Friday, November 21, 2008
Tweet[IWS] NO MESSAGES until 8 December 2008
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
________________________________________________________________________
NO MESSAGES will be sent until 8 December 2008.
______________________________
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
________________________________________________________________________
NO MESSAGES will be sent until 8 December 2008.
______________________________
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 : 4:28 PM
[IWS] CONGO MINER--WORKER PROFILE (MarketPlace Radio) [20 November 2008]
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
________________________________________________________________________
[NOTE: The following series is appropriately used for teaching in high schools and colleges; training and development in industry; and for general policy discussions].
American Public Media produced by Homelands Productions - http://homelands.org/
MARKETPLACE (Radio & Website)
WORKING [profiles of single workers in the global economy]
http://marketplace.publicradio.org/segments/working/
Working. It's what most of us do for half our waking lives. It's how we feed and clothe ourselves and how we support our families. It shapes our sense of who we are, and of where we fit in the scheme of things.
Working is also what connects us. Almost everything around us is the product of human labormuch of it performed in faraway places, by people we will never meet.
Each month, WORKING brings us into the life of a single worker in the global economy. Intimate profiles of real people with real families, real struggles, real dreams, and real jobs.
FIDELE MUSAFIRI MINER FROM CONGO $3-3.50/kg of ore
http://marketplace.publicradio.org/segments/working/miner.html
Your cell phone or your laptop wouldn't work without a mineral called coltan. The Democratic Republic of Congo has about 80 percent of the world's
coltan reserves, and that has spawned a corrupt and violent industry. Military factions vie for control of the mines, earning millions of dollars
while the miners themselves barely scrape by. One of those miners is Fidele Musafiri, a small man with a hammer, a spike, and a dream of striking it
rich.
Past Stories include --
Agus Laodi PIRATE $0-$2,000/operation
http://marketplace.publicradio.org/segments/working/pirate.html
Agus Laodi could barely feed his family with his earnings as a cocoa farmer. So eight years ago, with his wife's blessing, he left his Indonesian village to seek his fortune as a pirate. Now he lives in on an island in the Strait of Malacca, slipping out in the dead of night to rob cargo ships with a machete. Sound romantic? Think again.
* Samanta Sex Worker
http://marketplace.publicradio.org/segments/working/samanta.html
* Whyman Richards Iceberg Wrangler
< http://marketplace.publicradio.org/segments/working/iceberg.html >
* Mohmen Tannery Worker
< http://marketplace.publicradio.org/segments/working/mohmen.html >
listen to full story
* Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen Movie Director
< http://marketplace.publicradio.org/segments/working/lancelot.html >
* Hussein Ralib Esfandiari Dhow Captain $1500-3000/month Dubai, United Arab Emirates
< http://marketplace.publicradio.org/segments/working/dhow.html>
* Wahid Khan Habibula Cargo Agent $800/month Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
< http://marketplace.publicradio.org/segments/working/khan.html>
* Chloé Doutre-Roussel Chocolate Taster $2,180/day Paris, France
< http://marketplace.publicradio.org/segments/working/chloe.html>
* Gordana Jankuloska Cabinet Minister $1,400/month Macedonia
< http://marketplace.publicradio.org/segments/working/gordana.html >
* Marco Moreno Gonzales Textile Worker $840/month Lima, Peru
< http://marketplace.publicradio.org/segments/working/marco.html>
* Sam Ahmedu NBA Scout $1,458/month Lagos, Nigeria
< http://marketplace.publicradio.org/segments/working/nbascout.html >
* Romulo Greham Lobster Diver $2.64/lobster lb Mosquito Coast, Honduras
< http://marketplace.publicradio.org/segments/working/lobsterdiving.html >
* Blair Ghent Industrial Mechanic $6,000/month Alberta, Canada
< http://marketplace.publicradio.org/segments/working/oilsands.html >
*Chanta Nguon CEO $600/month Cambodia
< http://marketplace.publicradio.org/segments/working/chanta.html >
* Laowang Express Mail Driver $238/month China
< http://marketplace.publicradio.org/segments/working/wang.html>
* Diana Ivanova Dimova Pop Singer $10/night Bulgaria
< http://marketplace.publicradio.org/segments/working/dayana.html >
* Tarek Haidar Eskandar Fixer $20-75/day Lebanon
< http://marketplace.publicradio.org/segments/working/tarek.html>
* Pedro Córdova Metal Worker $540/month La Oroya, Peru
< http://marketplace.publicradio.org/segments/working/pedrocordova.html >
*Valdet Dule Minesweeper $30/day Kosovo-Albania Border
< http://marketplace.publicradio.org/segments/working/valdetdule.html >
______________________________
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
________________________________________________________________________
[NOTE: The following series is appropriately used for teaching in high schools and colleges; training and development in industry; and for general policy discussions].
American Public Media produced by Homelands Productions - http://homelands.org/
MARKETPLACE (Radio & Website)
WORKING [profiles of single workers in the global economy]
http://marketplace.publicradio.org/segments/working/
Working. It's what most of us do for half our waking lives. It's how we feed and clothe ourselves and how we support our families. It shapes our sense of who we are, and of where we fit in the scheme of things.
Working is also what connects us. Almost everything around us is the product of human labormuch of it performed in faraway places, by people we will never meet.
Each month, WORKING brings us into the life of a single worker in the global economy. Intimate profiles of real people with real families, real struggles, real dreams, and real jobs.
FIDELE MUSAFIRI
http://marketplace.publicradio.org/segments/working/miner.html
Your cell phone or your laptop wouldn't work without a mineral called coltan. The Democratic Republic of Congo has about 80 percent of the world's
coltan reserves, and that has spawned a corrupt and violent industry. Military factions vie for control of the mines, earning millions of dollars
while the miners themselves barely scrape by. One of those miners is Fidele Musafiri, a small man with a hammer, a spike, and a dream of striking it
rich.
Past Stories include --
Agus Laodi
http://marketplace.publicradio.org/segments/working/pirate.html
Agus Laodi could barely feed his family with his earnings as a cocoa farmer. So eight years ago, with his wife's blessing, he left his Indonesian village to seek his fortune as a pirate. Now he lives in on an island in the Strait of Malacca, slipping out in the dead of night to rob cargo ships with a machete. Sound romantic? Think again.
* Samanta
http://marketplace.publicradio.org/segments/working/samanta.html
* Whyman Richards
< http://marketplace.publicradio.org/segments/working/iceberg.html >
* Mohmen
< http://marketplace.publicradio.org/segments/working/mohmen.html >
listen to full story
* Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen
< http://marketplace.publicradio.org/segments/working/lancelot.html >
* Hussein Ralib Esfandiari
< http://marketplace.publicradio.org/segments/working/dhow.html>
* Wahid Khan Habibula
< http://marketplace.publicradio.org/segments/working/khan.html>
* Chloé Doutre-Roussel
< http://marketplace.publicradio.org/segments/working/chloe.html>
* Gordana Jankuloska
< http://marketplace.publicradio.org/segments/working/gordana.html >
* Marco Moreno Gonzales
< http://marketplace.publicradio.org/segments/working/marco.html>
* Sam Ahmedu
< http://marketplace.publicradio.org/segments/working/nbascout.html >
* Romulo Greham
< http://marketplace.publicradio.org/segments/working/lobsterdiving.html >
* Blair Ghent
< http://marketplace.publicradio.org/segments/working/oilsands.html >
*Chanta Nguon
< http://marketplace.publicradio.org/segments/working/chanta.html >
* Laowang
< http://marketplace.publicradio.org/segments/working/wang.html>
* Diana Ivanova Dimova
< http://marketplace.publicradio.org/segments/working/dayana.html >
* Tarek Haidar Eskandar
< http://marketplace.publicradio.org/segments/working/tarek.html>
* Pedro Córdova
< http://marketplace.publicradio.org/segments/working/pedrocordova.html >
*Valdet Dule
< http://marketplace.publicradio.org/segments/working/valdetdule.html >
______________________________
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 : 1:18 PM
[IWS] BLS: REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: OCTOBER 2008 [21 November 2008]
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
________________________________________________________________________
REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: OCTOBER 2008 [21 November 2008]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/laus.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/laus.pdf
[full-text, 20 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/laus.supp.toc.htm
Regional and state unemployment rates were mostly higher in
October. Overall, 38 states and the District of Columbia recorded
over-the-month unemployment rate increases, 5 states registered de-
creases, and 7 states had no change, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of
the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Over the year, jobless
rates were up in 47 states and the District of Columbia, down in
1 state, and unchanged in 2 states. At 6.5 percent in October, the
national unemployment rate increased by 0.4 percentage point over the
month and 1.7 points over the year.
In October, nonfarm payroll employment rose in 10 states plus the
District of Columbia and fell in 40 states. The largest over-the-
month gains in the level of employment occurred in Texas (+23,000),
Missouri (+5,300), Louisiana (+5,000), the District of Columbia
(+1,500), and Kansas (+1,400). Louisiana and Wyoming experienced the
largest over-the-month percentage increase in employment (+0.3 percent
each), followed by the District of Columbia, Missouri, Montana, Texas,
and Vermont (+0.2 percent each). The largest over-the-month decrease
occurred in Washington (-29,300), where some 27,000 aerospace workers
in the transportation equipment industry were off payrolls in October
due to a strike. The states with the next largest decreases were
Florida (-27,300), California (-26,400), Michigan (-19,600), and
Arizona (-17,700). Washington (-1.0 percent) recorded the largest
over-the-month percentage decrease in employment, followed by Oregon
(-0.8 percent), Arizona (-0.7 percent), Mississippi (-0.6 percent),
and Michigan, Rhode Island, and South Dakota (-0.5 percent each).
Over the year, nonfarm employment increased in 19 states and the
District of Columbia, decreased in 29 states, and was unchanged in
2 states. The largest over-the-year percentage increases in employ-
ment occurred in Wyoming (+3.3 percent) and Texas (+2.2 percent),
followed by the District of Columbia (+1.5 percent), North Dakota
(+1.3 percent), and Montana and South Dakota (+1.2 percent each).
Rhode Island recorded the largest over-the-year percentage decrease
in employment (-3.0 percent), followed by Arizona (-2.6 percent),
Florida (-1.9 percent), and Idaho and Michigan (-1.7 percent each).
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
****************************************
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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
________________________________________________________________________
REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: OCTOBER 2008 [21 November 2008]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/laus.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/laus.pdf
[full-text, 20 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/laus.supp.toc.htm
Regional and state unemployment rates were mostly higher in
October. Overall, 38 states and the District of Columbia recorded
over-the-month unemployment rate increases, 5 states registered de-
creases, and 7 states had no change, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of
the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Over the year, jobless
rates were up in 47 states and the District of Columbia, down in
1 state, and unchanged in 2 states. At 6.5 percent in October, the
national unemployment rate increased by 0.4 percentage point over the
month and 1.7 points over the year.
In October, nonfarm payroll employment rose in 10 states plus the
District of Columbia and fell in 40 states. The largest over-the-
month gains in the level of employment occurred in Texas (+23,000),
Missouri (+5,300), Louisiana (+5,000), the District of Columbia
(+1,500), and Kansas (+1,400). Louisiana and Wyoming experienced the
largest over-the-month percentage increase in employment (+0.3 percent
each), followed by the District of Columbia, Missouri, Montana, Texas,
and Vermont (+0.2 percent each). The largest over-the-month decrease
occurred in Washington (-29,300), where some 27,000 aerospace workers
in the transportation equipment industry were off payrolls in October
due to a strike. The states with the next largest decreases were
Florida (-27,300), California (-26,400), Michigan (-19,600), and
Arizona (-17,700). Washington (-1.0 percent) recorded the largest
over-the-month percentage decrease in employment, followed by Oregon
(-0.8 percent), Arizona (-0.7 percent), Mississippi (-0.6 percent),
and Michigan, Rhode Island, and South Dakota (-0.5 percent each).
Over the year, nonfarm employment increased in 19 states and the
District of Columbia, decreased in 29 states, and was unchanged in
2 states. The largest over-the-year percentage increases in employ-
ment occurred in Wyoming (+3.3 percent) and Texas (+2.2 percent),
followed by the District of Columbia (+1.5 percent), North Dakota
(+1.3 percent), and Montana and South Dakota (+1.2 percent each).
Rhode Island recorded the largest over-the-year percentage decrease
in employment (-3.0 percent), followed by Arizona (-2.6 percent),
Florida (-1.9 percent), and Idaho and Michigan (-1.7 percent each).
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
****************************************
# posted by SBasefsky : 11:48 AM
[IWS] BLS: MASS LAYOFFS IN OCTOBER 2008 [21 November 2008]
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
________________________________________________________________________
MASS LAYOFFS IN OCTOBER 2008 [21 November 2008]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/mmls.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/mmls.pdf
[full-text, 10 pages]
In October, employers took 2,140 mass layoff actions, seasonally
adjusted, as measured by new filings for unemployment insurance
benefits during the month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S.
Department of Labor reported today. Each action involved at least 50
persons from a single employer; the number of workers involved totaled
232,468, on a seasonally adjusted basis. The number of mass layoff
events this October decreased by 129 from the prior month, and the
number of associated initial claims fell by 3,213. Both layoff events
and initial claims reached their highest October levels since 2001, a
month that experienced continued layoff activity from the September 11
attacks. In October, 635 mass layoff events were reported in the
manufacturing sector, seasonally adjusted, resulting in 87,403 initial
claims. Over the month, mass layoff events in manufacturing increased
by 32 and initial claims increased by 5,989; the third consecutive
over-the-month increase for both. (See table 1.)
From January through October 2008, the total number of events (sea-
sonally adjusted), at 16,951, and initial claims (seasonally adjusted),
at 1,742,914, were the highest for the January-October period since 2002.
The national unemployment rate was 6.5 percent in October, seasonally
adjusted, up significantly from 6.1 percent the prior month and up from
4.8 percent a year earlier. In October, total nonfarm payroll employment
decreased by 240,000 over the month and by 1,078,000 from a year earlier.
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
****************************************
_______________________________
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
________________________________________________________________________
MASS LAYOFFS IN OCTOBER 2008 [21 November 2008]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/mmls.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/mmls.pdf
[full-text, 10 pages]
In October, employers took 2,140 mass layoff actions, seasonally
adjusted, as measured by new filings for unemployment insurance
benefits during the month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S.
Department of Labor reported today. Each action involved at least 50
persons from a single employer; the number of workers involved totaled
232,468, on a seasonally adjusted basis. The number of mass layoff
events this October decreased by 129 from the prior month, and the
number of associated initial claims fell by 3,213. Both layoff events
and initial claims reached their highest October levels since 2001, a
month that experienced continued layoff activity from the September 11
attacks. In October, 635 mass layoff events were reported in the
manufacturing sector, seasonally adjusted, resulting in 87,403 initial
claims. Over the month, mass layoff events in manufacturing increased
by 32 and initial claims increased by 5,989; the third consecutive
over-the-month increase for both. (See table 1.)
From January through October 2008, the total number of events (sea-
sonally adjusted), at 16,951, and initial claims (seasonally adjusted),
at 1,742,914, were the highest for the January-October period since 2002.
The national unemployment rate was 6.5 percent in October, seasonally
adjusted, up significantly from 6.1 percent the prior month and up from
4.8 percent a year earlier. In October, total nonfarm payroll employment
decreased by 240,000 over the month and by 1,078,000 from a year earlier.
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
****************************************
# posted by SBasefsky : 11:45 AM
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Tweet[IWS] NEW MEMBER PICTORIAL DIRECTORY: 111th CONGRESS [19 November 2008]
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
________________________________________________________________________
Prepared under the direction of the
Committee on House Administration
The Honorable Robert A. Brady, Pennsylvania, , Chairman
The Honorable Vernon J. Ehlers, Michigan, Ranking Member
New Member Pictorial Directory: 111th Congress [19 November 2008]
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/pictorial/111th/newmems.html
or
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/pictorial/111th/pdf/fulldoc.pdf
[full-text, 30 pages]
______________________________
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Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
Prepared under the direction of the
Committee on House Administration
The Honorable Robert A. Brady, Pennsylvania, , Chairman
The Honorable Vernon J. Ehlers, Michigan, Ranking Member
New Member Pictorial Directory: 111th Congress [19 November 2008]
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/pictorial/111th/newmems.html
or
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/pictorial/111th/pdf/fulldoc.pdf
[full-text, 30 pages]
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[IWS] BLS: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT DYNAMICS: FIRST QUARTER 2008 [20 November 2008]
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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
________________________________________________________________________
BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT DYNAMICS: FIRST QUARTER 2008 [20 November 2008]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cewbd.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cewbd.pdf
[full-text, 19 pages]
From December 2007 to March 2008, the number of job gains from opening
and expanding private sector establishments was 7.1 million, and the
number of job losses from closing and contracting establishments was
7.4 million, according to data released today by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor. (See tables A and 3.)
Over this period, firms with 1,000 or more employees experienced a
decline in their share of gross job gains with 15.2 percent, down from
19.1 percent in the prior quarter. (See tables D and 4.)
The Business Employment Dynamics (BED) data series include gross job
gains and gross job losses at the establishment level by major
industry sector and for the 50 states, the District of Columbia,
Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, as well as gross job gains and
gross job losses at the firm level by employer size class.
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
________________________________________________________________________
BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT DYNAMICS: FIRST QUARTER 2008 [20 November 2008]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cewbd.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cewbd.pdf
[full-text, 19 pages]
From December 2007 to March 2008, the number of job gains from opening
and expanding private sector establishments was 7.1 million, and the
number of job losses from closing and contracting establishments was
7.4 million, according to data released today by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor. (See tables A and 3.)
Over this period, firms with 1,000 or more employees experienced a
decline in their share of gross job gains with 15.2 percent, down from
19.1 percent in the prior quarter. (See tables D and 4.)
The Business Employment Dynamics (BED) data series include gross job
gains and gross job losses at the establishment level by major
industry sector and for the 50 states, the District of Columbia,
Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, as well as gross job gains and
gross job losses at the firm level by employer size class.
AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES....
______________________________
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# posted by SBasefsky : 4:01 PM
[IWS] USCC: [CHINA] 2008 REPORT TO CONGRESS [20 November 2008]
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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
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________________________________________________________________________
U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION (USCC)
2008 REPORT TO CONGRESS [20 November 2008]
of the
U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION
ONE HUNDRED TENTH CONGRESS
SECOND SESSION
NOVEMBER 2008
http://www.uscc.gov/annual_report/2008/annual_report_full_08.pdf
[full-text, 405 pages]
Press Release 20 November 2008
U.S. CHINA COMMISSION CITES CHINESE CYBER ATTACKS, AUTHORITARIAN RULE, AND TRADE VIOLATIONS AS IMPEDIMENTS TO U.S. ECONOMIC AND NATIONAL SECURITY INTERESTS
http://www.uscc.gov/pressreleases/2008/08_11_20pr.php
Year-Long Study Offers 45 Recommendations to Congress
WASHINGTON, DC (November 20, 2008) China relies on heavy-handed government control over its economy to maintain an export advantage over other countries. The result: China has amassed nearly $2 trillion in foreign exchange and has increasingly used its hoard to manipulate currency trading and diplomatic relations with other nations. These are among the concusions in the sixth Annual Report to Congress of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. "Rather than use this money for the benefit of its citizensby funding pensions and erecting hospitals and schools, for example--China has been using the funds to seek political and economic influence over other nations," said Larry Wortzel, chairman of the Commission, at the official release of the group's 2008 report to Congress on Thursday.
The bipartisan Commission, established by Congress to analyze the economic and national security relationship of the two nations, made 45 recommendations to Congress for further action. The 393-page report was unanimously approved by the 12 Commissioners. The Commission held eight hearings; travelled to China, Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan; commissioned original research; and consulted with the U.S. intellegence community.
The report acknowledges some progress by China. Its adherence to non-proliferation agreements has continued to improve. China's involvement in the Six Party Talks assisted the negotiations to dismantle North Korea's nuclear weapons production capacity. Yet China has stepped up its capacity to penetrate U.S. computer networks to extract sensitive government and private information. Beijing's "continuing arms sales and military support to rogue regimes, namely Sudan, Burma, and Iran, threaten the stability of fragile regions and hinder U.S. and international efforts to address international crises, such as the genocide in Darfur," the report notes.
The report is critical of China's use of prison labor to produce goods for export and of China's refusal, despite promises, to allow inspections of prisons by advancing the specious claim that forced labor constitutes "reeducation" rather than punishment. The Commission also notes that China's government "has created an information control regime intended to regulate nearly every venue that might transmit information to China's citizens: the print and broadcast media, the Internet, popular entertainment, cultural activities, and education."
The Commission warns Congress that fish imported into the U.S. from Chinese fish farms "pose a health risk because of the unsanitary conditions . . . including water polluted by untreated sewage; fish contaminated by bacteria, viruses, and parasites; and fish treated with antibiotics and other veterinary medicines that are banned in the United States as dangerous to human health." The Commission recommends greater powers for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
The report and its key findings, analysis, and recommendations to Congress are available on the Commission's Web Site, www.uscc.gov.
______________________________
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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
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________________________________________________________________________
U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION (USCC)
2008 REPORT TO CONGRESS [20 November 2008]
of the
U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION
ONE HUNDRED TENTH CONGRESS
SECOND SESSION
NOVEMBER 2008
http://www.uscc.gov/annual_report/2008/annual_report_full_08.pdf
[full-text, 405 pages]
Press Release 20 November 2008
U.S. CHINA COMMISSION CITES CHINESE CYBER ATTACKS, AUTHORITARIAN RULE, AND TRADE VIOLATIONS AS IMPEDIMENTS TO U.S. ECONOMIC AND NATIONAL SECURITY INTERESTS
http://www.uscc.gov/pressreleases/2008/08_11_20pr.php
Year-Long Study Offers 45 Recommendations to Congress
WASHINGTON, DC (November 20, 2008) China relies on heavy-handed government control over its economy to maintain an export advantage over other countries. The result: China has amassed nearly $2 trillion in foreign exchange and has increasingly used its hoard to manipulate currency trading and diplomatic relations with other nations. These are among the concusions in the sixth Annual Report to Congress of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. "Rather than use this money for the benefit of its citizensby funding pensions and erecting hospitals and schools, for example--China has been using the funds to seek political and economic influence over other nations," said Larry Wortzel, chairman of the Commission, at the official release of the group's 2008 report to Congress on Thursday.
The bipartisan Commission, established by Congress to analyze the economic and national security relationship of the two nations, made 45 recommendations to Congress for further action. The 393-page report was unanimously approved by the 12 Commissioners. The Commission held eight hearings; travelled to China, Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan; commissioned original research; and consulted with the U.S. intellegence community.
The report acknowledges some progress by China. Its adherence to non-proliferation agreements has continued to improve. China's involvement in the Six Party Talks assisted the negotiations to dismantle North Korea's nuclear weapons production capacity. Yet China has stepped up its capacity to penetrate U.S. computer networks to extract sensitive government and private information. Beijing's "continuing arms sales and military support to rogue regimes, namely Sudan, Burma, and Iran, threaten the stability of fragile regions and hinder U.S. and international efforts to address international crises, such as the genocide in Darfur," the report notes.
The report is critical of China's use of prison labor to produce goods for export and of China's refusal, despite promises, to allow inspections of prisons by advancing the specious claim that forced labor constitutes "reeducation" rather than punishment. The Commission also notes that China's government "has created an information control regime intended to regulate nearly every venue that might transmit information to China's citizens: the print and broadcast media, the Internet, popular entertainment, cultural activities, and education."
The Commission warns Congress that fish imported into the U.S. from Chinese fish farms "pose a health risk because of the unsanitary conditions . . . including water polluted by untreated sewage; fish contaminated by bacteria, viruses, and parasites; and fish treated with antibiotics and other veterinary medicines that are banned in the United States as dangerous to human health." The Commission recommends greater powers for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
The report and its key findings, analysis, and recommendations to Congress are available on the Commission's Web Site, www.uscc.gov.
______________________________
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****************************************
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Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
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New York, NY 10016
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[IWS] IILS: EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION: TRENDS & POLICY ISSUES [November 2008]
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 Institute for Labour Studies (IILS) at the ILO
Executive compensation: Trends and policy issues
by Franz Christian Ebert, Raymond Torres and Konstantinos Papadakis.
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/download/dp19008.pdf
[full-text, 40 pages]
[excerpt]
This paper has been prepared as background to the new Institute's publication entitled
World of Work Report, which this year focuses on the issue of income inequality. The Report
shows that, in the majority of countries, the incomes of richer households have increased relative
to those of their middle- and low-income counterparts.
This can be good for the economy. Indeed, it is crucial to reward work effort, talent and
innovation key engines of economic growth and wealth creation.
However, there are instances where income inequality reaches excessive levels, in that it
erodes social stability. Growing perceptions that income inequalities are too high may weaken
political support for pro-growth policies. Too much income inequality can also be conducive to
unstable economic growth.
The Report examines a number of factors which may be conducive to excessive income
inequality, such as financial globalization and steep increases in executive pay, disconnected
from firm performance. The role of domestic factors is also analyzed, including i) emerging
patterns of employer-employee bargaining; ii) the trend increase in non-standard forms of
employment; and iii) the ability of the tax and transfer systems to redistribute the gains from
economic growth.
This paper reviews research on one of the key Report's topics, namely executive pay, its
linkages with enterprise performance and related policy issues. It is one of the first cross-country
analyses of what has become a controversial topic during the financial crisis.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface.........................................................................................................................................................v
A. Introduction and main findings .............................................................................................................1
B. How does executive pay compare across countries and how has it changed?.......................................2
1. What is executive pay, how is it measured? ......................................................................................2
2. How does executive pay compare across countries...........................................................................5
3. How has executive pay evolved? ......................................................................................................6
4. To what extent has executive pay responded to performance?........................................................11
C. What explains the development in executive compensation? .............................................................13
1. Theoretical framework ....................................................................................................................13
2. Regulatory Framework of Executive Compensation.......................................................................15
a) International regulation................................................................................................................15
b) National regulation ......................................................................................................................15
3. The role of institutional factors in shaping executive compensation...............................................16
a) The role of directors in determining executive compensation .....................................................16
b) The role of institutional investors................................................................................................17
c) The role of consultancy firms ......................................................................................................17
4. The role of share-based compensation ............................................................................................18
Ongoing policy debates ..............................................................................................................................19
Conclusion.................................................................................................................................................19
References .................................................................................................................................................21
Annex: List of companies referred to in the report.....................................................................................26
______________________________
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Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
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New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
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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
________________________________________________________________________
International Institute for Labour Studies (IILS) at the ILO
Executive compensation: Trends and policy issues
by Franz Christian Ebert, Raymond Torres and Konstantinos Papadakis.
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/download/dp19008.pdf
[full-text, 40 pages]
[excerpt]
This paper has been prepared as background to the new Institute's publication entitled
World of Work Report, which this year focuses on the issue of income inequality. The Report
shows that, in the majority of countries, the incomes of richer households have increased relative
to those of their middle- and low-income counterparts.
This can be good for the economy. Indeed, it is crucial to reward work effort, talent and
innovation key engines of economic growth and wealth creation.
However, there are instances where income inequality reaches excessive levels, in that it
erodes social stability. Growing perceptions that income inequalities are too high may weaken
political support for pro-growth policies. Too much income inequality can also be conducive to
unstable economic growth.
The Report examines a number of factors which may be conducive to excessive income
inequality, such as financial globalization and steep increases in executive pay, disconnected
from firm performance. The role of domestic factors is also analyzed, including i) emerging
patterns of employer-employee bargaining; ii) the trend increase in non-standard forms of
employment; and iii) the ability of the tax and transfer systems to redistribute the gains from
economic growth.
This paper reviews research on one of the key Report's topics, namely executive pay, its
linkages with enterprise performance and related policy issues. It is one of the first cross-country
analyses of what has become a controversial topic during the financial crisis.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface.........................................................................................................................................................v
A. Introduction and main findings .............................................................................................................1
B. How does executive pay compare across countries and how has it changed?.......................................2
1. What is executive pay, how is it measured? ......................................................................................2
2. How does executive pay compare across countries...........................................................................5
3. How has executive pay evolved? ......................................................................................................6
4. To what extent has executive pay responded to performance?........................................................11
C. What explains the development in executive compensation? .............................................................13
1. Theoretical framework ....................................................................................................................13
2. Regulatory Framework of Executive Compensation.......................................................................15
a) International regulation................................................................................................................15
b) National regulation ......................................................................................................................15
3. The role of institutional factors in shaping executive compensation...............................................16
a) The role of directors in determining executive compensation .....................................................16
b) The role of institutional investors................................................................................................17
c) The role of consultancy firms ......................................................................................................17
4. The role of share-based compensation ............................................................................................18
Ongoing policy debates ..............................................................................................................................19
Conclusion.................................................................................................................................................19
References .................................................................................................................................................21
Annex: List of companies referred to in the report.....................................................................................26
______________________________
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 : 11:33 AM
[IWS] IILS: PROMISE & PERILS OF PARTICIPATORY POLICY-MAKING [November 2008]
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 Institute for Labour Studies (IILS) at the ILO
Research Series 117
The promise and perils of participatory policy-making
by Lucio Baccaro and Konstantinos Papadakis.
http://www.ilo.org//public/english/bureau/inst/download/rs117.pdf
[full-text, 77 pages]
[excerpt]
There is increasing interest regarding the involvement of nongovernment
organisations in the provision of social services and
other areas of public policy. It is sometimes argued that this kind of "participatory
governance" would help improve service delivery, because
private, not-for-profit actors represent constituencies which are directly
affected by the issue for which a policy solution is sought. Moreover,
participation of such actors in public policy would strengthen democracy.
For example, organisations representing groups like youth, migrants or
indigenous people would have a stronger influence when directly involved
in policy making, than when they operate indirectly through Parliamentary
processes or tripartite social dialogue. Participatory governance is also
supposed to be more efficient, in that participants can operate on the basis
of arguments, rather than lobbying. And, according to the "deliberation
theory", the best arguments will prevail through this process.
The present volume by Lucio Baccaro and Konstantinos Papadakis
examines evidence on the advantages and limitations of participatory
governance. The study compares theoretical predictions with the experience
of South Africa, where policy-making fora open to civil society were
set up as part of the transition from apartheid to democracy.
The authors find little evidence in support of the efficiency and
democracy gains predicted by deliberation theory. Instead, there would
be a risk that the interests of civil society be captured by the State. This
happens when the government exerts a strong influence over the demands
articulated by civil society organizations, and hence over the outcomes of
the participatory process. As a result, the participatory process might not
represent the interests of its constituencies. The study highlights one
remedy to this problem, namely a credible exit option, and, associated
with it, strong mobilization capacities by civil society groups. It shows
that, in South Africa, only the labour movement and few other groups
possess such an exit option.
These findings point to the continued relevance of traditional civil
society action such as tripartite social dialogue which is based on a
combination of dialogue, bargaining and mobilisation rather than deliberation
capacity. Therefore, according to this study and despite the trend
decline in union affiliation observed in many countries, social dialogue
between government, employers and unions remains relevant for addressing
a wide range of key policy issues.
The study has been presented in several academic and research
events, and has received critical comments, including from the leading
German philosopher Jürgen Habermas, one of the main proponents of
deliberation theory.
Table of contents
Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2. An Outline of Deliberative Public Administration Theory . . . . . . 5
3. Habermasian Views on Deliberation and Civil Society . . . . . . . . 9
4. The Evolution of Participatory Governance in South Africa . . . . 15
a) Participatory Economic Policy: The Case of NEDLAC . . . . . . 17
b) Participatory Policy-Making and Child Labour . . . . . . . . . . . 26
c) SANAC and the Fight Against HIV-AIDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
5. Building Communicative Power:
A Discussion of Empirical Findings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
6. Concluding Remarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
List of Interviewees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
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International Institute for Labour Studies (IILS) at the ILO
Research Series 117
The promise and perils of participatory policy-making
by Lucio Baccaro and Konstantinos Papadakis.
http://www.ilo.org//public/english/bureau/inst/download/rs117.pdf
[full-text, 77 pages]
[excerpt]
There is increasing interest regarding the involvement of nongovernment
organisations in the provision of social services and
other areas of public policy. It is sometimes argued that this kind of "participatory
governance" would help improve service delivery, because
private, not-for-profit actors represent constituencies which are directly
affected by the issue for which a policy solution is sought. Moreover,
participation of such actors in public policy would strengthen democracy.
For example, organisations representing groups like youth, migrants or
indigenous people would have a stronger influence when directly involved
in policy making, than when they operate indirectly through Parliamentary
processes or tripartite social dialogue. Participatory governance is also
supposed to be more efficient, in that participants can operate on the basis
of arguments, rather than lobbying. And, according to the "deliberation
theory", the best arguments will prevail through this process.
The present volume by Lucio Baccaro and Konstantinos Papadakis
examines evidence on the advantages and limitations of participatory
governance. The study compares theoretical predictions with the experience
of South Africa, where policy-making fora open to civil society were
set up as part of the transition from apartheid to democracy.
The authors find little evidence in support of the efficiency and
democracy gains predicted by deliberation theory. Instead, there would
be a risk that the interests of civil society be captured by the State. This
happens when the government exerts a strong influence over the demands
articulated by civil society organizations, and hence over the outcomes of
the participatory process. As a result, the participatory process might not
represent the interests of its constituencies. The study highlights one
remedy to this problem, namely a credible exit option, and, associated
with it, strong mobilization capacities by civil society groups. It shows
that, in South Africa, only the labour movement and few other groups
possess such an exit option.
These findings point to the continued relevance of traditional civil
society action such as tripartite social dialogue which is based on a
combination of dialogue, bargaining and mobilisation rather than deliberation
capacity. Therefore, according to this study and despite the trend
decline in union affiliation observed in many countries, social dialogue
between government, employers and unions remains relevant for addressing
a wide range of key policy issues.
The study has been presented in several academic and research
events, and has received critical comments, including from the leading
German philosopher Jürgen Habermas, one of the main proponents of
deliberation theory.
Table of contents
Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2. An Outline of Deliberative Public Administration Theory . . . . . . 5
3. Habermasian Views on Deliberation and Civil Society . . . . . . . . 9
4. The Evolution of Participatory Governance in South Africa . . . . 15
a) Participatory Economic Policy: The Case of NEDLAC . . . . . . 17
b) Participatory Policy-Making and Child Labour . . . . . . . . . . . 26
c) SANAC and the Fight Against HIV-AIDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
5. Building Communicative Power:
A Discussion of Empirical Findings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
6. Concluding Remarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
List of Interviewees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
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[IWS] ILR Press: WOMEN DOCTORS & the EVOLUTION of HEALTH CARE in AMERICA (THE CHANGING FACE OF MEDICINE) [November 2008]
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
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________________________________________________________________________
ILR Press (an imprint of Cornell University Press)
THE CHANGING FACE OF MEDICINE: Women Doctors and the Evolution of Health Care in America [November 2008]
Ann K. Boulis; Jerry A. Jacobs
http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_detail.taf?ti_id=5252
$35.00s cloth
2008, 280 pages, 6 x 9, 12 tables, 28 charts/graphs
ISBN: 978-0-8014-4446-3 Quantity
The number of women practicing medicine in the United States has grown steadily since the late 1960s, with women now roughly at parity with men among entering medical students. Why did so many women enter American medicine? How are women faring, professionally and personally, once they become physicians? Are women transforming the way medicine is practiced? To answer these questions, The Changing Face of Medicine draws on a wide array of sources, including interviews with women physicians and surveys of medical students and practitioners. The analysis is set in the twin contexts of a rapidly evolving medical system and profound shifts in gender roles in American society.
Throughout the book, Ann K. Boulis and Jerry A. Jacobs critically examine common assumptions about women in medicine. For example, they find that women's entry into medicine has less to do with the decline in status of the profession and more to do with changes in women's roles in contemporary society. Women physicians' families are becoming more and more like those of other working women. Still, disparities in terms of specialty, practice ownership, academic rank, and leadership roles endure, and barriers to opportunity persist. Along the way, Boulis and Jacobs address a host of issues, among them dual-physician marriages, specialty choice, time spent with patients, altruism versus materialism, and how physicians combine work and family.
Women's presence in American medicine will continue to grow beyond the 50 percent mark, but the authors question whether this change by itself will make American medicine more caring and more patient centered. The future direction of the profession will depend on whether women doctors will lead the effort to chart a new course for health care delivery in the United States.
Reviews
"I have seen firsthand how one mother struggled with the delicate balance between work and family and now, more than three decades later, I can truly appreciate the obstacles she overcame. Today, I wonder if it will be any better for my two daughters. Ann K. Boulis and Jerry A. Jacobs have written a must-read for any woman considering the medical profession! It will also make men sit up and take notice."Sanjay Gupta, Chief Medical Correspondent, CNN
'This well-conceived and soundly organized book makes an important contribution to our understanding of a range of gender aspects of the past, present and future of American medicine. It will be of interest to a wide audience, from social scientists and health policy makers to physicians, medical students, and other health professionals."Mike Saks, University of Lincoln
"In The Changing Face of Medicine, Ann K. Boulis and Jerry A. Jacobs draw on a compelling mix of hard data and personal anecdote to provide a clear and comprehensive analysis of how women as physicians shape the practice of medicine, and in turn, how the practice of medicine shapes these women."Katrina S. Firlik, MD, neurosurgeon and author of Another Day in the Frontal Lobe: A Brain Surgeon Exposes Life on the Inside
"Over the past quarter century medicine has experienced a gender revolution with the number of medical school entrants among young women now nearly equaling that of men. In this impressive and beautifully written book, Ann Boulis and Jerry Jacobs use both quantitative data and rich in-depth interviews to understand the cause of this transformation and to understand how women have changed the way medicine is practiced. As they document the pathways women pursue to become physicians, they challenge the conventional wisdom that gender differences in medicine result from choices of individual women and instead show how gendered institutions channel womenís specialty choices and type of practice. The Changing Face of Medicine is a marvelous contribution to gender studies and medical sociology."Jill Quadagno, author of One Nation, Uninsured: Why the US Has No National Health Insurance.
"This comprehensive and illuminating report on the current status of women physicians and their impact on American medicine will surprise and educate you. Health care teachers, students, and researchers will want to read this book and mine it for important data on gender and medical care in the United States today."Judith Lorber, Professor Emerita, Graduate Center and Brooklyn College, CUNY, author of Women Physicians: Careers, Status, and Power and Breaking the Bowls: Degendering and Feminist Change
"This book is particularly helpful as it seeks to understand the reasons behind the meaning of, and the ultimate outcome of, this feminization of medicine. It provides a rare insight as to the historical and social trends that have led to this change in the face of medicine, and will ultimately lead to the way medical care is delivered in the United States. As a woman chair in a traditionally male dominated specialty, I could easily relate to my own journey and the challenges I now face in helping my chosen specialty grow and adapt."Karin Muraszko, MD, FACS, Chair and Julian T. Hoff Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan
About the Author
Ann K. Boulis is Research Associate in Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. Jerry A. Jacobs is Professor of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of Revolving Doors and coauthor, most recently, of The Time Divide: Work, Family, and Gender Inequality.
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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
________________________________________________________________________
ILR Press (an imprint of Cornell University Press)
THE CHANGING FACE OF MEDICINE: Women Doctors and the Evolution of Health Care in America [November 2008]
Ann K. Boulis; Jerry A. Jacobs
http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_detail.taf?ti_id=5252
$35.00s cloth
2008, 280 pages, 6 x 9, 12 tables, 28 charts/graphs
ISBN: 978-0-8014-4446-3 Quantity
The number of women practicing medicine in the United States has grown steadily since the late 1960s, with women now roughly at parity with men among entering medical students. Why did so many women enter American medicine? How are women faring, professionally and personally, once they become physicians? Are women transforming the way medicine is practiced? To answer these questions, The Changing Face of Medicine draws on a wide array of sources, including interviews with women physicians and surveys of medical students and practitioners. The analysis is set in the twin contexts of a rapidly evolving medical system and profound shifts in gender roles in American society.
Throughout the book, Ann K. Boulis and Jerry A. Jacobs critically examine common assumptions about women in medicine. For example, they find that women's entry into medicine has less to do with the decline in status of the profession and more to do with changes in women's roles in contemporary society. Women physicians' families are becoming more and more like those of other working women. Still, disparities in terms of specialty, practice ownership, academic rank, and leadership roles endure, and barriers to opportunity persist. Along the way, Boulis and Jacobs address a host of issues, among them dual-physician marriages, specialty choice, time spent with patients, altruism versus materialism, and how physicians combine work and family.
Women's presence in American medicine will continue to grow beyond the 50 percent mark, but the authors question whether this change by itself will make American medicine more caring and more patient centered. The future direction of the profession will depend on whether women doctors will lead the effort to chart a new course for health care delivery in the United States.
Reviews
"I have seen firsthand how one mother struggled with the delicate balance between work and family and now, more than three decades later, I can truly appreciate the obstacles she overcame. Today, I wonder if it will be any better for my two daughters. Ann K. Boulis and Jerry A. Jacobs have written a must-read for any woman considering the medical profession! It will also make men sit up and take notice."Sanjay Gupta, Chief Medical Correspondent, CNN
'This well-conceived and soundly organized book makes an important contribution to our understanding of a range of gender aspects of the past, present and future of American medicine. It will be of interest to a wide audience, from social scientists and health policy makers to physicians, medical students, and other health professionals."Mike Saks, University of Lincoln
"In The Changing Face of Medicine, Ann K. Boulis and Jerry A. Jacobs draw on a compelling mix of hard data and personal anecdote to provide a clear and comprehensive analysis of how women as physicians shape the practice of medicine, and in turn, how the practice of medicine shapes these women."Katrina S. Firlik, MD, neurosurgeon and author of Another Day in the Frontal Lobe: A Brain Surgeon Exposes Life on the Inside
"Over the past quarter century medicine has experienced a gender revolution with the number of medical school entrants among young women now nearly equaling that of men. In this impressive and beautifully written book, Ann Boulis and Jerry Jacobs use both quantitative data and rich in-depth interviews to understand the cause of this transformation and to understand how women have changed the way medicine is practiced. As they document the pathways women pursue to become physicians, they challenge the conventional wisdom that gender differences in medicine result from choices of individual women and instead show how gendered institutions channel womenís specialty choices and type of practice. The Changing Face of Medicine is a marvelous contribution to gender studies and medical sociology."Jill Quadagno, author of One Nation, Uninsured: Why the US Has No National Health Insurance.
"This comprehensive and illuminating report on the current status of women physicians and their impact on American medicine will surprise and educate you. Health care teachers, students, and researchers will want to read this book and mine it for important data on gender and medical care in the United States today."Judith Lorber, Professor Emerita, Graduate Center and Brooklyn College, CUNY, author of Women Physicians: Careers, Status, and Power and Breaking the Bowls: Degendering and Feminist Change
"This book is particularly helpful as it seeks to understand the reasons behind the meaning of, and the ultimate outcome of, this feminization of medicine. It provides a rare insight as to the historical and social trends that have led to this change in the face of medicine, and will ultimately lead to the way medical care is delivered in the United States. As a woman chair in a traditionally male dominated specialty, I could easily relate to my own journey and the challenges I now face in helping my chosen specialty grow and adapt."Karin Muraszko, MD, FACS, Chair and Julian T. Hoff Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan
About the Author
Ann K. Boulis is Research Associate in Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. Jerry A. Jacobs is Professor of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of Revolving Doors and coauthor, most recently, of The Time Divide: Work, Family, and Gender Inequality.
______________________________
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] ITUC: 2008 ANNUAL SURVEY OF VIOLATIONS OF TRADE UNION RIGHTS [20 November 2008]
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 Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
2008 ANNUAL SURVEY OF VIOLATIONS OF TRADE UNION RIGHTS [20 November 2008]
http://survey08.ituc-csi.org/survey.php?mode=pr&IDCont=1&Lang=EN
See Press Release 20 November 2008
http://ituc-csi.org/spip.php?article2539
Trade union rights are universally recognised human rights at work. The two key ILO Conventions 87 and 98 which define and guarantee them have been ratified by 148 and 158 Member States of the ILO, respectively, out of the total of 181 worldwide. They are also codified in a raft of national constitutions and legislation. And yet, as this Survey shows, trade union rights are also subject to massive and often vicious violation. Evidently, ratification is one thing, and application quite another.
This Survey gives an overview of the trade union rights situation in the world in 2007 and of the major violations that took place. In many cases they had fatal consequences. But they also reflect wasted opportunities to promote better labour relations, improve working conditions and productivity and to build or consolidate democratic institutions.
This Survey is also intended as a tool. It illustrates good practice in cases where improvements are recorded. It also contains the full text of ILO core conventions 87 and 98 as well as an overview of ILO decisions on key issues concerning trade union rights, which are often insufficiently known and understood.
The most tragic consequences of anti-union actions are still the alarming numbers of murders, abductions, arrests and imprisonments, as well as acts of discrimination and intimidation against trade unionists, which continued unabated in 2007. The list of worst offending countries in terms of anti-union violence and repression is getting longer rather than shorter. The long-standing notorious cases of Colombia, Burma, Belarus, Sudan, Swaziland and the Philippines have been joined by Zimbabwe, Guinea, Pakistan, Nepal and Honduras, where serious and persistent violations were worse in 2007 than before.
The most horrific record remains the shameful property of Colombia where, in 2007, another 39 trade unionists were murdered in conditions of continued impunity.
In too many countries across the globe, trade unions continue to be banned or their work severely restricted in particular sectors. Public service workers, agricultural workers, health workers, teachers and journalists are amongst the main victims of these situations. Conditions in this regard have worsened in countries like Pakistan, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Ecuador and Peru. Moreover, the concept of �essential services� is frequently used and abused by governments to deny the rights to strike, to collective bargaining and even to organise, to categories of workers whose basic trade union rights are recognised under the terms of international conventions. This is the case in countries such as Serbia, Turkey, South Africa, Pakistan, Ghana and Kenya.
Trade union pluralism and workers� rights to set up trade unions of their own free choice are still denied in a number of countries, particularly in Asia (e.g. China, North Korea, Laos and Vietnam) and in the Middle East and the Gulf States (e.g. Iran, Iraq, Syria, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait and Yemen).
AND 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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_______________________________
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 Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
2008 ANNUAL SURVEY OF VIOLATIONS OF TRADE UNION RIGHTS [20 November 2008]
http://survey08.ituc-csi.org/survey.php?mode=pr&IDCont=1&Lang=EN
See Press Release 20 November 2008
http://ituc-csi.org/spip.php?article2539
Trade union rights are universally recognised human rights at work. The two key ILO Conventions 87 and 98 which define and guarantee them have been ratified by 148 and 158 Member States of the ILO, respectively, out of the total of 181 worldwide. They are also codified in a raft of national constitutions and legislation. And yet, as this Survey shows, trade union rights are also subject to massive and often vicious violation. Evidently, ratification is one thing, and application quite another.
This Survey gives an overview of the trade union rights situation in the world in 2007 and of the major violations that took place. In many cases they had fatal consequences. But they also reflect wasted opportunities to promote better labour relations, improve working conditions and productivity and to build or consolidate democratic institutions.
This Survey is also intended as a tool. It illustrates good practice in cases where improvements are recorded. It also contains the full text of ILO core conventions 87 and 98 as well as an overview of ILO decisions on key issues concerning trade union rights, which are often insufficiently known and understood.
The most tragic consequences of anti-union actions are still the alarming numbers of murders, abductions, arrests and imprisonments, as well as acts of discrimination and intimidation against trade unionists, which continued unabated in 2007. The list of worst offending countries in terms of anti-union violence and repression is getting longer rather than shorter. The long-standing notorious cases of Colombia, Burma, Belarus, Sudan, Swaziland and the Philippines have been joined by Zimbabwe, Guinea, Pakistan, Nepal and Honduras, where serious and persistent violations were worse in 2007 than before.
The most horrific record remains the shameful property of Colombia where, in 2007, another 39 trade unionists were murdered in conditions of continued impunity.
In too many countries across the globe, trade unions continue to be banned or their work severely restricted in particular sectors. Public service workers, agricultural workers, health workers, teachers and journalists are amongst the main victims of these situations. Conditions in this regard have worsened in countries like Pakistan, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Ecuador and Peru. Moreover, the concept of �essential services� is frequently used and abused by governments to deny the rights to strike, to collective bargaining and even to organise, to categories of workers whose basic trade union rights are recognised under the terms of international conventions. This is the case in countries such as Serbia, Turkey, South Africa, Pakistan, Ghana and Kenya.
Trade union pluralism and workers� rights to set up trade unions of their own free choice are still denied in a number of countries, particularly in Asia (e.g. China, North Korea, Laos and Vietnam) and in the Middle East and the Gulf States (e.g. Iran, Iraq, Syria, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait and Yemen).
AND 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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[IWS] BLS: NONFATAL OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES AND ILLNESSES REQUIRING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK, 2007 [20 November 2008]
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
________________________________________________________________________
NONFATAL OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES AND ILLNESSES REQUIRING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK, 2007 [20 November 2008]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/osh2.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/osh2.pdf
[full-text, 42 pages]
Both the rate and the number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses requiring days
away from work decreased from 2006 to 2007, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S.
Department Labor. The 2007 rate was 122 per 10,000 full-time workers, a decrease of 4 percent from
2006. There were 1.2 million cases requiring days away from work in private industry out of 4 million
total recordable cases as reported by the BLS Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses. The
number of days-away-from-work cases in 2007 decreased by 24,630 cases, or 2 percent, as compared to
2006 levels. Median days away from worka key measure of the severity of the injury or illnesswas
7 days in 2007, the same as the prior three years.
Key findings for 2007:
- In 2007, musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) with days away from work declined by 23,400 cases
from 2006. The 2007 injury and illness incidence rate of 35 cases per 10,000 full-time workers
for MSDs is 9 percent below the 2006 rate of 39 cases per 10,000 workers. The decrease in the
number of MSDs is the largest factor contributing to the overall decline in days-away-from-work
cases in 2007.
- Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants had 44,930 days-away-from-work cases and a rate of 465
cases per 10,000 workers, which is a 12 percent decrease in the rate compared to 2006.
- Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers experienced the highest number of
days-away-from-work cases, with 79,000 in 2007, a 7 percent decline from 85,120 in 2006.
- Cases with days away from work due to a fall on the same level increased by 10 percent from 2006
levels, driven by large increases in the number of cases in retail trade (up 4,280 cases, 19
percent) and health care and social assistance (up 3,360 cases, 11 percent).
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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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
________________________________________________________________________
NONFATAL OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES AND ILLNESSES REQUIRING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK, 2007 [20 November 2008]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/osh2.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/osh2.pdf
[full-text, 42 pages]
Both the rate and the number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses requiring days
away from work decreased from 2006 to 2007, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S.
Department Labor. The 2007 rate was 122 per 10,000 full-time workers, a decrease of 4 percent from
2006. There were 1.2 million cases requiring days away from work in private industry out of 4 million
total recordable cases as reported by the BLS Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses. The
number of days-away-from-work cases in 2007 decreased by 24,630 cases, or 2 percent, as compared to
2006 levels. Median days away from worka key measure of the severity of the injury or illnesswas
7 days in 2007, the same as the prior three years.
Key findings for 2007:
- In 2007, musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) with days away from work declined by 23,400 cases
from 2006. The 2007 injury and illness incidence rate of 35 cases per 10,000 full-time workers
for MSDs is 9 percent below the 2006 rate of 39 cases per 10,000 workers. The decrease in the
number of MSDs is the largest factor contributing to the overall decline in days-away-from-work
cases in 2007.
- Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants had 44,930 days-away-from-work cases and a rate of 465
cases per 10,000 workers, which is a 12 percent decrease in the rate compared to 2006.
- Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers experienced the highest number of
days-away-from-work cases, with 79,000 in 2007, a 7 percent decline from 85,120 in 2006.
- Cases with days away from work due to a fall on the same level increased by 10 percent from 2006
levels, driven by large increases in the number of cases in retail trade (up 4,280 cases, 19
percent) and health care and social assistance (up 3,360 cases, 11 percent).
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
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# posted by SBasefsky : 10:53 AM
[IWS] Census: QUARTERLY RETAIL E-COMMERCE SALES 3rd QUARTER 2008 [19 November 2008]
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
QUARTERLY RETAIL E-COMMERCE SALES 3rd QUARTER 2008 [19 November 2008]
http://www.census.gov/mrts/www/ecomm.html
or
http://www.census.gov/mrts/www/data/html/08Q3.html
or
http://www.census.gov/mrts/www/data/pdf/08Q3.pdf
[full-text, 3 pages]
The Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce announced today that the estimate of U.S. retail e-commerce sales for the third quarter of 2008, adjusted for seasonal variation, but not for price changes, was $34.4 billion, an increase of 0.3 percent (±1.3%)* from the second quarter of 2008. Total retail sales for the third quarter of 2008 were estimated at $1,018.8 billion, a decrease of 1.4 percent (±0.2%) from the second quarter of 2008. The third quarter 2008 e-commerce estimate increased 5.7 percent (±1.5%) from the third quarter of 2007 while total retail sales increased 0.3 percent (±0.5%) in the same period. E-commerce sales in the third quarter of 2008 accounted for 3.4 percent of total sales.
On a not adjusted basis, the estimate of U.S. retail e-commerce sales for the third quarter of 2008 totaled $31.6 billion, a decrease of 2.8 percent (±1.3%) from the second quarter of 2008. The third quarter 2008 e-commerce estimate increased 4.6 percent (±1.5%) from the third quarter of 2007 while total retail sales increased 0.9 (±0.5%) in the same period. E-commerce sales in the third quarter of 2008 accounted for 3.1 percent of total sales.
AND 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
****************************************
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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
________________________________________________________________________
Census
QUARTERLY RETAIL E-COMMERCE SALES 3rd QUARTER 2008 [19 November 2008]
http://www.census.gov/mrts/www/ecomm.html
or
http://www.census.gov/mrts/www/data/html/08Q3.html
or
http://www.census.gov/mrts/www/data/pdf/08Q3.pdf
[full-text, 3 pages]
The Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce announced today that the estimate of U.S. retail e-commerce sales for the third quarter of 2008, adjusted for seasonal variation, but not for price changes, was $34.4 billion, an increase of 0.3 percent (±1.3%)* from the second quarter of 2008. Total retail sales for the third quarter of 2008 were estimated at $1,018.8 billion, a decrease of 1.4 percent (±0.2%) from the second quarter of 2008. The third quarter 2008 e-commerce estimate increased 5.7 percent (±1.5%) from the third quarter of 2007 while total retail sales increased 0.3 percent (±0.5%) in the same period. E-commerce sales in the third quarter of 2008 accounted for 3.4 percent of total sales.
On a not adjusted basis, the estimate of U.S. retail e-commerce sales for the third quarter of 2008 totaled $31.6 billion, a decrease of 2.8 percent (±1.3%) from the second quarter of 2008. The third quarter 2008 e-commerce estimate increased 4.6 percent (±1.5%) from the third quarter of 2007 while total retail sales increased 0.9 (±0.5%) in the same period. E-commerce sales in the third quarter of 2008 accounted for 3.1 percent of total sales.
AND 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
****************************************
# posted by SBasefsky : 10:42 AM
[IWS] SBA: SMALL BUSINESS PROFILES: STATES & TERRITORIES 2008 [20 November 2008
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
________________________________________________________________________
Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
The Small Business Profiles for the States and Territories 2008 [20 November 2008]
http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/profiles/
or
http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/profiles/08profilestot.pdf
[full-text, 106 pages]
The 2008 edition of The Small Business Profiles for the States and Territories
present key small business data for the United States, each of the 50 states,
the District of Columbia, and some U.S. territories. The profiles combine data
from several government sources to show small businesses� overall numbers,
their impact on employment and job creation, the industries they represent,
plus bank and lending information.
______________________________
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
________________________________________________________________________
Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
The Small Business Profiles for the States and Territories 2008 [20 November 2008]
http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/profiles/
or
http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/profiles/08profilestot.pdf
[full-text, 106 pages]
The 2008 edition of The Small Business Profiles for the States and Territories
present key small business data for the United States, each of the 50 states,
the District of Columbia, and some U.S. territories. The profiles combine data
from several government sources to show small businesses� overall numbers,
their impact on employment and job creation, the industries they represent,
plus bank and lending information.
______________________________
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 : 10:05 AM
[IWS] EC: EMPLOYMENT IN EUROPE REPORT 2008 [18 November 2008]
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 Commission (EC)
Employment in Europe Report (2008) [18 November 2008]
http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?langId=en&catId=89&newsId=415&furtherNews=yes
or
http://ec.europa.eu/social/BlobServlet?docId=681&langId=en
[full-text, 292 pages]
This is the 20th annual edition of the Employment in Europe report, which has become one of the main tools of the European Commission in supporting Member States in the analysis, formulation and implementation of their employment policies.
The Employment in Europe report 2008, as in previous years, addresses topics that are high on the European Union's employment policy agenda. It gives a comprehensive overview of the employment situation in the EU, as well as an analysis of key labour market issues, including immigration, post-enlargement intra-EU labour mobility, quality of work and the link between education and employment.
______________________________
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
****************************************
_______________________________
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 Commission (EC)
Employment in Europe Report (2008) [18 November 2008]
http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?langId=en&catId=89&newsId=415&furtherNews=yes
or
http://ec.europa.eu/social/BlobServlet?docId=681&langId=en
[full-text, 292 pages]
This is the 20th annual edition of the Employment in Europe report, which has become one of the main tools of the European Commission in supporting Member States in the analysis, formulation and implementation of their employment policies.
The Employment in Europe report 2008, as in previous years, addresses topics that are high on the European Union's employment policy agenda. It gives a comprehensive overview of the employment situation in the EU, as well as an analysis of key labour market issues, including immigration, post-enlargement intra-EU labour mobility, quality of work and the link between education and employment.
______________________________
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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# posted by SBasefsky : 9:26 AM
