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An analysis of the Local Jobs for America Act
by Eugene McElroy 17 Mar '10

17 Mar '10

Rep. George Miller (D., Calif.) recently introduced the Local Jobs For America Act, which authorizes $100 billion over two years to preserve state and local government jobs, and create more jobs in local government and the non-profit sector. In Policy Memorandum #161, EPI Vice President Ross Eisenbrey, outlines why EPI strongly supports the act, and shows why the planned distribution of funds would provide significant help to communities with large concentrations of African Americans, who suffer disproportionately high rates of unemployment and poverty. http://www.epi.org/publications/entry/pm161/#When:14:41:50Z

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NYTimes.com: Workers Crushed by Toyota
by ciudadviejo＠yahoo.com 16 Mar '10

16 Mar '10

This page was sent to you by: ciudadviejo(a)yahoo.com. OPINION | March 16, 2010 Op-Ed Columnist: Workers Crushed by Toyota By BOB HERBERT Though Toyota has reaped endless benefits from California, the company is shutting down a plant in Fremont, Calif., firing 4,700 employees. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/16/opinion/16herbert.html?emc=eta1 ---------------------------------------------------------- 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 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018 Copyright 2010 The New York Times Company

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NYTimes.com: Charges and Countercharges of Financial Misdeeds Rile Union's Leadership
by ciudadviejo＠yahoo.com 16 Mar '10

16 Mar '10

This page was sent to you by: ciudadviejo(a)yahoo.com. U.S. | March 16, 2010 Charges and Countercharges of Financial Misdeeds Rile Union's Leadership By STEVEN GREENHOUSE A dispute between a Los Angeles local and the leader of the parent union erupted after the local reported an audit's findings. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/16/us/16labor.html?emc=eta1 ---------------------------------------------------------- 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 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018 Copyright 2010 The New York Times Company

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NYTimes.com: Women Making Gains on Faculty at Harvard
by ciudadviejo＠yahoo.com 13 Mar '10

13 Mar '10

This page was sent to you by: ciudadviejo(a)yahoo.com. EDUCATION | March 13, 2010 Women Making Gains on Faculty at Harvard By TAMAR LEWIN The president of Harvard said the university has seen a culture shift since it was suggested there in 2005 that women were unsuited to careers in math and science. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/13/education/13harvard.html?emc=eta1 ---------------------------------------------------------- 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 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018 Copyright 2010 The New York Times Company

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NYTimes.com: City Room: A Move to Protect Low-Wage Workers
by ciudadviejo＠yahoo.com 13 Mar '10

13 Mar '10

This page was sent to you by: ciudadviejo(a)yahoo.com. N.Y. / REGION | March 12, 2010 City Room: A Move to Protect Low-Wage Workers By STEVEN GREENHOUSE Legislation before state lawmakers would increase penalties against employers who violate minimum-wage and overtime laws. http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/12/a-move-to-protect-low-wage-wor… ---------------------------------------------------------- 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 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018 Copyright 2010 The New York Times Company

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NYTimes.com: Obama Links Immigration Overhaul in 2010 to G.O.P. Backing
by ciudadviejo＠yahoo.com 12 Mar '10

12 Mar '10

This page was sent to you by: ciudadviejo(a)yahoo.com. U.S. | March 12, 2010 Obama Links Immigration Overhaul in 2010 to G.O.P. Backing By JULIA PRESTON President Obama devoted much of Thursday to immigration issues. He said he would push for an overhaul this year only if he had Republican support. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/12/us/politics/12immig.html?emc=eta1 ---------------------------------------------------------- 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 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018 Copyright 2010 The New York Times Company

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Fwd: [IWS] BLS: EMPLOYMENT SITUATION OF VETERANS--2009 [12 March 2010]
by Eugene McElroy 12 Mar '10

12 Mar '10

*EMPLOYMENT SITUATION OF VETERANS--2009* [12 March 2010] http://www.bls.gov/news.release/vet.nr0.htm or http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/vet.pdf [full-text, 19 pages] The unemployment rate for veterans who served in the military since September 2001--a group referred to as Gulf War-era II veterans--was 10.2 percent in 2009, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The jobless rate for veterans of all eras combined was 8.1 percent. About 21 percent of Gulf War-era II veterans reported hav- ing a service-connected disability in August 2009, compared with about 13 percent of all veterans. This information was obtained from the Current Population Survey (CPS), a monthly sample survey of about 60,000 households that provides offi- cial statistics on employment and unemployment in the United States. Data about veterans are collected monthly in the CPS; those monthly data are the source of the 2009 annual averages presented in this re- lease. In August 2009, a supplement to the CPS collected additional information about veterans on topics such as service-connected disabil- ity. Information from the supplement also is presented in this re- lease. The supplement was co-sponsored by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and by the U.S. Department of Labor's Veterans' Em- ployment and Training Service. For more information, see the Techni- cal Note, which provides definitions of terms used in this release. Some highlights in this release are: -- Young male veterans (those ages 18 to 24) who served during Gulf War era II had an unemployment rate of 21.6 percent in 2009, not statistically different from the jobless rate of young male nonveterans (19.1 percent). -- Male veterans age 18 to 24 were more likely to participate in the labor force in 2009 than were their nonveteran counter- parts--79.1 percent versus 69.1 percent. -- The unemployment rate for disabled veterans from all service periods was 8.2 percent in August 2009, essentially the same as the rate for nondisabled veterans (8.3 percent). -- Nearly 1 in 3 of employed veterans with a service-connected disability worked in the public sector; 1 in 5 disabled veter- ans was employed by the federal government. -- Gulf War-era II veterans who were current or past members of the Reserve or National Guard had an unemployment rate of 10.6 percent, compared with a rate of 13.8 percent for those who had not been members. 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 ****************************************

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[IWS] BLS: A PROFILE OF THE WORKING POOR 2008 [5 March 2010]
by Eugene McElroy 12 Mar '10

12 Mar '10

U.S. Department of Labor U.S. Bureau of Labor Statisitics March 2010 Report 1022 *A Profile of the Working Poor, 2008* [5 March 2010] http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpswp2008.pdf [full-text, 14 pages] [excerpt] In 2008, according to the Census Bureau, 39.8 million people, or 13.2 percent of the Nation’s population, lived at or below the offi cial poverty level.1 The poor consisted primarily of adults who had not participated in the labor force during the year, but also included children. In 2008, about 8.9 million adults were among the “working poor,” 1.4 million more than in 2007. The working poor are individuals who spent at least 27 weeks in the labor force (working or looking for work), but whose incomes still fell below the offi cial poverty level. In 2008, the working-poor rate—the ratio of the working poor to all individuals in the labor force for at least 27 weeks—was 6.0 percent, up by 0.9 percentage point from the previous year’s fi gure. (See tables A and 1, and chart 1.) Following are some additional highlights from the 2008 data: • Among persons in the labor force for 27 weeks or more in 2008, 3.9 percent of those usually employed full time were classifi ed as working poor, compared with 13.7 percent of part-time workers. • Black and Hispanic workers continued to be more than twice as likely as White or Asian workers to be poor. • The likelihood of being classifi ed as working poor greatly diminishes as workers attain higher levels of education. In 2008, only 1.7 percent of college graduates who were in the labor force for at least 27 weeks were among the working poor, compared with 18.3 percent of those with less than a high school diploma. • Among families with at least one member in the labor force for 27 weeks or more, those families with children under 18 years old were more than 4 times more likely than those without children to live in poverty. • Women who maintain families were more than twice as likely as their male counterparts to be among the working poor. This report presents data on the relationship between labor force activity and poverty status in 2008 for workers and their families. **************************************** 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 ****************************************

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SMLR Library Spring Break Hours
by Eugene McElroy 11 Mar '10

11 Mar '10

These are the hours for the SMLR Library during the Spring 2010 break Saturday, March 13 *CLOSED* Monday, March 15 to Thursday, March 18 *10am - 6pm* ** Friday, Mach 19 *10am - 2pm* ** Saturday, March 20 *CLOSED* ** We will resume our normal semester hours on Monday, March 22

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NYTimes.com: U.S. Jobless Filings Fall, but Not as Much as Expected
by ciudadviejo＠yahoo.com 11 Mar '10

11 Mar '10

This page was sent to you by: ciudadviejo(a)yahoo.com. BUSINESS | March 12, 2010 U.S. Jobless Filings Fall, but Not as Much as Expected By REUTERS A new report on weekly filings for first-time jobless claims was the latest indication of a slow recovery in the labor market. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/12/business/economy/12econ.html?emc=eta1 ---------------------------------------------------------- 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 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018 Copyright 2010 The New York Times Company

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