Thursday, August 30, 2007
Tweet[IWS] Census: LABOR DAY 2007: Sept. 3
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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Facts for Features from the Census Bureau
Labor Day 2007: Sept. 3
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/010328.html
or
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2007/cb07ff-13.pdf
[full-text, 4 pages]
The first observance of Labor Day is believed to have been a parade of
10,000 workers on Sept. 5, 1882, in New York City, organized by Peter J.
McGuire, a Carpenters and Joiners Union secretary. By 1893, more than half
the states were observing a "Labor Day" on one day or another, and
Congress passed a bill to establish a federal holiday in 1894. President
Grover Cleveland signed the bill soon afterward designating the first
Monday in September as Labor Day.
Who Are We Celebrating?
152.8 million
Number of people 16 and older in the nation's labor force in May 2007. In
the nation's labor force are 82.1 million men and 70.7 million women.
< http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf>
Employee Benefits
82%
Percentage of full-time workers 18 to 64 covered by health insurance
during all or part of 2005. (Source: Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance
Coverage in the United States: 2005, at
< http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/income_wealth/007419.html >
77%
Percentage of workers in private industry who receive a paid vacation as
one of their employment benefits. In addition:
76 percent of workers receive paid holidays.
15 percent have access to employer assistance for child care.
12 percent have access to long-term care insurance.
71 percent have access to medical care, 46 percent to dental care, 29
percent to vision care and 64 percent to outpatient prescription drug
coverage.
(Source: Upcoming Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2008)
Another Day, Another Dollar
$41,386 and $31,858
The 2005 annual median earnings for male and female full-time, year-round
workers, respectively. (Source: Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance
Coverage in the United States: 2005, at
< http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/income_wealth/007419.html >)
AND MUCH MORE....
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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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_______________________________
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
________________________________________________________________________
Facts for Features from the Census Bureau
Labor Day 2007: Sept. 3
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/010328.html
or
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2007/cb07ff-13.pdf
[full-text, 4 pages]
The first observance of Labor Day is believed to have been a parade of
10,000 workers on Sept. 5, 1882, in New York City, organized by Peter J.
McGuire, a Carpenters and Joiners Union secretary. By 1893, more than half
the states were observing a "Labor Day" on one day or another, and
Congress passed a bill to establish a federal holiday in 1894. President
Grover Cleveland signed the bill soon afterward designating the first
Monday in September as Labor Day.
Who Are We Celebrating?
152.8 million
Number of people 16 and older in the nation's labor force in May 2007. In
the nation's labor force are 82.1 million men and 70.7 million women.
< http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf>
Employee Benefits
82%
Percentage of full-time workers 18 to 64 covered by health insurance
during all or part of 2005. (Source: Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance
Coverage in the United States: 2005, at
< http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/income_wealth/007419.html >
77%
Percentage of workers in private industry who receive a paid vacation as
one of their employment benefits. In addition:
76 percent of workers receive paid holidays.
15 percent have access to employer assistance for child care.
12 percent have access to long-term care insurance.
71 percent have access to medical care, 46 percent to dental care, 29
percent to vision care and 64 percent to outpatient prescription drug
coverage.
(Source: Upcoming Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2008)
Another Day, Another Dollar
$41,386 and $31,858
The 2005 annual median earnings for male and female full-time, year-round
workers, respectively. (Source: Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance
Coverage in the United States: 2005, at
< http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/income_wealth/007419.html >)
AND MUCH MORE....
______________________________
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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