist redundant XL Leisure employees 21
Lessons learnt 23
Bibliography 25
Annex 1 27

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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
________________________________________________________________________

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Federal Employees' Retirement System: Legislation Enacted in the 111th Congress
Patrick Purcell, Specialist in Income Security
November 12, 2009
http://opencrs.com/document/RS22933/2009-11-12/download/1013/
[full-text, 10 pages]

Summary
On June 22, 2009, President Barack Obama signed into law H.R. 1256, the Family Smoking
Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009 (P.L. 111-31). Title I of Division B of H.R. 1256 is
the "Thrift Savings Plan Enhancement Act of 2009". Among other provisions, P.L. 111-31:

provides for newly hired federal employees to be enrolled automatically in the
Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) at a default contribution rate of 3% of pay;

requires the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board to establish within the
TSP a qualified Roth contribution program that provides for after-tax
contributions and tax-free distributions;

gives the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board authority to include
mutual fund investment options in the TSP;

requires the Thrift Board to submit to Congress an annual report that includes
demographic information about TSP participants and fund managers;

allows the surviving spouse of a deceased TSP participant to leave the decedent's
TSP account balance on deposit with the Thrift Savings Plan, and;

increases the monthly indemnity allowance for surviving spouses of deceased
members of the armed forces who are affected by certain benefit offsets.

On October 28, 2009, President Obama signed into law H.R. 2647, the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (P.L. 111-84). Title XI and Title XIX of P.L. 111-
84 contain provisions that affect the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the
Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS). P.L. 111-84:
allows federal agencies to appoint individuals receiving annuities under CSRS or
FERS to temporary, part-time positions within the federal government without
reducing the individual's salary by the amount of the annuity, as is usually
required under title 5 of the United States Code.

requires the computation of an annuity under the Federal Employees' Retirement
System to include an employee's unused sick leave in his or her length of service;

allows certain redeposits to the Civil Service Retirement System for periods of
service between October 1990 and February 1991 to exclude interest payments;

requires CSRS annuities for employees whose careers include part-time service
to be computed under the same rules that apply to part-time annuities under
FERS;

allows former employees who withdrew contributions to the FERS at the time of
separation from federal service to redeposit those contributions, plus interest, to
the FERS in the event that they are re-employed by the federal government; and

allows certain service performed as an employee of the District of Columbia to
be credited as federal service for purposes of determining retirement benefits.

Contents
Thrift Savings Plan Enhancement Act of 2009.............................................................................1
Automatic Enrollment in the Thrift Savings Plan...................................................................1
Qualified Roth Contribution Option ......................................................................................1
Authority to Establish a Mutual Fund Window......................................................................2
Reporting Requirements........................................................................................................2
Acknowledgment of Risk......................................................................................................2
Subpoena Authority ..............................................................................................................2
Amounts in Thrift Savings Funds Subject to Legal Proceedings ............................................2
Accounts for Surviving Spouses............................................................................................3
Treatment of Members of the Uniformed Services under the Thrift Savings Plan...................3
Survivor Indemnity for Surviving Spouses of Members of the Armed Forces ........................3
Provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 Affecting
CSRS and FERS ......................................................................................................................3
Part-time Reemployment.......................................................................................................3
Credit for Unused Sick Leave Under FERS...........................................................................4
Forgiveness of Interest Due on Certain Deposits under the Civil Service Retirement
System..............................................................................................................................5
Computation of CSRS Annuities for Individuals with Part-Time Service ...............................5
Redeposits Under the Federal Employees' Retirement System...............................................6
Retirement Credit for Employees of the District of Columbia Government ............................7

Contacts
Author Contact Information ........................................................................................................7

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Cornell/ILR School
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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
________________________________________________________________________

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

Unit labour costs rise strongly across OECD economies in second quarter 2009 [13 November 2009]
http://www.oecd.org/document/9/0,3343,en_2649_34251_44051913_1_1_1_37457,00.html
or
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/40/36/44061973.pdf
[full-text, 4 pages]

13/11/2009 - Unit Labour Costs (ULC) for the total economy grew 0.8% in OECD countries in the second quarter of 2009 and rose 3.6% year-on-year. The strong growth was largely driven by falls in real output (gross domestic product at constant prices) due to the crisis. etc.

Includes CHARTS & TABLES....

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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
________________________________________________________________________

American Bar Association
Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law

Disability Statistic Reports
http://www.abanet.org/disability/resources/statistics.shtml

2 Reports Below--

The Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law collects data concerning individuals, specifically lawyers, with disabilities. Below are two reports issued by the Commission that contain such information:

(1)
* 2009 Goal III Report
http://www.abanet.org/disability/docs/2009GoalIII.pdf
[full-text, 24 pages]

A report on the status of the participation of persons with disabilities in ABA Division, Section, and Forum leadership positions for the 2008-2009 bar year. This document focuses on lawyers with disabilites and the ABA. It also covers efforts by ABA entities to include lawyers with disabilities.

Table of Contents
I. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................ 3
II. THE STATUS OF AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES .............................................................. 4
A. PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN THE UNITED STATES ...................................................................... 4
B. PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN THE WORKPLACE........................................................................... 4
C. LAWYERS WITH DISABILITIES IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION.............................................................. 5
D. DISABILITY DIVERSITY IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION ....................................................................... 6
III. SURVEY METHODOLOGY ........................................................................................................ 6
IV. FINDINGS ................................................................................................................................... 7
A. ABA LEADERSHIP ......................................................................................................................... 7
B. ABA ENTITY LEADERS .................................................................................................................. 7
i. Primary & Committee Leadership .......................................................................................... 8
ii. CLE Programming .................................................................................................................. 9
V. ENTITY HONORS ....................................................................................................................... 10
A. HIGHEST HONORS....................................................................................................................... 11
B. HONOR ROLL .............................................................................................................................. 11
i. Business Law Section ............................................................................................................. 11
ii. General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Division ................................................................. 11
iii. Government and Public Sector Lawyers Division............................................................. 11
iv. Judicial Division ................................................................................................................... 11
v. Senior Lawyers Division ....................................................................................................... 12
VI. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS ......................................................................... 12
VII. ABOUT THE COMMISSION ON MENTAL AND PHYSICAL DISABILITY LAW............. 14
A. LAW PROJECTS............................................................................................................................ 14
B. LAW PUBLICATIONS AND PRODUCTS ........................................................................................... 16
C. ONLINE PROJECTS ....................................................................................................................... 17
D. COMMISSIONERS ......................................................................................................................... 18
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS............................................................................................................. 24
2009 Goal III Report 2

(2)
* 2009 Disability Diversity Statistics:
http://www.abanet.org/disability/docs/ABADisabilityStatisticsReport.pdf
[full-text, 4 pages]

Taking data from the above 2009 Goal III Report, this document is a compilation of statistics on individuals and lawyers with disabilities, their employment, and the legal profession. It is not specific to the ABA, and provides data sources from outside the ABA. This report is a great resource for those seeking general information on those with disabilities and the legal profession.

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Cornell/ILR School
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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
________________________________________________________________________

U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES September 2009 [13 November 2009]
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2009/trad0909.htm
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2009/pdf/trad0909.pdf
[full-text, 47 pages]
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2009/xls/trad0909.xls
[spreadsheet]
and
Highlights
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2009/pdf/trad0909_fax.pdf

Goods and Services

The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, through the Department of
Commerce, announced today that total September exports of $132.0 billion and imports of
$168.4 billion resulted in a goods and services deficit of $36.5 billion, up from $30.8
billion in August, revised. September exports were $3.7 billion more than August exports
of $128.3 billion. September imports were $9.3 billion more than August imports of $159.1
billion.

In September, the goods deficit increased $5.6 billion from August to $47.6 billion, and the
services surplus was virtually unchanged at $11.1 billion. Exports of goods increased $3.5
billion to $90.3 billion, and imports of goods increased $9.1 billion to $138.0 billion.
Exports of services increased $0.2 billion to $41.6 billion, and imports of services increased
$0.2 billion to $30.5 billion.

In September, the goods and services deficit decreased $23.7 billion from September 2008.
Exports were down $20.0 billion, or 13.2 percent, and imports were down $43.7 billion, or
20.6 percent.

AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES....
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****************************************
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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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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
________________________________________________________________________

U.S. IMPORT AND EXPORT PRICE INDEXES - OCTOBER 2009 [13 October 2009]
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/web/ximpim.supp.toc.htm

The U.S. Import Price Index rose 0.7 percent in October, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today,
led by a 1.8 percent increase in fuel prices. The rise followed a 0.2 percent increase in September. U.S.
export prices advanced 0.3 percent in October after decreasing 0.2 percent the previous month.

Imports

All Imports: The increase in U.S. imports in October continued the recent upward trend for the index.
Import prices have risen in seven of the past eight months and were up 8.1 percent over that period. Despite
the recent increases, import prices declined 5.7 percent for the year ended in October driven by a 12.8
percent drop in prices between October 2008 and January 2009.

Fuel Imports: Prices for import fuel advanced 1.8 percent in October after a 1.5 percent decline the
previous month. A 24.1 percent increase in natural gas prices led the overall advance in October, while
petroleum prices were also a contributing factor, advancing 0.9 percent. However, the price indexes for
natural gas and petroleum both declined over the past year, falling 46.4 percent and 12.2 percent,
respectively.

All Imports Excluding Fuel: Nonfuel import prices rose 0.4 percent in October as higher prices for
industrial supplies and materials, finished goods, and foods, feeds, and beverages all contributed to the
advance. Prices for nonfuel imports rose between 0.4 percent and 0.5 percent in each of the past three
months, the largest monthly advances since a 0.6 percent increase in July 2008. The index declined 2.9
percent over the past 12 months as sharp decreases at the end of 2008 more than offset the recent rises.

AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES....

______________________________
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****************************************
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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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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
________________________________________________________________________

World Health Organization (WHO)

GLOBAL ATLAS of the HEALTH WORKFORCE
http://apps.who.int/globalatlas/default.asp

To access the data please click the Data Query tab
http://apps.who.int/globalatlas/DataQuery/default.asp

To access statistics on health workforce demographics
http://apps.who.int/globalatlas/docs/HRH/HTML/SASA_Aug08.htm

There is a growing need for high quality information on human resources in health systems to inform decision making for policies and programmes at the national and international levels. The WHO Department of Human Resources for Health has been collecting and compiling cross-nationally comparable data on health workers in all 193 WHO Member States. The data available in the Global Atlas of the Health Workforce is the main outcome of this effort.

Two sets of data are contained in the Global Atlas: a main (aggregated) set and a disaggregated set. The aggregated dataset includes estimates of the stock (absolute numbers) and density (per 1000 population) of health workers for up to 9 occupational categories. This includes: (i) physicians; (ii) nursing and midwifery personnel; (iii) dentistry personnel; (iv) pharmaceutical personnel; (v) laboratory health workers; (vi) environmental and public health workers; (vii) community and traditional health workers; (viii) other health service providers; and (ix) health management and support workers, that is, those who do not provide services directly but are critical to the performance of health systems. In the disaggregated dataset, estimates of the stock of health workers are available for some countries for up to 18 occupational categories, reflecting greater distinction of some categories of workers according to assumed differences in skill level and skill specialization. More information on the framework for categorizing health workers can be found in the < http://apps.who.int/globalatlas/docs/HRH/HTML/Dftn.htm> definition notes. Selected statistics on other dimensions of the health workforce, such as < http://apps.who.int/globalatlas/docs/HRH/HTML/SASA_Aug08.htm> health workforce demographics are also available for some countries. (< http://apps.who.int/globalatlas/docs/HRH/HTML/SASA_Aug08.htm> To view the statistics click here)

AND MORE...
______________________________
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****************************************
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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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# posted by SBasefsky : 4:20 PM links to this post

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
________________________________________________________________________

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Job Loss and Infrastructure Job Creation Spending During the Recession
Linda Levine, Specialist in Labor Economics
October 2, 2009
http://opencrs.com/document/R40080/2009-10-02/download/1013/
[full-text, 16 pages]

Summary
After the long economic expansion that characterized much of the current decade, the nation
entered its eleventh postwar recession in December 2007. The unemployment rate, which is a
lagging economic indicator, did not start to rise until May 2008 when it jumped 0.5 percentage
points to 5.5%. By December 2008, the unemployment rate exceeded 7.0% and well over
600,000 jobs were lostthe biggest monthly decrease since December 1974, when another deep
recession was taking place. These labor market indicators and comments equating the latest
recession to the Great Depression intensified congressional interest in passage of legislation early
in 2009 aimed at encouraging creation of new jobs and warding off further loss of jobs. (See CRS
Report R40655, The Labor Market During the Great Depression and the Current Recession.)
To mitigate all but one recession since the 1960s, Congress chose to increase federal spending on
infrastructure. (See CRS Report 92-939, Countercyclical Job Creation Programs.) But, there are
a number of issues associated with using expenditures on public works to quickly create jobs in
times of recession. (See CRS Report R40107, The Role of Public Works Infrastructure in
Economic Stimulus.)

Public works expenditures traditionally have gone chiefly to construction activities (e.g., building
highways and bridges, dams and flood control structures) which indirectly increase demand in
industries that supply their products to construction firms (e.g., manufacturing). Today, the
definition of infrastructure has been expanded to include green jobs, which include those in
industries that utilize renewable resources (e.g., electricity generated by wind), produce energyefficient
goods and services (e.g., mass transit), and install energy-conserving products (e.g.,
retrofitting buildings with thermal-pane windows).

A question that typically arises during congressional consideration of economic stimulus
legislation is which approach produces the most bang for the buck. In the instant case, this means
how many jobs might be supported by federal expenditures on traditional and green infrastructure
projects. Once stimulus legislation is signed into law, the focus of Congress customarily turns to
estimates of the number of jobs that result as federal funds are allocated to specific activities.
Therefore, after briefly examining the trend in employment and unemployment since the
recession's onset, the report turns to an in-depth look at estimates of job creation, including the
limitations of the methodology often used to derive them and the difficulties associated with
developing job estimates for green infrastructure in particular. The report closes with a review of
what is known to date about the number of jobs supported by infrastructure spending among other
provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA, P.L. 111-5). Section 1512
requires entities that receive ARRA appropriations from federal agencies, totaling approximately
$271 billion, to include in quarterly reports the number of jobs created or maintained as a result.
Section 1513 requires the Council of Economic Advisors to report quarterly on the effect of
ARRA provisions on employment and other economic indicators.

Contents
Employment and Unemployment Through Job Loss....................................................................1
Infrastructure Spending and Job Creation Estimates ....................................................................4
Job Creation Estimates: What Are They?...............................................................................5
Some Caveats .................................................................................................................6
The Multiplier Effect.......................................................................................................6
Job Estimates and Construction Spending .............................................................................7
The Federal Highway Administration..............................................................................7
BLS Employment Requirements Table............................................................................8
BEA's Regional Input-Output Modeling System (RIMS II) .............................................9
Job Estimates and Green Infrastructure Spending ................................................................10
Measuring Jobs Supported by Spending Provisions in the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act ...................................................................................................................12

Tables
Table 1. Payroll Jobs at Nonfarm Employers ...............................................................................2
Table 2. Number of Payroll Jobs by Industry ...............................................................................3
Table 3. Number of Direct and Indirect Jobs by State Dependent on an Expenditure of $1 Billion in the Construction Industry......9

Contacts
Author Contact Information ......................................................................................................13

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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
________________________________________________________________________

International Comparisons of Annual Labor Force Statistics, Adjusted to U.S. Concepts, 10 Countries, 1970-2008 [2 October 2009]
http://www.bls.gov/fls/flscomparelf.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/fls/flscomparelf/lfcompendium.pdf
[full-text, 52 pages]
or
ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/ForeignLabor/lfcompendium.xls
[spreadsheet]

COUNTRIES COVERED:
* United States
    * Canada
    * Australia
    * Japan
    * France
    * Germany
    * Italy
    * Netherlands
    * Sweden
    * United Kingdom

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

    * Why are adjustments necessary?

Section 1. Unemployment

    * How is unemployment measured?
    * Box 1 Youth unemployment
    * Alternative measures of unemployment
    * Other unemployment series
    * Table 1-1 Unemployment
    * Table 1-2 Unemployment rates
    * Table 1-3 Unemployment rates for men
    * Table 1-4 Unemployment rates for women
    * Table 1-5 Unemployment rates for teenagers
    * Table 1-6 Unemployment rates for persons ages 20 to 24
    * Table 1-7 Unemployment rates for youth
    * Table 1-8 Unemployment rates for adults

Section 2. Employment

    * Can I measure job growth with your employment data?
    * Employment by sector
    * Box 2 Family and work
    * Table 2-1 Employment
    * Table 2-2 Employment in agriculture
    * Table 2-3 Employment in industry
    * Table 2-4 Employment in manufacturing
    * Table 2-5 Employment in services
    * Table 2-6 Percent of employment in agriculture
    * Table 2-7 Percent of employment in industry
    * Table 2-8 Percent of employment in manufacturing
    * Table 2-9 Percent of employment in services
    * Table 2-10 Employment-population ratios
    * Table 2-11 Employment-population ratios for men
    * Table 2-12 Employment-population ratios for women

Section 3. Labor force

    * Who is not in the labor force?
    * Table 3-1 Labor force
    * Table 3-2 Women's share of the labor force
    * Table 3-3 Labor force participation rates
    * Table 3-4 Labor force participation rates for men
    * Table 3-5 Labor force participation rates for women

Section 4. Working-age population

    * Figure 4-1 Lower age limits
    * Table 4-1 Working-age population
    * Table 4-2 Working-age population for men
    * Table 4-3 Working-age population for women

Appendix A. Unadjusted labor force statistics

    * Table A-1 Unadjusted unemployment
    * Table A-2 Unadjusted unemployment rates
    * Table A-3 Unadjusted employment
    * Table A-4 Unadjusted labor force

Appendix B. Country notes

    * United States
    * Canada
    * Australia
    * Japan
    * France
    * Germany
    * Italy
    * Netherlands
    * Sweden
    * United Kingdom

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Cornell/ILR School
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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
________________________________________________________________________

Center for Retirement Research at Boston College
WORKING PAPERS
http://crr.bc.edu/working_papers/index.php

The Center for Retirement Research at Boston College has released 12 new working papers:

Work Ability and the Social Insurance Safety Net in the Years Prior to Retirement
http://crr.bc.edu/working_papers/work_ability_and_the_social_insurance_safety_net_in_the_years_prior_to_retirement.html
by Richard W. Johnson, Melissa M. Favreault, and Corina Mommaerts

Dutch Pension Funds in Underfunding: Solving Generational Dilemmas
http://crr.bc.edu/working_papers/dutch_pension_funds_in_underfunding_solving_generational_dilemmas.html
by Niels Kortleve and Eduard Ponds

Fees and Trading Costs of Equity Mutual Funds in 401(k) Plans and Potential Savings from ETFs and Commingled Trusts
http://crr.bc.edu/working_papers/fees_and_trading_costs_of_equity_mutual_funds_in_401_k_plans_and_potential_savings_from_etfs_and_commingled_trusts.html
by Richard W. Kopcke, Francis M. Vitagliano, and Zhenya S. Karamcheva

An Update on 401(k) Plans: Insights from the 2007 Survey of Consumer Finances
http://crr.bc.edu/working_papers/an_update_on_401_k_plans_insights_from_the_2007_survey_of_consumer_finance_.html
by Alicia H. Munnell, Richard W. Kopcke, Francesca Golub-Sass, and Dan Muldoon

Insult to Injury: Disability, Earnings, and Divorce
http://crr.bc.edu/working_papers/insult_to_injury_disability_earnings_and_divorce.html
by Perry Singleton

Medicare Part D and the Financial Protection of the Elderly
http://crr.bc.edu/working_papers/medicare_part_d_and_the_financial_protection_of_the_elderly.html
by Gary V. Engelhardt and Jonathan Gruber

The Role of Information for Retirement Behavior: Evidence Based on the Stepwise Introduction of the Social Security Statement
http://crr.bc.edu/working_papers/the_role_of_information_for_retirement_behavior_evidence_based_on_the_stepwise_introduction_of_the_social_security_statement.html
by Giovanni Mastrobuoni

Social Security and the Joint Trends in Labor Supply and Benefits Receipt Among Older Men
http://crr.bc.edu/working_papers/social_security_and_the_joint_trends_in_labor_supply_and_benefits_receipt_among_older_men.html
by Bo MacInnis

The Wealth of Older Americans and the Sub-Prime Debacle
http://crr.bc.edu/working_papers/the_wealth_of_older_americans_and_the_sub-prime_debacle.html
by Barry Bosworth and Rosanna Smart

The Asset and Income Profile of Residents in Seniors Care Communities
http://crr.bc.edu/working_papers/the_asset_and_income_profile_of_residents_in_seniors_care_communities.html
by Norma B. Coe and Melissa Boyle

Pension Buyouts: What Can We Learn from The UK Experience?
http://crr.bc.edu/working_papers/pension_buyouts_what_can_we_learn_from_the_uk_experience_.html
by Ashby H.B. Monk

What Drives Health Care Spending? Can We Know Whether Population Aging Is A 'Red Herring'?
http://crr.bc.edu/working_papers/what_drives_health_care_spending_can_we_know_whether_population_aging_is_a_red_herring_.html
by Henry J. Aaron

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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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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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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
________________________________________________________________________

World Bank Data Now in Google Search Results [11 November 2009]
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:22386512~pagePK:64257043~piPK:437376~theSitePK:4607,00.html

    * New World Bank relationship with Google makes development data more accessible and understandable
    * Search results for 17 key development indicators display answers in graphic format
    * New Bank Data Finder allows users to find out more about data

November 11, 2009How long do people live on average around the world? Who has more CO2 emissions: the U.S. or China? Which country consumes the most electricity per capita? A new World Bank relationship with search giant Google is bringing key development data like this directly to web users, making data easier to find, visualize, customize and share than ever before.

This initiative, with thought leaders like Google is part of an ongoing World Bank effort to make data more accessible and understandable for everyone.

"An important part of our mandate in the World Bank is to share knowledge," says Justin Lin, Chief Economist and Senior Vice-President of the World Bank. "This collaboration with Google helps us reach out to more people and to share that knowledge more widely."

Now, a special Google public data search feature will show numeric results for 17 World Development Indicators (WDI) reliably sourced to the World Bank, with a link to Google's public data graphing tool. Google's feature lets users see and compare country-by-country statistics and offers customized graphs with a 'link' or web address that can be easily embedded and shared in other websites.

From the Google Public Data graphing tool, users can learn more about the data on the new World Bank Data Finder, which allows them to access indicator definitions, quick facts, interactive maps, and additional World Bank related resources. All of these features can be easily exported and installed on other websites.

Data Finder also provides customizable maps and concise analysis to inspire user data comparisons and 'mash-ups' or combinations with other Bank reports. Under the population growth indicator, for example, the site generates the following statistic, "8 of the world's 9 billion people will be in the developing world by 2050." Data Finder is filled with other compelling quick facts from the Bank's extensive global databases of global knowledge on development.

Complete list of World Bank indicators currently available in Google search and Data Finder:

CO2 emissions
Electric power consumption
Energy use
Exports of goods and services
Fertility rate
GDP, total
GDP growth
Gross National Income per capita
GNI, PPP
Imports of goods and services
Inflation, GDP deflator
Internet users
Life expectancy at birth
Military expenditure
Mortality rate
Population growth
Population, total

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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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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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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
________________________________________________________________________

Hans Boeckler Foundation

Tangian (Tanguiane) , Andranik S.

Six families of flexicurity indicators developed at the Hans Boeckler Foundation

WSI-Diskussionspapier, Nr. 168, November 2009.

http://www.boeckler.de/pdf/p_wsi_diskp_168.pdf

[full-text, 97 pages]

The paper is an overview of over 30 publications on six models with flexicurity indicators developed at the Hans-Böckler-Foundation for monitoring and analysis of flexicurity. The latter is a new European labour market policy which should compensate the ongoing flexibilization of employment relations (resulting in easy dismissals, adjustable working time, and variable wages) by advances in employment security and social security. Flexibility is promoted by employers, whereas trade unions are concerned with security. The models are aimed at analyzing flexicurity from the following viewpoints: (1) neo-liberal, (2) trade-unionist, (3) of the European welfare state, (4) regarding precarious work, (5) regarding professional training and lifelong learning, and (6) regarding trends in collective agreements. All the six models provide empirical evidence of increasing flexibility together with decline of social security and rise of precarious employment. This is a serious warning against improper implementation of flexicurity and one-sided use of this policy in favor of employers.

Finally six policy proposals are made: (1) to introduce flexinsurance, (2) to impose workplace tax, (3) to provide basic income, (4) to constrain financial markets, (5) to politicize and restructuralize trade unions, and (6) separate politics from economy.

Table of contents

1 Introduction.......................................................................................................................7

1.1 Flexicurity..................................................................................................................7

1.2 Trade-unions response to flexicurity..........................................................................8

1.3 Enhancing the trade unions' position under flexicurity..............................................9

2 Operationalization of the concept of flexicurity..............................................................12

2.1 Definition and main dimensions..............................................................................12

2.2 Tracing flexibility-security trade-offs with matrices...............................................14

2.3 Flexicurity trade-offs in a policy space....................................................................16

3 Indexing flexicurity from the neo-liberal viewpoint........................................................20

3.1 Commodification of labour rights............................................................................20

3.2 Social security indicator...........................................................................................20

3.3 Flexibility indicator..................................................................................................26

3.4 Findings....................................................................................................................27

4 Indexing flexicurity from the trade unionist viewpoint...................................................29

4.1 Alternative understanding of flexicurity..................................................................29

4.2 A social welfare function with no trade-offs............................................................30

4.3 Indicators of flexibility and security for flexible employees...................................31

4.4 Findings....................................................................................................................31

5 Indexing flexicurity from the viewpoint of the European welfare state..........................33

5.1 Discussion on the welfare state................................................................................33

5.2 Normative evaluation of social security...................................................................34

5.3 Quasi-empirical evaluation of social security by survey simulation........................36

5.4 Findings....................................................................................................................38

6 Flexicurity and precarious work.......................................................................................42

6.1 'More and better jobs through flexibility and security'.............................................42

6.2 Indexing of flexible and precarious work at the micro-level...................................43

6.3 Institutional and factual flexibility/precariousness of work.....................................46

6.4 Findings....................................................................................................................50

7 Flexicurity from the viewpoint of professional training..................................................54

7.1 The role of professional training in the flexicurity concept.....................................54

7.2 Data and indicators...................................................................................................54

7.3 Findings....................................................................................................................57

7.4 The attitude to training.............................................................................................60

8 Flexibility and security in collective agreements.............................................................62

8.1 Collective bargaining and flexicurity.......................................................................62

8.2 Indices of flexibility and security for collective agreements...................................62

8.3 Analysis of Dutch collective agreements.................................................................64

8.4 Flexicurity balance...................................................................................................68

8.5 Flexicurity check-lists..............................................................................................70

9 Discussion: Six proposals.................................................................................................74

9.1 Flexinsurance...........................................................................................................76

9.2 Workplace tax / tax bonus........................................................................................77

9.3 Basic income............................................................................................................78

9.4 Constraining financial markets.................................................................................79

9.5 Politicization and restructuralization of unions........................................................81

9.6 Separation of politics from economics.....................................................................82

10 References....................................................................................................................85

______________________________
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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IWS Documented News DAILY POSTINGS

Friday, November 20, 2009

[IWS] NO MESSAGES until 30 November 2009

[IWS] Dublin Foundation: WORKING CONDITIONS & SOCIAL DIALOGUE [17 November 2009]

[IWS] BLS: THANKSGIVING (Spotlight on Statistics) [November 2009]

[IWS] ECLAC: SOCIAL PANORAMA OF LATIN AMERICA 2009 [November 2009]

Thursday, November 19, 2009

[IWS] USCC: [CHINA] 2009 REPORT TO CONGRESS [19 November 2009]

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

[IWS] IADB: BRIDGING REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS IN THE AMERICAS [New Book] [16 November 2009]

[IWS] EIRO: OVERVIEW OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS IN THE EU & OTHER GLOBAL ECONOMIES 2008-2009 [17 November 2009]

[IWS] NCES: EMPLOYEES IN POSTSECONDARY INSTITUTIONS, FALL 2008, & SALARIES OF FULL-TIME INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF, 2008-09 [18 November 2009]

[IWS] BLS: FATAL MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES [16 November 2009]

[IWS] Census: INCOME/POVERTY for SCHOOL DISTRICTS & COUNTIES 2008 [18 November 2009]

[IWS] $55 million in GREEN JOBS TRAINING GRANTS through Recovery Act announced [18 November 2009]

[IWS] BLS: REAL EARNINGS -- OCTOBER 2009 [19 November 2009]

[IWS] BLS: CONSUMER PRICE INDEX - OCTOBER 2009 [19 November 2009]

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

[IWS] BLS: International Unemployment Rates and Employment Indexes, Seasonally Adjusted, 2007-2009 (updated monthly) [6 November 2009]

[IWS] THE WORK, FAMILY, & EQUITY INDEX: A WORLD LEGAL RIGHTS DATABASE

[IWS] GLOBAL CONFERENCE on EMPLOYMENT LAW Facing GLOBAL EMPLOYERS in 2010, 3 December 2009, Cornell Club in NYC.

[IWS] New! RAISING THE GLOBAL FLOOR (Working Conditions) [17 November 2009]

[IWS] DOING BUSINESS in MONGOLIA 2009: A Country Commercial Guide for U.S. Companies [November 2009]

[IWS] BLS: Report On Quality Changes For 2010 Model Vehicles [17 November 2009]

[IWS] Challenger: SOCIAL NETWORKING EXPLODES as JOB SEARCH TOOL [17 November 2009]

[IWS] New! BETA TEST of REGULATION ROOM (increase public participation in rule-making process) November 12 - 22, 2009

[IWS] IUF: IRAN UNION LEADER JAILED; FOOD SECURITY & WORKERS?; KRAFT TAKEOVER of CADBURY (Employment Implications) [17 November 2009]

[IWS] WHO: New! WOMEN & HEALTH: TODAY'S EVIDENCE TOMORROW'S AGENDA [November 2009]

[IWS] BLS: PRODUCER PRICE INDEXES - OCTOBER 2009 [17 November 2009]

[IWS] CRS: ECONOMIC STIMULUS: ISSUES & POLICIES [10 November 2009]

[IWS] CEPR: UNIONS & UPWARD MOBILITY for ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN WORKERS [November 2009]

[IWS] CEPR: THE CHANGING FACE of LABOR 1983-2008 [November 2009]

Monday, November 16, 2009

[IWS] GAO: WORKPLACE SAFETY & HEALTH: ENHANCING OSHA's RECORDS AUDIT PROCESS COULD IMPROVE THE ACCURACY OF WORKER INJURY & ILLNESS DATA [online 16 November 2009]

[IWS] WorldatWork: EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION DESIGN: CASE STUDIES IN OPTIMIZING [November 2009]

[IWS] CRS: THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS: ANALYSIS & POLICY IMPLICATIONS [9 October 2009]

Friday, November 13, 2009

[IWS] ILO PHOTO GALLERY (web site)

[IWS] EMCC: IMPACT of BANKRUPTCY on UK TOURISM SECTOR: XL LEISURE [12 November 2009]

[IWS] CRS: FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM: LEGISLATION ENACTED IN THE 111TH CONGRESS [12 November 2009]

[IWS] OECD: Unit labour costs rise strongly across OECD economies in second quarter 2009 [13 November 2009]

[IWS] ABA: DISABILITIES & THE LEGAL PROFESSION (Reports)

[IWS] BEA: U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES September 2009 [13 November 2009]

[IWS] BLS: U.S. IMPORT AND EXPORT PRICE INDEXES - OCTOBER 2009 [13 October 2009]

Thursday, November 12, 2009

[IWS] WHO: GLOBAL ATLAS of the HEALTH WORKFORCE

[IWS] CRS: JOB LOSS & INFRASTRUCTURE JOB CREATION SPENDING DURING THE RECESSION [2 October 2009]

[IWS] BLS: INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS of ANNUAL LABOR FORCE STATISTICS, 10 COUNTRIES 1970-2008 [2 October 2009]

[IWS] Center for Retirement Research WORKING PAPERS--New Releases [November 2009]

[IWS] World Bank Data Now in Google Search Results [11 November 2009]

[IWS] SIX FAMILIES of FLEXICURITY INDICATORS DEVELOPED at the HANS BOECKLER FOUNDATION [November 2009]

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