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[IWS] BLS COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS FULL-TEXT ONLINE from CATHERWOOD LIBRARY]
by Eugene McElroy 17 May '07

17 May '07

CATHERWOOD LIBRARY, ILR SCHOOL, CORNELL UNIVERSITY -- http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cba/ Please note: These collective bargaining agreements are from the BLS Collective Bargaining Agreements File. Consequently all agreements in this collection cover 1000 or more workers. See -- http://www.bls.gov/cba/cbaccess.htm (As of today -- 17 May 2007 -- 355 agreements have been converted out of approximately 2000) Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) - Collective Bargaining Agreements http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/blscontracts/ [scroll down to browse the Collective Bargaining Agreements currently available online] This digital collection is provided by the Martin P. Catherwood Library, ILR School, Cornell University. The information provided is for noncommercial educational use only. Collection of current contracts in digital format provided by the BLS. Catherwood staff will be converting the scanned graphic images into PDF formats that are machine readable to allow for retrieval and searching of the full text documents; and assigning <http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/blscontracts/2/> metadata elements to each contract. Please note: The Kheel Center has entered into a donation agreement with the BLS for the complete historical collection of the BLS Collective Bargaining Agreements File, formerly housed at the National Archives and Records Administration, and such updates to those records as they become available. For more information on the historical BLS contract collection, please contact the <http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/kheel/about/contactUs.html> Kheel Center. Spreadsheet - BLS Collective Bargaining Agreements http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/blscontracts/1/ Abstract: Listing of Collective Bargaining Agreements from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that are available at the Catherwood Library. Also available in EXCEL format. **************************************** 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(a)cornell.edu **************************************** -- Eugene McElroy Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations Library 50 Labor Center Way New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901 tel: 732-932-9513 ********

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[IWS] Census: MINORITY POPULATION TOPS 100 MILLION [17 May 2007]]
by Eugene McElroy 17 May '07

17 May '07

Census National and State Characteristics population estimates for July 1, 2006 were released May 17, 2007. Detailed tables http://www.census.gov/popest/estimates.php State Contacts http://www.census.gov/population/www/coop/contacts.html Press Release Minority Population Tops 100 Million [17 May 2007] http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/010048… The nations minority population reached 100.7 million, according to the national and state estimates by race, Hispanic origin, sex and age released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. A year ago, the minority population totaled 98.3 million. About one in three U.S. residents is a minority, said Census Bureau Director Louis Kincannon. To put this into perspective, there are more minorities in this country today than there were people in the United States in 1910. In fact, the minority population in the U.S. is larger than the total population of all but 11 countries. The population in 1910 was 92.2 million. On Oct. 17, 2006, the Census Bureau reported that the overall population had topped 300 million. California had a minority population of 20.7 million 21 percent of the nations total. Texas had a minority population of 12.2 million 12 percent of the U.S. total. There were other milestones reached as well during the July 1, 2005, to July 1, 2006, period: The nations black population surpassed 40 million, while the Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander group reached the 1 million mark. Hispanic remained the largest minority group, with 44.3 million on July 1, 2006 14.8 percent of the total population. Black was the second-largest minority group, totaling 40.2 million in 2006. They were followed by Asian (14.9 million), American Indian and Alaska Native (4.5 million), and Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander (1 million). The population of non-Hispanic whites who indicated no other race totaled 198.7 million in 2006. With a 3.4 percent increase between July 1, 2005, and July 1, 2006, Hispanic was the fastest-growing minority group. Asian was the second fastest-growing minority group, with a 3.2 percent population increase during the 2005-2006 period. The population of non-Hispanic whites who indicated no other race grew by 0.3 percent during the one-year period. (See Table 1 <http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/cb07-70tbl1.xls> Excel | <http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/cb07-70tbl1.pdf> PDF.) Four states and the District of Columbia are majority-minority. Hawaii led the nation with a population that was 75 percent minority in 2006, followed by the District of Columbia (68 percent), New Mexico (57 percent), California (57 percent) and Texas (52 percent). No other state had a minority population exceeding 42 percent of the total. (See Table 2 <http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/cb07-70tbl2.xls> Excel | <http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/cb07-70tbl2.pdf> PDF.) Highlights for the various groups: Hispanic * Hispanics accounted for almost half (1.4 million) of the national population growth of 2.9 million between July 1, 2005, and July 1, 2006. * California had the largest Hispanic population of any state as of July 1, 2006 (13.1 million), followed by Texas (8.4 million) and Florida (3.6 million). Texas had the largest numerical increase between 2005 and 2006 (305,000), with California (283,000) and Florida (161,000) following. In New Mexico, Hispanics comprised the highest proportion of the total population (44 percent), with California and Texas (36 percent each) next in line. * The Hispanic population in 2006 was much younger, with a median age of 27.4 compared with the population as a whole at 36.4. About a third of the Hispanic population was younger than 18, compared with one-fourth of the total population. Black * The black population increased by 1.3 percent, or 522,000, between 2005 and 2006. * New York had the largest black population in 2006 (3.5 million), followed by Florida (3 million) and Texas (2.9 million). Texas had the largest numerical increase between 2005 and 2006 (135,000), with Georgia (101,000) and Florida (86,000) next. In the District of Columbia, the black population comprised the highest percentage (57 percent); Mississippi (37 percent) and Louisiana (32 percent) were next. * The black population in 2006 was younger, with a median age of 30.1, compared with the population as a whole at 36.4. About 31 percent of the black population was younger than 18, compared with 25 percent of the total population. Asian * The Asian population rose by 3.2 percent, or 460,000, between 2005 and 2006. * California had the largest Asian population on July 1, 2006 (5 million), as well as the largest numerical increase during the 2005 to 2006 period (114,000). New York (1.4 million) and Texas (882,000) followed in population; Texas (43,000) and New York (34,000) followed in numerical increase. In Hawaii, Asians made up the highest proportion of the total population (56 percent), with California (14 percent) and New Jersey and Washington (8 percent each) next. * The Asian population in 2006 was younger with a median age of 33.5, compared with the population as a whole at 36.4. American Indian and Alaska Native * The American Indian and Alaska Native population rose by 1 percent or 45,000, from 2005 to 2006. * California had the largest population of American Indians and Alaska Natives (689,000) on July 1, 2006, with Oklahoma (397,000) and Arizona (331,000) next. Arizona had the largest numerical increase (8,000) since July 1, 2005, followed by Texas (7,000) and Florida (4,000). In Alaska, American Indians and Alaska Natives made up the highest proportion of the total population (18 percent), with Oklahoma and New Mexico, at 11 percent each, next. * The American Indian and Alaska Native population in 2006 was younger, with a median age of 31, compared with the population as a whole at 36.4. About 28 percent of the American Indian and Alaska Native population was younger than 18, compared with 25 percent of the total population. Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander * The Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population rose by 1.7 percent, or 17,000, from 2005 to 2006. * Hawaii had the largest population (275,000), followed by California (260,000) and Washington (49,000); California had the largest numerical increase (3,400) of people of this group, with Texas (2,000) and Florida (1,500) next. In Hawaii, Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders comprised the largest proportion (21 percent) of the total population, followed by Utah (1 percent) and Alaska (0.9 percent). * The Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population in 2006 was younger, with a median age of 28.6, compared with the population as a whole at 36.4. About 30 percent of the Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population was younger than 18, compared with 25 percent of the total population. Non-Hispanic White * The non-Hispanic, single-race white population, which represented 66 percent of the total population, accounted for less than a fifth (18 percent) of the nations total population growth. * California, New York and Texas had the largest population of this group (15.7 million, 11.7 million and 11.4 million, respectively), but Texas experienced the largest numerical increase (104,000), followed by North Carolina (91,000) and Arizona (78,000). Maine and Vermont had the highest proportion of single-race non-Hispanic whites (96 percent each), followed by West Virginia (94 percent). * The non-Hispanic, single-race white population in 2006 was older than the population as a whole: The respective median ages were 40.5 and 36.4. About 21 percent of the population of this group was younger than 18, compared with 25 percent of the total population. Also released today were tabulations by age, which showed: * There were 37.3 million people 65 and older in 2006, accounting for 12 percent of the total population. In 2005, this group numbered an estimated 36.8 million. * The number of people 85 and older reached 5.3 million, up from 5.1 million in 2005. * In 2006, working-age adults (18 to 64) totaled 188.4 million, which was 63 percent of the population. A year earlier, the total was 186.2 million. * The number of preschoolers (younger than 5) in the United States in 2006 was estimated at 20.4 million, up slightly from 20.3 million. * The number of elementary school-age (5 through 13) children was 36.1 million, with high-school age (14 through 17) children numbering 17.2 million. * States with the highest percentages of older people (65 and older) include Florida (16.8 percent), West Virginia (15.3 percent) and Pennsylvania (15.2 percent). States with the lowest percentages were Alaska (6.8 percent), Utah (8.8 percent) and Georgia (9.7 percent). * States with the highest percentages of preschoolers include Utah (9.7 percent), Texas (8.2 percent) and Arizona (7.8 percent). States with the lowest percentages were Vermont (5.3 percent), Maine (5.3 percent) and New Hampshire (5.6 percent). **************************************** 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(a)cornell.edu **************************************** -- Eugene McElroy Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations Library 50 Labor Center Way New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901 tel: 732-932-9513 ********

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Civil activists join Latino wage suit
by sagauro＠rci.rutgers.edu 16 May '07

16 May '07

This story was sent to you by: eugene mcelroy -------------------- Civil activists join Latino wage suit -------------------- By Teresa Watanabe Times Staff Writer May 16 2007 Two leading civil rights litigators are joining forces to help push a class-action lawsuit against a major national construction firm that allegedly has shortchanged more than 1,000 mostly Latino workers in California out of millions of dollars in pay, lawyers involved in the case plan to announce today. The complete article can be viewed at: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-construct16may16,1,4846349.story Visit latimes.com at http://www.latimes.com

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NYTimes.com: Workers Sue Owners of Raided Factory
by sagauro＠rci.rutgers.edu 16 May '07

16 May '07

This page was sent to you by: sagauro(a)rci.rutgers.edu. NATIONAL | May 16, 2007 Workers Sue Owners of Raided Factory By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BOSTON (AP) -- A company targeted in an immigration raid in March tried to avoid paying overtime by making it appear workers were being paid by two separate companies, according to a lawsuit. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Immigration-Raid-Factory.html?ex=1179… ---------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT THIS E-MAIL This e-mail was sent to you by a friend through NYTimes.com's E-mail This Article service. For general information about NYTimes.com, write to help(a)nytimes.com. NYTimes.com 500 Seventh Avenue New York, NY 10018 Copyright 2007 The New York Times Company

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NYTimes.com: Silva Vows Help for Brazil Cane Cutters
by sagauro＠rci.rutgers.edu 16 May '07

16 May '07

This page was sent to you by: sagauro(a)rci.rutgers.edu. INTERNATIONAL | May 16, 2007 Silva Vows Help for Brazil Cane Cutters By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) -- Brazil will push to improve working conditions for sugarcane cutters who harvest most of the cane that is turned into ethanol for the nation's booming biofuel industry, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Tuesday. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Brazil-Silva-Ethanol.html?ex=11799… ---------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT THIS E-MAIL This e-mail was sent to you by a friend through NYTimes.com's E-mail This Article service. For general information about NYTimes.com, write to help(a)nytimes.com. NYTimes.com 500 Seventh Avenue New York, NY 10018 Copyright 2007 The New York Times Company

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NYTimes.com: Union Takes Aim at Blackstone I.P.O.
by sagauro＠rci.rutgers.edu 16 May '07

16 May '07

This page was sent to you by: sagauro(a)rci.rutgers.edu. DEALBOOK | May 16, 2007 Union Takes Aim at Blackstone I.P.O. Andrew Ross Sorkin http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/05/16/big-union-takes-aim-at-blackst… ---------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT THIS E-MAIL This e-mail was sent to you by a friend through NYTimes.com's E-mail This Article service. For general information about NYTimes.com, write to help(a)nytimes.com. NYTimes.com 500 Seventh Avenue New York, NY 10018 Copyright 2007 The New York Times Company

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NYTimes.com: Couple Held Two Servants Captive for Years, U.S. Says
by sagauro＠rci.rutgers.edu 16 May '07

16 May '07

This page was sent to you by: sagauro(a)rci.rutgers.edu. NEW YORK REGION | May 16, 2007 Couple Held Two Servants Captive for Years, U.S. Says By PAUL VITELLO Federal prosecutors charged a wealthy Long Island couple with keeping two Indonesian domestic workers as virtual prisoners in their home. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/16/nyregion/16slave.html?ex=1179979200&en=1a… ---------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT THIS E-MAIL This e-mail was sent to you by a friend through NYTimes.com's E-mail This Article service. For general information about NYTimes.com, write to help(a)nytimes.com. NYTimes.com 500 Seventh Avenue New York, NY 10018 Copyright 2007 The New York Times Company

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NYTimes.com: Unkind Cut for Janitors at Hilfiger
by sagauro＠rci.rutgers.edu 16 May '07

16 May '07

This page was sent to you by: sagauro(a)rci.rutgers.edu. NEW YORK REGION | May 16, 2007 About New York: Unkind Cut for Janitors at Hilfiger By JIM DWYER The Tommy Hilfiger company, which was bought for what was reported to be $1.6 billion last year, recently laid off nine cleaning workers who made about $19 an hour. http://select.nytimes.com/2007/05/16/nyregion/16about.html?ex=1179460800&en… New! Access to this article is available for free to non-TimesSelect subscribers for up to 24 hours after the e-mail is sent. TimesSelect (http://www.nytimes.com/ts) is a premium service from The New York Times. ---------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT THIS E-MAIL This e-mail was sent to you by a friend through NYTimes.com's E-mail This Article service. For general information about NYTimes.com, write to help(a)nytimes.com. NYTimes.com 500 Seventh Avenue New York, NY 10018 Copyright 2007 The New York Times Company

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[IWS] THE DISPOSABLE AMERICAN: LAYOFFS & THEIR CONSEQUENCES (now in Paperback) [April 2007]]
by Eugene McElroy 16 May '07

16 May '07

The Disposable American: Layoffs And Their Consequences Written by Louis Uchitelle (Now in Paperback) Vintage | April 2007 | $9.95| 978-0-307-27970-5 (0-307-27970-7) http://www.randomhouse.com/vintage/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780307279705… ABOUT THIS BOOK The Disposable American is an eye-opening account of layoffs in Americatheir questionable necessity, their overuse, and their devastating impact on individuals at all income levels. Yet despite all this, they are accelerating. The award-winning New York Times economics writer Louis Uchitelle explains how, in the mid-1970s, the first major layoffs, initiated as a limited response to the inroads of foreign competition, spread and multiplied, in time destroying the notion of job security and the dignity of work. We see how the barriers to layoffs tumbled, and how by the late 1990s the acquiescence was all but complete. In a compelling narrative, the author traces the rise of job security in the United States to its heyday in the 1950s and 1960s, and then the panicky U-turn. He describes the unraveling through the experiences of both executives and workers: three CEOs who ran the Stanley Works, the tool manufacturer, from 1968 through 2003, who gradually became more willing to engage in layoffs; highly skilled aircraft mechanics in Indianapolis discarded as United Airlines shut down a state-of-the-art maintenance facility, damaging the city as well as the workers; a human resources director at Citigroup, declared nonessential despite excellent performance; a banker in Connecticut lucky to find a lower-paying job in a state tourist office. Uchitelle makes clear the ways in which layoffs are counterproductive, rarely promoting efficiency or profitability in the long term. He explains how our acquiescence encourages wasteful mergers, outsourcing, the shifting of production abroad, the loss of union protection, and wage stagnation. He argues against our ongoing public policyinaugurated by Ronald Reagan and embraced by every president sinceof subsidizing retraining for jobs that, in fact, do not exist. He breaks new ground in documenting the failure of these policies and in describing the significant psychological damage that the trauma of a layoff invariably inflicts, even on those soon reemployed. It is damage that, multiplied over millions of layoffs, is silently undermining the nations mental health. While recognizing that in todays global economy some layoffs must occur, the author passionately argues that government must step in with policies that encourage companies to restrict layoffs and must generate jobs to supplement the present shortfall.There are specific recommendations for achieving these goals and persuasive arguments that workers, business, and the nation will benefit as a result. An urgent, essential book that tells for the first time the story of our long and gradual surrender to layoffsfrom a writer who has covered the unwinding for nearly twenty years and who now bears witness. ______________________________ 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(a)cornell.edu **************************************** -- Eugene McElroy Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations Library 50 Labor Center Way New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901 tel: 732-932-9513 ********

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NYTimes.com: The Right to Paid Sick Days
by sagauro＠rci.rutgers.edu 15 May '07

15 May '07

This page was sent to you by: sagauro(a)rci.rutgers.edu. OPINION | May 15, 2007 Op-Ed Columnist: The Right to Paid Sick Days By BOB HERBERT Why should you have to lose a couple of days pay, or maybe even your job, because you had the flu? http://select.nytimes.com/2007/05/15/opinion/15herbert.html?ex=1179374400&e… New! Access to this article is available for free to non-TimesSelect subscribers for up to 24 hours after the e-mail is sent. TimesSelect (http://www.nytimes.com/ts) is a premium service from The New York Times. ---------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT THIS E-MAIL This e-mail was sent to you by a friend through NYTimes.com's E-mail This Article service. For general information about NYTimes.com, write to help(a)nytimes.com. NYTimes.com 500 Seventh Avenue New York, NY 10018 Copyright 2007 The New York Times Company

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