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Institute for Workplace Studies                 Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations          Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor                  Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016                      Director, IWS News Bureau
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(The following appears on the What's New Page of Workforce New York <http://www.workforcenewyork.org/ > for the week of 27 September 2004).

Universal Access-NY (An online toolkit to assess the availability of One-Stop services for individuals with disabilities)
http://www.workforcenewyork.org/univaccess.htm


Universal Access-NY is a complete online planning toolkit, developed by Cornell University's Employment and Disability Institute, that enables a One-Stop Delivery System to assess its practices, and develop work plans to improve physical and programmatic accessibility for all One-Stop customers.

What is Universal Access-NY?
http://www.workforcenewyork.org/univaccessusers.doc

Universal Access-NY Indicators
http://www.workforcenewyork.org/univaccessind.htm

Universal Access-NY Log-In
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/extension/ped/UniversalAccessNY/authentication/log_in.cfm?CFID=3534685&CFTOKEN=28298093
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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                      *
                                        *
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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 MANUFACTURING PRODUCTIVITY AND UNIT LABOR COST TRENDS, 2003 [30 September 2004]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prod4.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prod4.pdf
[full-text, 18 pages]

    The increase in U.S. manufacturing productivity in 2003 was the
second highest (+6.8 percent) among the 14 economies compared,
according to the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor
Statistics.  Korea registered the largest gain (+9.0 percent).
Manufacturing productivity also increased in all the compared
economies, except for Italy.  (See chart 1.)  In this news release,
data for Australia are included for the first time.

    As in 2002, U.S. productivity growth in manufacturing in 2003 was
substantially above its average annual growth rate since 1979.  Seven
of the other 12 economies for which comparisons are available also
had productivity growth in 2003 that exceeded their annual average
over the 1979-2003 period. (Average annual growth rates for selected
measures over various time periods are found in tables A and B.)

AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES, CHARTS....

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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                      *
                                        *
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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
________________________________________________________________________

DETAILED TABLES
July 1, 2003 State and County Characteristics
Population Estimates Available
http://www.census.gov/popest/estimates.php

State Contacts
http://www.census.gov/population/www/coop/contacts.html


Texas Moves Closer to "Majority-Minority" Status, Census Bureau Estimates Show
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/002897.html


     Texas edged closer to joining majority-minorityHawaii, California, New Mexico and the District of Columbia, according to new state and county population estimates by age, sex, race and Hispanic origin, the U.S. Census Bureau said today.

     Estimates for July 1, 2003, showed Texas had a 49.5 percent minority population, i.e., made up of all people except single-race, non-Hispanic whites. Hawaiis minority population is 77 percent; New Mexicos, 56 percent; and Californias, 55 percent. The District of Columbia is 72 percent minority.

     The race data for the states and 3,141 counties cover the population who reported one race alone and people who reported two or more races. The estimates are provided by single year of age and selected age groups for each state and by five-year age groups for counties.

     The following race data are for people reporting the specified race, whether or not they reported any other races.

State Highlights

Hispanics (may be of any race) California had the largest population in July 2003 (12.2 million) and the largest numerical increase (1.2 million) since April 2000; New Mexico was the state where Hispanics comprised the highest proportion of the total population (43 percent).
 
Blacks  New York had the largest population in July 2003 (3.6 million); Florida had the largest numerical increase (292,100) since April 2000; the District of Columbia was where blacks comprised the highest proportion of the total population (60 percent).

Asians  California had both the largest population (4.6 million) in July 2003 and the largest numerical increase (367,100) since April 2000; Hawaii was the state where Asians made up the highest proportion of the total population (58 percent).

American Indians and Alaska natives California had the largest population (683,900) in July 2003; Arizona had the largest numerical increase (29,400) since April 2000; Alaska was the state where American Indians and Alaska natives made up the highest proportion (19 percent) of the total.

Native Hawaiians and other Pacific islanders Hawaii had the largest population (282,500); California, the largest numerical increase (12,700) since April 2000; Hawaii also was where native Hawaiians and other Pacific islanders made up the largest proportion (23 percent) of the total population.

County Highlights

Hispanics (may be of any race) Los Angeles County, Calif., had the largest population (4.6 million) and the biggest numerical increase (330,800) from 2000 to 2003.

Blacks Cook County, Ill., had the largest population (1.4 million); and Broward County, Fla., had the largest numerical increase (70,000) between 2000 and 2003.

Asians Los Angeles County, Calif., had the largest population (1.3 million) and the largest numerical increase (76,700) from 2000 to 2003.

American Indians and Alaska natives Los Angeles County had the largest population in 2003 (154,900); Maricopa County, Ariz., had the largest numerical increase between 2000 and 2003 (10,800).

Native Hawaiians and other Pacific islanders Honolulu County, Hawaii, had the largest population (186,200) of this race; and Bronx County, N.Y., registered the largest numerical increase (4,100) between 2000 and 2003.

     The federal government treats Hispanic origin and race as distinct concepts. Therefore, separate questions are asked about them. For further details, see U.S. Census Bureau Guidance on the Presentation and Comparison of Race and Hispanic-Origin Data (June 12, 2003), available at <<http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/compraceho.html>

     The Census Bureau develops state and county population estimates by characteristics using administrative records on births, deaths and migration to estimate population change from the most recent census. For more detail regarding the methodology, please see <<http://www.census.gov/popest/topics/methodology>
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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               *
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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
________________________________________________________________________

From the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)

Economic Report on Africa, 2004 [29 September 2004]
http://www.uneca.org/era2004/
(access by chapter)
or
http://www.uneca.org/era2004/full.pdf
[full-text, 232 pages]
(This is very slow to load - not recommended).

Press release at-
http://www.uneca.org/eca_resources/Press_Releases/2004_pressreleases/pressrelease2004.htm

Front Matter
Overview
chap1. Recent Economic Trends in Africa and Prospects for 2004
chap2. Trade Liberalization Panacea or Mirage?
chap3. Measuring Africa's Trade Competitiveness
chap4. Poor Energy Infrastructure Hobbles Export Diversification
chap5. Trade Facilitation to Integrate Africa into the World Economy
chap6. Fiscal Implications of Trade Liberalization

[excerpt]
The Economic Report on Africa 2004 is the fifth in an annual series that reviews the continent’s
economic performance and near-term prospects. Targeted to African and global
policymakers, the reports are meant to stimulate a process of discussion and change.
This year’s report builds on the work of the previous reports by systematic benchmarking
of economic performance. It finds that in 2003 Africa recovered from the economic
downturn of the previous year with real GDP growth of 3.8%, compared to 3.2% in
2002. This encouraging increase reflects Africa’s progress in a number of critical areas:
the continent has continued to exhibit good macroeconomic fundamentals; fiscal deficits
have been kept under control; inflation has largely stabilized; and the region’s current account
de.cit fell. However, faster overall growth is needed if Africa is to make progress
toward achieving the Millennium Development Goal of halving poverty by 2015. Indeed,
it is sobering that in 2003 only five countries—Angola, Burkina Faso, Chad, Equatorial
Guinea and Mozambique—achieved the necessary 7% growth to make this possible.

Trade is one of the main drivers of growth and development; yet Africa’s trade performance
is weak. The region’s share in world merchandise exports fell from 6.3% in 1980 to
2.5% in 2000 in value terms. It recorded a meager 1.1% average annual growth over the
1980-2000 period, compared to 5.9% in Latin America and 7.1% in Asia. Further, while
about 70% of developing countries’ exports are manufactures, Africa has hardly benefited
from the boom in these exports. Overall on the continent, and particularly in sub-Saharan
Africa, progress on export diversification has been slow.

This year’s report looks at what needs to be done to help the continent more expeditiously
harness the benefits of globalization. The report identifies challenges that are both external
and internal.

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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               *
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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
________________________________________________________________________

The following is a background paper presented at the Workshop on Decentralisation and Poverty Reduction: From Lessons Learned to Policy Action, 29 - 30 September 2004, Paris, France
http://www.oecd.org/document/13/0,2340,en_2649_33935_33683789_1_1_1_1,00.html
For additional documentation, see-
http://www.oecd.org/document/51/0,2340,en_2649_33935_33742259_1_1_1_1,00.html
and press release at
http://www.oecd.org/document/30/0,2340,en_2649_201185_33734110_1_1_1_1,00.html

OECD DEVELOPMENT CENTRE
Working Paper No. 236
DECENTRALISATION AND POVERTY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: EXPLORING THE IMPACT
by Johannes Jütting, Céline Kauffmann, Ida Mc Donnell, Holger Osterrieder, Nicolas Pinaud and Lucia Wegner
Research programme on: Social Institutions and Dialogue
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/40/19/33648213.pdf
[full-text, 59 pages]

[excerpt]
SUMMARY
Decentralisation has been advocated by donors and development agencies as an
important factor broadening citizen participation and improving local governance, thereby
promoting poverty reduction from the bottom up. On the basis of a comprehensive review of
19 country case studies documented in the literature, this paper questions this assumption.
The authors find that an unambiguous link between decentralisation and poverty
reduction cannot be established. In some of the poorest countries characterised by weak
institutions and political conflicts, decentralisation could actually make matters worse.
Interestingly, the poverty impact of decentralisation would appear to depend less on the physical
country setting, for example a country’s size or quality of infrastructure, than on the capacity and
willingness of policy makers to ensure a pro-poor devolution process. Two important policy
lessons emerge from this study. First, in an environment where the central state is not fulfilling
its basic functions, decentralisation could be counterproductive and therefore should not be a
donor priority. Secondly, in countries that are fulfilling their functions, decentralisation could be
a powerful tool for poverty reduction, improving representation of the poor and better targeting
of service delivery. To fully reap the potential benefits of decentralisation, donors’ intervention in
these countries should focus on providing technical support and improving the co-ordination of
their aid policies at both the local and national level.
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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                      *
                                        *
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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
________________________________________________________________________

What is the economic outlook for OECD countries? An interim assessment
Paris, 21st September 2004
Jean-Philippe Cotis, Chief Economist
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/49/12/33730219.pdf
[full-text, 12 pages]

Two months ahead of the publication of the OECDs next "Economic Outlook", Jean-Philippe Cotis today presents an interim assessment of the situation in Europe, the United States and Japan. He says the momentum of recovery projected in May has been only marginally dented by higher-than-assumed oil prices.
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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               *
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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
________________________________________________________________________

PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS: AUGUST 2004 [30 September 2004]
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/pi0804.htm
or
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/pi0804.pdf
[full-text, 13 pages]
or
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/pi0804.xls
[spreadsheet]
and highlights at-
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/pi0804_fax.pdf


Personal income increased $35.1 billion, or 0.4 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI)
increased $31.1 billion, or 0.4 percent, in August, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased less than $0.1 billion, or less than 0.1 percent.
In July, personal income increased $19.9 billion, or 0.2 percent, DPI increased $15.0 billion, or 0.2
percent, and PCE increased $90.2 billion, or 1.1 percent, based on revised estimates.

AND MUCH MORE...including 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                *
****************************************

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
________________________________________________________________________

METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT:  AUGUST 2004 [29 September 2004]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/metro.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/metro.pdf
[full-text, 18 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/metro.supp.toc.htm

  In August, 268 metropolitan areas recorded lower unemployment rates
than a year earlier, 50 areas had higher rates, and 13 areas had rates
that were unchanged, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department
of Labor reported today.  Twenty metropolitan areas had jobless rates below
3.0 percent, with eight of these located in the South and seven in the Mid-
west.  Eight areas reported unemployment rates of at least 10.0 percent;
five of these were located in California and two were along the Mexican
border in other states.  The national unemployment rate was 5.4 percent,
not seasonally adjusted, in August.

Metropolitan Area Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)

   Ninety-five metropolitan areas reported jobless rates below 4.0 per-
cent in August, up from 54 areas a year earlier, while 36 areas registered
unemployment rates of at least 7.0 percent, down from 66 areas in August
2003.  Bryan-College Station, Texas, recorded the lowest jobless rate in
August, 1.9 percent, followed by Fort Walton Beach, Fla., 2.1 percent, and
Enid, Okla., and Fargo-Moorhead, N.D.-Minn., 2.2 percent each.  Of the 20
areas with rates below 3.0 percent, many were home to large state univer-
sities.  Yuma, Ariz., again posted the highest unemployment rate, 29.8 per-
cent, largely due to a seasonal increase in agricultural layoffs.  The next
highest rates were recorded in Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, Calif., 12.6 per-
cent, and McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas, 11.5 percent.  (See table 1.)

AND MUCH MORE...including 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                     *
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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
________________________________________________________________________

Monthly Labor Review Online, September 2004, Vol. 127, Number 9
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/mlrhome.htm


U.S. import and export prices in 2003
Melissa Schwartz
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2004/09/art1full.pdf
[full-text, 7 pages]

Declining union density in Mexico, 19842000
David Fairris and Edward Levine
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2004/09/art2full.pdf
[full-text, 8 pages]

The diurnal pattern of on-the-job injuries
Kenneth N. Fortson
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2004/09/art3full.pdf
[full-text, 8 pages]

Accounting for wages and benefits using the ECI
Jonathan A. Schwabish
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2004/09/art4full.pdf
[full-text, 16 pages]

Reports

Employment in the information sector in March 2004
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2004/09/ressum1.pdf
[full-text, 6 pages]

Post-recession trends in nonfarm employment and related indicators
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2004/09/ressum2.pdf
[full-text, 8 pages]


_____________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.

****************************************
Stuart Basefsky                 *
Director, IWS News Bureau               *
Institute for Workplace Studies *
Cornell/ILR School                      *
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor            *
New York, NY 10016                      *
                                        *
Telephone: (607) 255-2703               *
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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
________________________________________________________________________

Author:   European Agency for Safety and Health at Work

Issue 313 - Mainstreaming occupational safety and health into education
18/06/2004
http://agency.osha.eu.int/publications/reports/313/en/index.htm

Mainstreaming occupational safety and health into education - Good practice in school and vocational education
http://agency.osha.eu.int/publications/reports/313/en/Mainstreaming_OSH.pdf
[full-text, 154 pages]

Press Release-
Start early and stay safe [27 September 2004]
http://agency.osha.eu.int/news/press_releases/en/28_09_2004/index.htm

Integrating safety and health into education is the key to reducing work-related accidents and illnesses, according to a new European Agency report

Integrating occupational safety and health into school and university education is the key to reducing the high incidence of work-related accidents and illnesses in many EU industries, especially among young staff, claims a new report published by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work.

According to the report, Mainstreaming Occupational Safety and Health into Education, young employees, aged 18-24, are 50%, more likely to have an accident than the average staff member in industrialised countries. One of the main problems, argue the authors, is that most adolescents enter the labour market with only little knowledge of the risks, let alone education in preventive measures.

To help policy makers and practitioners resolve this shortfall, the 152-page report describes and analyses 32 examples of how different EU countries have successfully integrated OSH into different levels of the education system, from primary schools up to universities and specialist vocational colleges. It also provides a strategic framework, including a road map, to achieve this.

AND MUCH MORE....
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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
________________________________________________________________________


GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT:  SECOND QUARTER 2004 (FINAL) [29 September 2004]
CORPORATE PROFITS:  SECOND QUARTER 2004 (REVISED)
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/gdp204f.htm
or
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/gdp204f.pdf
[full-text, 15 pages]
or
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/gdp204f.xls
[spreadsheet]
and highlights at
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/gdp204f_fax.pdf


   Real gross domestic product -- the output of goods and services produced by labor and property
located in the United States -- increased at an annual rate of 3.3 percent in the second quarter of 2004,
according to revised estimates released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.  In the first quarter, real
GDP increased 4.5 percent.

    The GDP estimates released today are based on more complete source data than were available for
the preliminary estimates issued last month.  In the preliminary estimates, the increase in real GDP was
2.8 percent (see "Revisions" on page 3).

    The major contributors to the increase in real GDP in the second quarter were nonresidential fixed
investment, personal consumption expenditures (PCE), residential fixed investment, private inventory
investment, exports, and government spending.  Imports, which are a subtraction in the calculation of
GDP, increased.

    The deceleration in real GDP growth in the second quarter reflected decelerations in PCE and in
private inventory investment and an acceleration in imports that were partly offset by accelerations in
nonresidential fixed investment and in residential fixed investment.

    Motor vehicle output subtracted 0.58 percentage point from the second-quarter change in real
GDP after contributing 0.30 percentage point to the first-quarter change.

    The price index for gross domestic purchases, which measures prices paid by U.S. residents,
increased 3.5 percent in the second quarter, the same increase as the preliminary estimate; this index
increased 3.4 percent in the first quarter.  Excluding food and energy prices, the price index for gross
domestic purchases increased 2.5 percent in the second quarter, the same increase as in the first.


FOOTNOTE.--Quarterly estimates are expressed at seasonally adjusted annual rates, unless otherwise
specified.  Quarter-to-quarter dollar changes are differences between these published estimates.  Percent
changes are calculated from unrounded data and annualized.  "Real" estimates are in chained (2000)
dollars.  Price indexes are chain-type measures.

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

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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
________________________________________________________________________

From the ILO's International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour

GIRL CHILD LABOUR STUDIES in  four volumes [2004]

   * Girl child labour in agriculture, domestic work and sexual exploitation: Rapid assessments on the cases of the Philippines, Ghana and Ecuador - Volume 1
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/ipec/publ/download/gcl_vol1_2004.pdf
[full-text, 381 pages]

   * Girl child labour in agriculture, domestic work and sexual exploitaiton: a comparative analysis, cases of Ghana, Ecuador, Philippines - Volume 2
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/ipec/publ/download/gcl_vol2_2004.pdf
[full-text, 193 pages]

   * Global child labour data review: a gender perspective - Volume 3
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/ipec/publ/download/gcl_vol3_2004.pdf
[full-text, 221 pages]

   * A selected annotated bibliography on girl child labour: a gender perspective - Volume 4
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/ipec/publ/download/gcl_vol4_2004.pdf
[full-text, 200 pages]

_____________________________
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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Institute for Workplace Studies *
Cornell/ILR School                      *
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor            *
New York, NY 10016                      *
                                        *
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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
________________________________________________________________________

From the International Labour Organization (ILO)
International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour

Child Labour: A textbook for university students [2004]
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/ipec/publ/download/pol_textbook_2004.pdf
[full-text, 311 pages]

[excerpt]
The textbook is divided into three parts. Part I (Chapters 1 and
2) portrays different forms of child labour, including the worst
forms. Part II (Chapters 3 to 5) looks at the possible causes of
child labour and analyses the factors that correlate with the phenomenon.
Part III (Chapters 6 to 9) presents the different actors
in the global fight against child labour and discusses the actions
these groups and individuals, including yourself, can undertake.
Each chapter begins with an introduction to the chapter topic,
and goes on to present the issue, leading to a conclusion. Boxes
are interspersed within the text, in order to illustrate the material
covered. Questions for discussion and suggestions for further
reading are intended to facilitate study in a classroom setting. At
the end of each chapter, coloured pages mark optional reading
that can be useful for focusing in depth on a certain part of the
material presented in the chapter.

At the end of the textbook, a bibliography lists all the sources
used for and cited in this textbook. If you want to learn more
about child labour after reading this book, you should refer to
the list of resources and contact information. Some of the concepts
introduced in this textbook may need some clarification, as
they form the basis for the understanding of any of the chapters.
For this purpose, a glossary has been included. Moreover, an
index helps the reader to find recurrent subjects and phrases
throughout the textbook.


_____________________________
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                      *
                                        *
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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
________________________________________________________________________

(The following is courtesy of the Centre for Industrial Relations, University of Toronto).

Weekly Work Report for the Week of September 27, 2004

These highlights of the week's HR/IR news are prepared by the Librarians at the Centre for Industrial Relations for our subscribers, alumni, faculty and students, and are intended for their individual use only.  Please visit the <http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/cir/library/wwreport/weeklyworkreport.html>CIR website for terms of use and information about organizational subscriptions.  This message is composed in MS Outlook Express and contains hyperlinks that require an HTML-enabled email program.

The WWR is protected by Canadian copyright law and should not be reproduced or forwarded without permission.   For inquiries or comments,  please contact the Editor,  <mailto:elizabeth.perry@utoronto.ca>.

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CANADA ATTRACTS OFFSHORE CALL CENTRES:  According to a recent report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) titled World Investment Report: The Shift Towards Services, Canada is one of several developed countries that is benefiting from the trend in offshoring. It is not necessarily the developing nations that attract offshore services: for example, Canada was second only to India in attracting call centers in 2002 and 2003. Four countries ­ Canada, India, Ireland and Israel ­ attracted 70% of the offshore market in services in 2001.

LINKS:

World Investment Report: The Shift Towards Services (468-pages, PDF) at the  UNCTAD website at <http://www.unctad.org/en/docs/wir2004_en.pdf>

The Offshoring of Corporate Service Functions: The Next Global Shift? (35 pages, PDF)  the offshoring chapter from the full report,  is available as a separate file at <http://www.unctad.org/en/docs/wir2004ch4_en.pdf>

“Offshoring benefits Canada” in the Globe and Mail (Sept. 23) at <http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040923.gtoffshore23/BNStory/einsider/?query=offshoring+of+jobs>

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CANADIAN LABOUR CONGRESS DEBATES INDUSTRIAL POLICY:  In preparation for the economic policy debate at its next convention, the Canadian Labour Congress ( CLC) convened an Industrial Policy Conference in Ottawa on  September 22-23.  The CLC remains opposed to the FTAA and NAFTA, but discussed means of improving it and recognizing the reality of the global economy.

Coverage in the National Post and other Canwest media outlets stated that CLC president Ken Georgetti admitted that free trade boosted manufacturing, that jobs that had been lost had been slowly recovered, and that he saw little point in continuing to oppose free trade deals like the North American Free Trade Agreement.  The CLC has labeled the Canwest coverage as a deliberate and malicious falsification, and has announced that it will initiate legal action against National Post and other newspapers in the CanWest chain.

LINKS:

CLC Press release re Industrial Policy Conference, Sept. 22 & 23 at <http://www.clc-ctc.ca/web/menu/english/en_index.htm>

Speech by Ken Georgetti opening the CLC Industrial Policy convention at <http://action.web.ca/home/clccomm/en_readingroom_speeches.shtml>

“Georgetti’s about face on free trade something we can all celebrate”, Editorial  in the Vancouver Sun (September 23)  at <http://www.canada.com/vancouver/vancouversun/news/editorial/story.html?id=d1f6786a-2505-44be-9c93-7757312ffccb>

“Improve free trade unions tell government” in the Globe and Mail (Sept. 23) at <http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20040923/LABOUR23/TPNational/Canada>

Archive of CLC position papers on globalization, international trade and the economy at <http://action.web.ca/home/clcpolcy/en_issues.shtml?cat_name=Globalization,+Trade,+International+Economy+and+Policy>

Email from Georgetti re National Post story at <http://www.nupge.ca/news_2004/n23se04b.htm>

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FACT AND PERCEPTION OF NORTH AMERICAN INTEGRATION:  On September 28, the Institute for Research in Public Policy released a series of working papers titled Mapping The New North American Reality. 17 working papers were prepared in late 2003 to examine the issues and obstacles in integrating the economies and societies of Canada, Mexico and the United States.  Of particular interest is a paper by Chantal Carpentier on trade and the environment.

LINKS:

Institute for Research in Public Policy announcement and links to working papers at <http://www.irpp.org/indexe.htm>

Trade and the environment (8 pages, PDF) at <http://www.irpp.org/miscpubs/archive/NA_integ/wp2004-09f.pdf>

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TIPS ON INTERNAL MARKETING OF HR DEPARTMENTS:  The Human Resource Professional Association of Ontario (HRPAO) has posted the September 2004 issue of the HR Professional magazine.  Selected contents are available on the HRPAO website, including the cover story, “The Magic Key.”  It reports on a roundtable discussion about internal marketing  of HR departments, with comments by  Karen Atchinson (Director of HR at Ernst & Young LLP),  Veronica Ding (Director of HR, Edward Jones) and  Alan Middleton (Executive director, Schulich Executive Centre).

LINKS:

“The Magic Key” in HR Professional September 2004 issue at <http://www.hrpao.org/HRPAO/KnowledgeCentre/HRProfessional/>

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CANADIAN AWARDS FOR TRAINING EXCELLENCE:  CSTD, Canada’s national professional association for training and workplace learning, announced the 2004 winners of the Canadian Awards for Training Excellence on September 15. Awards will be presented during the CSTD Knowledge Exchange Conference in Toronto from November 1- 4.  Awards are made for the   best workplace training programs in a variety of industry sectors, including financial services, retail, manufacturing, public sector, healthcare, and not-for-profit, and cover internal and external training programs and e-learning initiatives.

LINKS:

Canadian Society for Training and Development website at <http://www.cstd.ca/awards/index.html>

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AN UPDATE ON THE ABORIGINAL WORKFORCE:  The Canadian Labour and Business Centre recently released a study titled The Aboriginal Work Force: What Lies Ahead.  The study looks at such issues as educational attainment, employment rates and employment by industrial sector.  Between 1996 and 2001, the number of aboriginal people with post-secondary training rose from 33% to 38%.

LINKS:

The Aboriginal Work Force: What Lies Ahead (8 pages, PDF) <http://www.clbc.ca/Research_and_Reports/Archive/report09210401.asp>

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VULNERABLE WORK AND WORKERS IN THE NEW ECONOMY:  In a report released on September 27, University of Toronto law professor Kerry Rittich examines the increasing vulnerability and insecurity for some workers in the new economy. Her report discusses how trends in governance and regulation affect the vulnerability of workers, and the key issues and debates about vulnerable work.  Also included: the issue of workplace equality and the feminization of the  workplace.  The report was originally presented at a June 2003 roundtable conducted by the Law Commission of Canada (LCC) in partnership with the Canadian Policy Research Networks, as part of the LCC Vulnerable Worker research project.  Other earlier reports from this project are also online, including The Legal Concept of Employment: Marginalizing Workers  by  Judy Fudge, Eric Tucker and Leah F. Vosko, and  Erotic Service / Erotic Dance Establishments: Two Types of Marginalized Labour by Chris Bruckert, Colette Parent and Pascale Robitaille

LINKS:

Law Commission of Canada Vulnerable Worker project at <http://www.lcc.gc.ca/en/themes/er/tvw/worker_main.asp>

Vulnerability at Work: Legal and Policy Issues in the New Economy by Kerry Rittich  in HTML and  PDF format  at <http://www.lcc.gc.ca/en/themes/er/tvw/rittich/rittich_toc.asp>

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WHO IS IN THE SANDWICH GENERATION ?:  An article in the latest issue of online Perspectives on Labour and Income by Statistics Canada  reports  on the “sandwich generation”: people caught between the demands of raising children and of caring for aging parents or other relatives. The article is based on the 2002 General Social Survey and reports that 712,000 individuals between  45 to 64 years old were living with unmarried children under 25 and  also caring for a senior ­usually, but not always,  a parent . More than 80% of these “sandwiched” individuals work and are often obliged to alter their hours of work or to lose income.  15% of sandwiched workers had to reduce their hours, 20% had to change their schedules and 10% lost income.

LINK:

“The Sandwich Generation” summary in The Daily  (September 28) at <http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/040928/d040928b.htm>.  This includes a link to purchase the full article ($6.00) from Statistics Canada .

“’Sandwich generation’ stresses likely to grow”  in the Globe and Mail (Sept. 28) at <http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040928.wwich0928/BNStory/National/>

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EUROPEAN APPROACHES TO FAMILY LEAVES:  The various forms of family-related leave are described in a recent report on the European Industrial Relations Observatory Online. The report looks at legislated and collectively bargained approaches to types of family leave ­ maternity leave, paternity leave, parental leave and urgent leave ­ in the 19 EU countries and Norway. An overview article and articles on each country are available.

LINKS:

Family related leave and industrial relations: comparative study (HTML) at the EIRO website at <http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2004/03/study/index_2.html>

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NEW WEBSITE FOR DIVERSITY RESEARCH:  The Canadian Policy Research Network has added a “Diversity Gateway” to its website. The new page contains a link to statistics on minorities and immigrants from the 2001 Census and other sources, a link to relevant research reports published by CPRN and a brief history of Canadian immigration policy.

LINK:

The Diversity Gateway at  <http://www.cprn.org/en/diversity.cfm>

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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                      *
                                        *
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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
________________________________________________________________________

Highlights of Women's Earnings in 2003 [27 September 2004]
U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
September 2004
Report 978
http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpswom2003.pdf
[full-text, 41 pages]

[excerpt]
Introduction
Median weekly earnings for women who were fulltime wage and salary workers were $552 in 2003. This amount equaled 80 percent of men's $695 weekly median, up from 78 percent in 2002. In 1979, the first year of comparable earnings data, women earned 63 percent as much as men. (See chart 1.)

The women's-to-men's earnings ratio varied significantly by demographic group. The ratio was about 88 percent for both blacks and Hispanics or Latinos in 2003; for whites it was 79 percent; and for Asians it was 78 percent. Young women (16 to 24 years old) earned almost as much as young men, while women aged 35 years and older earned about three-fourths as much as their male peers.

This report presents earnings data from the Current Population Survey (CPS). The CPS is a national monthly survey of approximately 60,000 households conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Information on earnings is collected from one-fourth of the CPS sample each month. Users should note that the comparisons of earnings in this report are on a broad level and do not control for many factors that can be significant in explaining earnings differences. For a detailed description of the source of the data and an explanation of the concepts and definitions used, see the Technical Note.

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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