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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach

School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies

Cornell University

16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky

New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau

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Green Jobs: Geothermal Energy

Careers in Geothermal Energy [27 September 2012]

http://www.bls.gov/green/geothermal_energy/geothermal.pdf

[full-text, 10 pages]

[excerpts]

The GEA estimated that there were about 5,200 jobs

directly related to geothermal power production and management

in 2010.5 Unlike the GGS data, this GEA estimate

includes workers in many different industries. The

GEA estimates that developing a 50-megawatt geothermal

plant requires between 697 and 862 workers.

...

This article provides information on various career

opportunities in geothermal energy. The first section is

an overview of geothermal plant operation, and the second

section discusses the different steps necessary to

construct a geothermal plant. The other sections detail

occupations that are critical to the geothermal industry.

Each occupational profile includes information on job duties;

the credentials needed to work in these occupations,

such as education, training, certification, and licensure;

and wage data.

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

IWS Documented News Service

_______________________________

Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach

School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies

Cornell University

16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky

New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau

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BLS Bulletin 2774

September 2012

Geographic Profile of Employment and Unemployment, 2011 [27 September 2012]

http://www.bls.gov/opub/gp/laugp.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/opub/gp/pdf/gp11full.pdf

[full-text, 338 pages]

[excerpt]

This bulletin presents 2011 annual averages from the

CPS for census regions and divisions; the 50 states and

the District of Columbia; and 54 large metropolitan areas,

22 metropolitan divisions, and 41 principal cities. Data

from the CPS differ from the official estimates produced

by the individual states through the LAUS program. CPS

estimates are provided herein because they are a current

source of information on the demographic and economic

characteristics of the labor force in subnational areas,

from the same source as the official labor force data for

the United States as a whole.

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

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_______________________________

Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach

School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies

Cornell University

16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky

New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau

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World Bank

TOWARD GENDER EQUALITY IN EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC: A Companion to the World Development Report [September 2012]

http://elibrary.worldbank.org/content/book/9780821396230

or

http://elibrary.worldbank.org/deliver/9780821396230.pdf?itemId=/content/book/9780821396230&mimeType=pdf

[full-text, 273 pages]

Toward Gender Equality in East Asia and the Pacific examines the relationship between gender equality and development and outlines an agenda for public action to promote more effective and inclusive development in East Asian and Pacific countries. Written as a companion to the World Development Report 2012 on gender equality and development, the report finds that promoting gender equality contributes to higher productivity, income growth, and poverty reduction; improves the opportunities and outcomes for the next generation; and enhances the quality of development policymaking. It contributes to the understanding of gender and development policymaking in several important ways. First, the report presents new data and evidence that significantly strengthen the empirical basis for policymaking on gender and development in the region. Second, the report provides new analysis of the gender dimensions and policy implications of several global trends that are particularly important in the region, including increasing economic integration, rapid adoption of new information and communication technologies, rising domestic and international migration flows, rapid urbanization, and population aging.

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

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_______________________________

Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach

School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies

Cornell University

16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky

New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau

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OCCUPATIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES IN GREEN GOODS AND SERVICES -- NOVEMBER 2011 [28 September 2012]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ggsocc.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ggsocc.pdf

[full-text, 18 pages]

In November 2011, transportation and material moving occupations

accounted for 539,470 jobs, or approximately 28 percent of total

employment, in establishments that received all of their revenue from

green goods and services, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported

today. The production (208,180) and office and administrative support

(194,440) occupational groups were the second- and third-largest in

all-green establishments, representing about 11 and 10 percent of

employment, respectively. (See table 1.)

According to 2010 annual average data published by the Green Goods and

Services (GGS) survey, about three-fifths of the 3.1 million jobs

associated with green goods and services production were in establishments

that received all of their revenue from green goods and services. This

Occupational Employment and Wages in Green Goods and Services (GGS-OCC)

release presents November 2011 occupational employment and wage information

for 1.9 million jobs in these all-green establishments. (See Technical Note

for an explanation of the differences between the GGS and GGS-OCC data.)

The GGS-OCC data are based on a sample of approximately 93,000 business

establishments in 333 industries identified as potentially producing

green goods or providing green services. The data consist of occupational

employment and wage information categorized by the percent of the

establishments' revenue received from green goods and services (GGS).

The establishments covered in this release received 100 percent of their

revenue from green goods and services. Occupational employment and wage

data for in-scope establishments with no green revenue and with mixed

green and nongreen revenue are available from the GGS-OCC web site at

www.bls.gov/ggsocc/. More information about the GGS-OCC data is provided

in the Technical Note.

Occupations

   --Five of the 6 largest detailed occupations in all-green establishments

     were in the transportation and material moving occupational group.

     These 5 occupations were school or special client bus drivers (174,450);

     transit and intercity bus drivers (111,760); refuse and recyclable

     materials collectors (56,930); hand laborers and freight, stock, and

     material movers (54,890); and heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers

     (39,060). (See table 2.)

   --The largest occupations in all-green establishments outside of

     the transportation and material moving group included forest and

     conservation technicians, with employment of 56,620; general and

     operations managers (32,030); secretaries and administrative

     assistants, except legal, medical, and executive (30,470); and bus

     and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists (29,570). (See

     table 2.)

   --Annual mean wages for the largest occupations in all-green

     establishments ranged from $26,270 for hand laborers and freight,

     stock, and material movers to $115,520 for general and operations

     managers. (See table 2.)

Occupational groups by industries

   --The transportation and warehousing industry had 454,710 jobs in

     all-green establishments, more than any other industry. About 73

     percent of these jobs were in transportation and material moving

     occupations. (See table 3.)

   --Other industries with large numbers of jobs in all-green

     establishments included public administration (276,020),

     administrative and waste services (274,700), and manufacturing

     (266,510). (See table 3.)

   --Nearly 41 percent of jobs in all-green public administration

     establishments were in life, physical, and social science occupations.

     Transportation and material moving occupations made up about 42

     percent of the jobs in all-green administrative and waste services

     establishments. Over half of the jobs in all-green manufacturing

     establishments were in production occupations. (See table 3.)

Detailed occupations in selected industries

Utilities, construction, and professional, scientific, and technical

services were among the industries with the highest percentage of

revenue from green goods and services in 2010, based on results from

the GGS survey. Selected data for these industries are shown in tables

4, 5, and 6 and highlighted below:

   --The utilities industry had 142,030 jobs in all-green establishments.

     About a quarter of these jobs were in production occupations,

     including water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators

     (20,200), power plant operators (4,530), and nuclear power reactor 

     operators (4,380). Outside of the production group, the largest

     occupations in all-green utilities establishments included nuclear

     engineers (8,170), security guards (5,270), and industrial machinery

     mechanics (5,100). (See table 4.)

   --With an annual mean wage of $96,270, nuclear engineers was among

     the highest paying of the largest occupations in all-green utilities

     establishments. The lowest paying of these occupations included

     security guards ($43,580) and water and wastewater treatment plant

     and system operators ($44,560). (See table 4.)

   --The construction industry had 92,130 jobs in all-green establishments.

     Fifty-eight percent of these jobs were in construction and extraction

     occupations, including floor, ceiling, and wall insulation workers

     (8,210); carpenters (7,860); and construction laborers (7,680). These

     three occupations made up over one-quarter of employment in all-green

     construction establishments. Heating, air conditioning, and

     refrigeration mechanics and installers (5,190) was one of the largest

     occupations outside of the construction and extraction occupational

     group. (See table 5.)

   --Floor, ceiling, and wall insulation workers was one of the lowest

     paying occupations in all-green construction establishments, with

     an annual mean wage of $30,390. The highest paying of the largest

     occupations in all-green construction establishments included

     construction managers ($86,130) and first-line supervisors of

     construction trades and extraction workers ($62,870). (See table 5.)

   --Professional, scientific, and technical services had 138,360 jobs

     in all-green establishments. More than half of these jobs were in

     life, physical, and social science occupations or in architecture

     and engineering occupations. The largest occupation in all-green

     professional, scientific, and technical services establishments

     was environmental scientists and specialists, including health,

     with employment of 12,130. (See table 6.)

   --Several of the largest occupations in all-green professional,

     scientific, and technical services establishments had relatively

     high annual mean wages, including general and operations managers

     ($132,580), mechanical engineers ($88,750), and architects, except

     landscape and naval ($83,560). (See table 6.)

AND MORE...including TABLES....

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

IWS Documented News Service

_______________________________

Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach

School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies

Cornell University

16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky

New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau

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European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA)

Press Release 26 September 2012

Dealing with psychosocial risks: success factors and obstacles

http://osha.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/dealing_psychosocial_risks_success_factors_obstacles

Most European companies still don’t have procedures for managing workplace stress and other psychosocial risks, despite the increasing threat that they pose to Europe’s workers. This situation is explored in two new reports from the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA), which look at the reasons why, with 79% of managers in the EU being concerned about stress at work, and 40% concerned with workplace harassment and violence, 74% of European businesses still do not have procedures in place to deal with these issues.

AND MUCH MORE...including LINKS....

Links

• A summary of four secondary analysis reports: Understanding workplace management of safety and health, psychosocial risks and worker participation through ESENER -  available in 24 languages
• Drivers and barriers for psychosocial risk management: An analysis of the findings of the ESENER - available in English
• Management of psychosocial risks at work: An analysis of the findings of the ESENER - available in English
• Worker representation and consultation on health and safety: An analysis of the findings of the ESENER - available in English
• Management of occupational safety and health: An analysis of the findings of the ESENER - available in English
• European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks - Managing safety and health at work - available in English
• Watch a short video clip presenting main findings of ESENER
• The ESENER project at a glance

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

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_______________________________

Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach

School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies

Cornell University

16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky

New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau

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European Commission

Eurobarometer

Special Eurobarometer 391

SOCIAL CLIMATE--REPORT [27 September 2012]

http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_391_en.pdf

[full-text, 125 pages]

Summary

http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_391_sum_en.pdf

[full-text, 24 pages]

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................. 2

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ....................................................................................... 4

I. SOCIAL CLIMATE INDEX .............................................................................. 7

II. CURRENT SITUATION ................................................................................ 12

2.1. Personal situation .................................................................................. 12

2.2. Country situation ................................................................................... 21

2.3. Social protection and inclusion ............................................................... 34

III. EXPECTATIONS FOR THE NEXT 12 MONTHS ............................................ 43

3.1. Personal situation .................................................................................. 43

3.2. Country situation ................................................................................... 46

3.3. Social protection and inclusion ............................................................... 51

IV. CHANGES IN THE LAST 5 YEARS ............................................................. 55

4.1. Personal situation .................................................................................. 55

4.2. Country Situation ................................................................................... 58

4.3. Social protection and inclusion ............................................................... 61

CONCLUSIONS ................................................................................................. 66

ANNEXES

Technical specifications

Questionnaire

Tables

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

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_______________________________

Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach

School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies

Cornell University

16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky

New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau

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PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS, AUGUST 2012 [28 September 2012]

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2012/pi0812.htm

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2012/pdf/pi0812.pdf

[full-text, 11 pages]

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2012/xls/pi0812.xls

[spreadsheet]

and

Highlights

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2012/pdf/pi0812_fax.pdf

Personal income increased $15.0 billion, or 0.1 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI)

increased $12.5 billion, or 0.1 percent, in August, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $57.2 billion, or 0.5 percent.  In July,

personal income increased $18.5 billion, or 0.1 percent, DPI increased $15.4 billion, or 0.1 percent,

and PCE increased $45.4 billion, or 0.4 percent, based on revised estimates.

Real disposable income decreased 0.3 percent in August, in contrast to an increase of 0.1 percent

in July.  Real PCE increased 0.1 percent, compared with an increase of 0.4 percent.

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

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

IWS Documented News Service

_______________________________

Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach

School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies

Cornell University

16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky

New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau

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Bureau of Labor Statistica

International Labor Comparisons (ILC)

CHARTING INTERNATIONAL LABOR COMPARISONS (2012 EDITION) [25 September 2012]

http://www.bls.gov/fls/chartbook.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/fls/chartbook/2012/chartbook2012.pdf

[full-text, 52 pages]

·         Download previous editions: [2011] [2010] [2009] [2008] [2007] [2006]

Preface

With ever-expanding global markets, international labor statistics have assumed a greater role in assessing the relative performance of individual economies and in influencing both national and international policy decisions. However, direct comparisons of statistics across countries can be misleading because concepts and definitions often differ. To improve the comparability of international labor statistics, the International Labor Comparisons (ILC) program of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) adjusts data to a common conceptual framework.

The 2012 edition of Charting International Labor Comparisons features 2010 data, and data trends over time, for the main indicators published by ILC: gross domestic product, labor force, manufacturing hourly compensation costs and productivity, and consumer prices. Country coverage varies by chart and is based primarily on data available from the ILC program; however, to increase country and indicator coverage, this chartbook also uses data from other organizations. (Notes are provided at the end of each section to detail sources used and to furnish helpful definitions.)

For the latest ILC key indicators by country, see the Country at a Glance feature at www.bls.gov/fls/.

Go to:

·         Main page (table of contents)

·         Section 1: Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

·         Section 2a: Labor Market — Labor force indicators

·         Section 2b: Labor Market — Employment

·         Section 2c: Labor Market — Unemployment

·         Section 3a: Competitiveness in Manufacturing — Compensation costs

·         Section 3b: Competitiveness in Manufacturing — Productivity and unit labor costs

·         Section 4: Consumer Prices

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_______________________________

Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach

School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies

Cornell University

16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky

New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau

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International Labour Organization (ILO)

Curriculum Vitae of Mr Guy Ryder - Candidature for the post of Director-General of the ILO

Appointment of the 10th Director-General of the International Labour Office: Candidature of Mr Guy Ryder submitted by Mr Michael Sommer and Mr Luc Cortebeeck, Worker members of the Governing Body.

http://www.ilo.org/gb/about-governing-body/appointment-of-director-general/WCMS_175249/lang--en/index.htm

or

http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_norm/---relconf/documents/genericdocument/wcms_175249.pdf

[full-text, 3 pages]

Curriculum Vitae del Sr. Guy Ryder - Candidatura al cargo de Director General de la OIT, Español [‎pdf 265KB]‎

Curriculum vitae de M. Guy Ryder - Candidature au poste de Directeur général du BIT, Français [‎pdf 294KB]‎

Press Release 28 September 2012

Outgoing ILO head hands over to Guy Ryder

Guy Ryder received three keys that symbolize the tripartite structure of the ILO, ahead of his first day as Director-General. Outgoing ILO head, Juan Somavia, handed over the golden keys, and his functions.

http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_190437/lang--en/index.htm?shared_from=media-mail

GENEVA (ILO News) - Outgoing International Labour Organization (ILO) head, Juan Somavia, has formally handed over his functions to Guy Ryder, who takes office as Director-General on October 1.

"You are now the guardian of our values and our traditions," Somavia said, handing over the three keys to the gates of the original ILO building. The keys symbolize the UN agency's unique tripartite composition, which brings together representatives of governments, workers and employers.

"They are in good hands, in very good hands," Somavia said.

Ryder, for his part, said: "When these three keys turn together, when governments, employers and workers are able to come together, doors open and social justice advances."

He said that while the goal of social justice still remains a distant prospect for millions of people, "the world is a better, fairer, safer place for what the ILO has achieved."

Ryder– who becomes the 10th ILO Director-General – has some thirty years of experience in the world of work, most of it at the international level.

He started his career at the International Department of the Trade Union Congress in London.In 1998, he joined the ILO in Geneva, as Director of the Bureau for Workers' Activities. In 2010, he was named Executive Director responsible for International Labour Standards and Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work.

Born in Liverpool (UK) in 1956, he was educated at the universities of Cambridge and Liverpool.

Somavia, 71, had headed the ILO since 1999. An attorney by profession and a Chilean national, Somavia has had a long and distinguished career in civil and international affairs.

Biography of Juan Somavia, Director-General of the ILO (1999-2012)

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

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_______________________________

Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach

School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies

Cornell University

16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky

New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau

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Census
2010 Census Special Reports

C2010SR-02

EMERGENCY AND TRANSITIONAL SHELTER POPULATIONS: 2010 [27 September 2012]
http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/reports/c2010sr-02.pdf
[full-text, 22 pages]

Tables [PDF]
Figures [PDF]

Press Release 27 September 2012
Census Bureau Releases Report on 2010 Census Emergency and Transitional Shelter Population
http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/2010_census/cb12-183.html

The U.S. Census Bureau today released a 2010 Census special report, The Emergency and Transitional Shelter Population: 2010 [PDF], providing information on people counted at emergency and transitional shelters (with sleeping facilities) for people experiencing homelessness.

In the 2010 Census, emergency and transitional shelters were defined as places where people experiencing homelessness stay overnight. Examples include missions; hotels and motels used to shelter people experiencing homelessness; shelters for children who are runaways, neglected or experiencing homelessness; and similar places known to shelter people experiencing homelessness.

The emergency and transitional shelter population is one of many types that make up the total group quarters population. People in emergency and transitional shelters were enumerated in the 2010 Census as part of the Service-Based Enumeration Operation, which also included enumeration at soup kitchens, regularly scheduled mobile food vans and targeted nonsheltered outdoor locations.

The Census Bureau stresses that this special report presents statistics for people enumerated at emergency and transitional shelters only, and should not be misconstrued as a count of the entire population experiencing homelessness. The Census Bureau does not produce or publish a total count of the homeless population. Further, it is important to recognize that there is no standard or agreed upon definition of what constitutes homelessness. Also, people experiencing homelessness can be counted and included in the census through various operations, but those operations do not separately identify, or even collect information to separately identify, people who might be experiencing homelessness.

A list of tables and figures follows:

• Table 1. Total, Group Quarters, and Emergency and Transitional Shelter Populations by Sex and Selected Age Groups: 2010
• Table 2. Total, Group Quarters, and Emergency and Transitional Shelter Populations by Hispanic or Latino Origin and by Race: 2010
• Table 3. The Emergency and Transitional Shelter Population by Sex and Selected Age Groups for the United States, Regions, and States, and for Puerto Rico: 2010
• Table 4. Age and Sex Distribution of the Emergency and Transitional Shelter Population for the United States, Regions, and States, and for Puerto Rico: 2010
• Table 5. Ten Places With the Largest Population in Emergency and Transitional Shelters: 2010
• Table 6. Ten Places with the Largest Percentage of the Group Quarters Population in Emergency and Transitional Shelters: 2010
• Figure 1. The Emergency and Transitional Shelter and Group Quarters Populations by Age and Sex: 2010
• Figure 2. Percentage Distribution of the Emergency and Transitional Shelter Population by State: 2010
• Figure 3. The Emergency and Transitional Shelter Population by Sex for States: 2010
• Figure 4. The Emergency and Transitional Shelter Population by Selected Age Groups for States: 2010
• Figure 5. The Emergency and Transitional Shelter Population by County: 2010

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Census
2010 Census Special Reports

PATTERNS OF METROPOLITAN AND MICROPOLITAN POPULATION CHANGE: 2000 to 2010 [27 September 2012]
http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/reports/c2010sr-01.pdf
[full-text, 102 pages]

And Supporting Materials
http://www.census.gov/population/metro/data/c2010sr-01patterns.html

Press Release 27 September 2012
Populations Increasing in Many Downtowns, Census Bureau Reports
http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/2010_census/cb12-181.html

A U.S. Census Bureau report released today shows that in many of the largest cities of the most-populous metro areas, downtown is becoming a place not only to work but also to live. Between the 2000 and 2010 censuses, metro areas with 5 million or more people experienced double-digit population growth rates within their downtown areas (within a two-mile radius of their largest city's city hall), more than double the rate of these areas overall.

Chicago experienced the largest numeric gain in its downtown area, with a net increase of 48,000 residents over 10 years. New York, Philadelphia, Salt Lake City and Washington also posted large population increases close to city hall. These downtown gains were not universal, however: New Orleans and Baltimore experienced the greatest population declines in their downtown areas (35,000 and slightly more than 10,000, respectively). Two smaller areas in Ohio — Dayton and Toledo — also saw downtown declines of more than 10,000.

These are just some of the findings in the new 2010 Census special report, Patterns of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Population Change: 2000 to 2010. The report uses 2010 Census results to examine contemporary geographic patterns (as well as changes since the 2000 Census) of population density and distribution by race, Hispanic origin, age and sex for metro and micro areas collectively as well as individually. Metro areas contain at least one urbanized area of 50,000 population or more, while micro areas contain at least one urban cluster of less than 50,000, but at least 10,000.

“By including totals for both 2000 and 2010, this report helps us to understand patterns of change for this past decade,” Census Bureau Deputy Director Nancy Potok said. “The report, together with its associated online maps, graphics and statistical tables, provides a detailed view of the nation's centers of population and economic activity.”

A common theme for the non-Hispanic white alone population from 2000 to 2010 was population increases in the central areas of many of the largest principal cities, especially those in the largest metro areas.

“The Washington metro area is a notable example of this pattern,” said Steven Wilson, a co-author of the report. “We see increases in the non-Hispanic white population, in both numeric terms and share of the total population, in many of the District's census tracts in or close to the city's downtown area.”

At the same time, this group's share of the population declined by 10 or more percentage points in many tracts in the surrounding suburbs of Washington, D.C.

These demographic patterns were not uniform across all race and ethnic groups; the black alone population increased in most metro areas outside the area's largest city. In Atlanta, for example, this group's share of the population rose by at least 10 percentage points in wide swaths surrounding the city. For Hispanics, growth was greatest in pockets along principal city perimeters and adjacent territory.

In several sections of the report, census tract data were examined to provide a neighborhood-level perspective on demographic patterns within individual metro areas. Because census tracts often change boundaries from one census to the next, one of the report's innovations was to retabulate 2000 Census data in updated 2010 Census tracts, thereby allowing the calculation of 2000 to 2010 change data by tract. Another feature of the report is the construction of distance bands as measured from city hall. This permits a look at population distribution and density at various distance ranges from a metro area's largest city center.

Along with metro and micro area data for all variables in the report, two online data tools were released: a series of interactive population pyramids showing the age and sex structure of all metro and micro areas in 2000 and 2010, and a set of “distance profiles” of the population for all metro areas. Also, an interactive mapping tool that allows users to see metro and micro area and census tract-level data is now available.

Other highlights:

• More than one in 10 U.S. residents lived in either the New York or Los Angeles metro area in 2010.
• Although metro areas covered only slightly more than one-quarter of the nation's land area, they were home to eight of every 10 people.
• The Hispanic share of the population increased in every U.S. metro area.
• While the non-Hispanic white alone, black alone and Asian alone populations grew faster in metro areas than in micro areas, the reverse was true for Hispanics.
• Next to those who were non-Hispanic white alone, Hispanics were the most populous race or ethnic group in most metro and micro areas in the western half of the U.S., with single-race blacks the largest in most areas in the eastern half.
• Metro area populations were younger (a median of 36.6 years) than the population in either micro areas (39.3 years) or territory outside either of these areas (41.9 years).
• Areas with the highest median ages were either in slow-growing regions like western Pennsylvania, which had past outmigration of the young combined with “aging in place,” or were faster-growing areas in parts of Florida and Arizona that were traditional retiree migration destinations.
• Areas with the lowest median ages included metro areas and micro areas in Utah, southern Idaho and along the U.S.-Mexican border.

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Census

Quarterly Survey of Public Pensions: 2nd Quarter 2012 [27 September 2012]

http://www.census.gov/govs/qpr/

This quarterly survey (formerly known as the Finances of Selected State and Local Government Employee Retirement Systems Survey) provides national summary statistics on the revenues, expenditures and composition of assets of the 100 largest state and local public employee retirement systems in the United States. These 100 systems comprise 89.4 percent of financial activity among such entities, based on the 2007 Census of Governments. This survey presents the most current statistics about investment

decisions by state and local public employee retirement systems, which are among the largest

types of institutional investors in the U.S. financial markets. These statistical tables are published three months after each calendar quarter and show national financial transactions and trends for the past five years.

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