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Local news reporting outsourced to India
by sagauro＠rci.rutgers.edu 11 May '07

11 May '07

This story was sent to you by: eugene mcelroy -------------------- Local news reporting outsourced to India -------------------- A news site hires two to cover Pasadena from afar. That helps a shoestring budget go further. By Alex Pham Times Staff Writer May 11 2007 When is local journalism not really local? When it's about Pasadena and written by someone in India. The complete article can be viewed at: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-pasadena11may11,1,7515978.story Visit latimes.com at http://www.latimes.com

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China 'too lenient' on safety issues
by sagauro＠rci.rutgers.edu 11 May '07

11 May '07

This story was sent to you by: eugene mcelroy -------------------- China 'too lenient' on safety issues -------------------- Spate of deadly coal mine accidents highlights a disturbing pattern, the work safety minister acknowledges. By Ching-Ching Ni Times Staff Writer May 11 2007 BEIJING — Chinese authorities acknowledged Thursday that not enough has been done to improve their country's dismal work safety record, especially in the deadly coal mining industry. The complete article can be viewed at: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-safety11may11,1,2263002… Visit latimes.com at http://www.latimes.com

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NYTimes.com: Short on Truckers, Haulers Seek Couples
by sagauro＠rci.rutgers.edu 11 May '07

11 May '07

This page was sent to you by: sagauro(a)rci.rutgers.edu. BUSINESS | May 11, 2007 Short on Truckers, Haulers Seek Couples By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- Jim and Eva Sisler began traveling the country nearly 10 years ago, a couple of empty nesters in their 50s with a desire to see new places and build some assets before retirement. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Truck-Driver-Shortage.html?ex=1… ---------------------------------------------------------- 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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Labor Law Reform
by sagauro＠rci.rutgers.edu 10 May '07

10 May '07

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[IWS] ILR Press: JUKI GIRLS, GOOD GIRLS: GENDER & CULTURAL POLITICS in SRI LANKA's GLOBAL GARMENT INDUSTRY [May 2007]]
by Eugene McElroy 10 May '07

10 May '07

ILR Press (an imprint of Cornell University Press) JUKI GIRLS, GOOD GIRLS Gender and Cultural Politics in Sri Lanka's Global Garment Industry by Caitrin Lynch http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_detail.taf?ti_id=4663 $19.95s paper 2007, 296 pages, 6 x 9, 6 halftones ISBN: 978-0-8014-7362-3 $55.00x cloth 2007, 296 pages, 6 x 9, 6 halftones ISBN: 978-0-8014-4556-9 When a government program brought garment factories to rural Sri Lanka, women workers found themselves caught between the pressures of a globalizing economy and societal expectations that villages are sanctuaries of tradition. These women learned quickly to resist the characterization of Juki girlsfemale garment workers already established in the urban sectoras vulgar and deracinated, instead asserting that they were good girls who could embody the nation's highest ideals of femininity. Caitrin Lynch shows how contemporary Sri Lankan women navigate a complex web of political, cultural, and socioeconomic forces. Drawing on extensive ethnographic research conducted inside export-oriented garment factories and a close examination of national policies intended to ease the way for globalization, Lynch details precisely how gender, nationalism, and globalization influence everyday life in Sri Lanka. This book includes autobiographical essays by garment workers about their efforts to attain the benefits of being seen as good while simultaneously expanding the definition of what sort of behavior constitutes appropriate conduct. These village garment workers struggled to reconcile the role thrust upon them as symbols of national progress with the negative public perception of factory workers. Lynch provides the context needed to appreciate the paradoxes that globalization creates while painting a sympathetic portrait of the individuals whose life stories appear in this book. Reviews "This is an extraordinary book that is almost unique among studies of third-world factory workers in looking beyond the shop floor to explore the meaning of women's labor for nation-building and nationalism. With rich and vivid ethnographic detail, Caitrin Lynch documents the intersections of the gendered status of workers and citizens. Juki Girls, Good Girls shows a whole nation pondering the question of whether using women's labor for economic development is compatible with expecting women to socially reproduce the values of the nation; a whole nation asking what kind of citizen women should be."Jane Collins, University of WisconsinMadison "Accessibly written and cogently argued, Juki Girls, Good Girls is an important addition to the ethnographic literature on gendered labor in the global economy. Weaving together images and rhetoric of nationalist politics and popular culture as well as the words and daily lives of workers, parents, neighbors, and factory managers, Caitrin Lynch offers a nuanced portrait of Sri Lankan women toiling on the global assembly line. In Sri Lanka women's participation in factory wage labor is viewed both as an important avenue to nationalist modernity and development and as a potential vehicle of moral and cultural decay. Lynch's engaging analysis highlights the women's complex and contested agency as they confront and respond to these circumstances not of their own making. Juki Girls, Good Girls explores the volatile intersections and gendered dynamics of globalization, development, and nationalism in ways that will resonate far beyond the Sri Lankan setting."Mary Beth Mills, Colby College About the Author Caitrin Lynch is Assistant Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences at Olin College of Engineering and Visiting Research Associate in the Department of Anthropology at Brandeis University. **************************************** 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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Sue Cobble's new book! THE SEX OF CLASS: WOMEN TRANSFORMING AMERICAN LABOR [April 2007]]
by Eugene McElroy 10 May '07

10 May '07

ILR Press (an imprint of Cornell University Press) THE SEX OF CLASS Women Transforming American Labor Dorothy Sue Cobble (Editor) http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_detail.taf?ti_id=4660 $22.50s paper 2007, 352 pages, 6 1/8 x 9 1/4, 11 tables, 13 charts/graphs ISBN: 978-0-8014-8943-3 $65.00x cloth 2007, 352 pages, 6 1/8 x 9 1/4, 11 tables, 13 charts/graphs ISBN: 978-0-8014-4322-0 Women now comprise the majority of the working class. Yet this fundamental transformation has gone largely unnoticed. This book is about how the sex of workers matters in understanding the jobs they do, the problems they face at work, and the new labor movements they are creating in the United States and globally. In The Sex of Class, twenty prominent scholars, labor leaders, and policy analysts look at the implication of this sexual revolution for labor policy and practice. In clear, crisp prose, The Sex of Class introduces readers to some of the most vibrant and forward-thinking social movements of our era: the clerical worker protests of the 1970s; the emergence of gay rights on the auto shop floor; the upsurge of union organizing in service jobs; worker centers and community unions of immigrant women; successful campaigns for paid family leave and work redesign; and innovative labor NGOs, cross-border alliances, and global labor federations. The Sex of Class reveals the animating ideas and the innovative strategies put into practice by the female leaders of the twenty-first-century social justice movement. The contributors to this book offer new ideas for how government can help reduce class and sex inequalities; they assess the status of women and sexual minorities within the traditional labor movement; and they provide inspiring case studies of how women workers and their allies are inventing new forms of worker representation and power. Monica Bielski Boris, University of Arkansas at Little Rock Eileen Boris, University of California, Santa Barbara Dorothy Sue Cobble, Rutgers University Marion Crain, University of North Carolina and the Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity Nicola Dones, Labor Project for Working Families Janice Fine, Rutgers University and the Center for Community Change Netsy Firestein, Labor Project for Working Families Heidi Hartmann, Institute for Women's Policy Research and George Washington University Gerald Hunt, Ryerson University (Toronto, Canada) Jennifer Klein, Yale University Vicky Lovell, Institute for Women's Policy Research Leslie McCall, Northwestern University Ruth Milkman, University of California, Los Angeles Karen Nussbaum, Working America, AFL-CIO Maria Ontiveros, University of San Francisco School of Law Katie Quan, University of California, Berkeley Lydia Savage, University of Southern Maine Vanessa Tait, University of California, Berkeley Leah Vosko, York University (Toronto, Canada) Misha Werschkul, SEIU Reviews Once again, Dorothy Sue Cobble is right on target. In The Sex of Class, she's brought together a remarkable group of essays that spell out why class inequalities are growing larger and how the working class is becoming more female than ever. At the same time, this collection thoughtfully describes the place in the union movement for millions of women who teach our kids, clean our offices, and nurse us back to health. The Sex of Class is indispensable. Everyone who's part of the struggle for working women should read it.Linda Chavez-Thompson, Executive Vice-President, AFL-CIO Anyone interested in advancing either our understanding or our practice on class, gender, and the labor movement needs to read this collection, which includes some of the most creative thinking available on these issues. This book is central if scholars are to understand what is happening to the U.S. class structure, and if either the labor movement or the women's movement is to regain momentum and power.Dan Clawson, University of Massachusetts Amherst, author of The Next Upsurge: Labor and the New Social Movements The Sex of Class, edited by Dorothy Sue Cobble and featuring articles by twenty distinguished authors with varying experiences and points of view, breaks new ground in advancing our understanding of the important role of women in labor and social justice organizations. This highly readable book is essential reading not only for students in labor studies, women's studies, sociology and political science classes but also for all who are concerned with the future of the American labor movement.Lois Gray, Jean McKelvey-Alice Grant Professor of Labor-Management Relations Emeritus, School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University This book is an important addition to the literature on women and trade unions. Dorothy Sue Cobble frames the diverse chapters in terms of 'the sex of class' and points out that work is being feminized in several dimensions.Margaret Hallock, Director, Wayne Morse Center, University of Oregon A must-read for anyone interested in the future of the union movement.Joan C. Williams, Distinguished Professor of Law and Director, Center for WorkLife Law, University of California, Hastings "The Sex of Class is such an exciting book. The narrative is clear and refreshing, tackling tough issues of gender and class inequality in an accessible and powerful way. Many of the chapters begin with compelling personal stories that draw the reader into the material. And this book is about more than sex and class, as it also targets the important racial and ethnic dynamics of the labor movement today."-Rosemary Batt, Cornell University, coauthor of The New American Workplace About the Author Dorothy Sue Cobble is Professor of Labor Studies, History, and Women's/Gender Studies at Rutgers University. She is the author of The Other Women's Movement: Workplace Justice and Social Rights in Modern America and Dishing it Out: Waitresses and Their Unions in the Twentieth Century, and the editor of Women and Unions, Forging a Partnership, also from Cornell. **************************************** 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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'Temporary is temporary' won't work for all immigrants
by sagauro＠rci.rutgers.edu 10 May '07

10 May '07

This story was sent to you by: eugene mcelroy -------------------- 'Temporary is temporary' won't work for all immigrants -------------------- We need workers. Some will want to stay. We'll need to find a way to evaluate them for citizenship. By Tamar Jacoby TAMAR JACOBY, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, is launching a new nonprofit, Our Pledge, devoted to helping immigrants become Americans. May 10 2007 THE DEBATE about immigration reform is shifting dramatically, and with it the high-stakes negotiations between Democrats and Republicans that have been taking place for several weeks now in a backroom on Capitol Hill. The complete article can be viewed at: http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-jacoby10may10,0,369567… Visit latimes.com at http://www.latimes.com

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NYTimes.com: Helping Immigrants, and a Town, Move Ahead
by sagauro＠rci.rutgers.edu 10 May '07

10 May '07

This page was sent to you by: sagauro(a)rci.rutgers.edu. NEW YORK REGION | May 10, 2007 Our Towns: Helping Immigrants, and a Town, Move Ahead By PETER APPLEBOME A social service agency has become a model for integrating immigrant workers into suburban communities. http://select.nytimes.com/2007/05/10/nyregion/10towns.html?ex=1178942400&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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NYTimes.com: Congregations to Give Haven to Immigrants
by sagauro＠rci.rutgers.edu 09 May '07

09 May '07

This page was sent to you by: sagauro(a)rci.rutgers.edu. NEW YORK REGION | May 9, 2007 Congregations to Give Haven to Immigrants By JAMES BARRON Religious leaders in New York City and five other cities are launching a movement to provide sanctuary to illegal immigrants facing deportation. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/09/nyregion/09sanctuary.html?ex=1179374400&e… ---------------------------------------------------------- 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: New Coalition of Christians Seeks Changes at Borders
by sagauro＠rci.rutgers.edu 08 May '07

08 May '07

This page was sent to you by: sagauro(a)rci.rutgers.edu. WASHINGTON | May 8, 2007 New Coalition of Christians Seeks Changes at Borders By NEELA BANERJEE A new coalition of evangelical Christian leaders asked Congress on Monday to strengthen border controls but also give illegal immigrants ways to gain residency. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/08/washington/08immigration.html?ex=11792880… ---------------------------------------------------------- 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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