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NYTimes.com: Well: When Unemployed Means Unhealthy Too
by ciudadviejo＠yahoo.com 31 Jul '10

31 Jul '10

This page was sent to you by: ciudadviejo(a)yahoo.com. HEALTH | July 29, 2010 Well: When Unemployed Means Unhealthy Too By DANIELLE OFRI, M.D. As a primary care doctor in a city hospital clinic, I see patients from all cultures, speaking all languages. But lately there have been patients from a new culture-the recently -laid-off-now-without-insurance culture. http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/29/when-unemployed-means-unhealthy-to… ---------------------------------------------------------- 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: A Sin and a Shame
by ciudadviejo＠yahoo.com 31 Jul '10

31 Jul '10

This page was sent to you by: ciudadviejo(a)yahoo.com. OPINION | July 31, 2010 Op-Ed Columnist: A Sin and a Shame By BOB HERBERT So long as American corporations keep squeezing their work forces, there can be no real economic recovery. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/31/opinion/31herbert.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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Check out this page on NJ.com
by mcelroy＠work.rutgers.edu 30 Jul '10

30 Jul '10

Dear smlr net: eugene (mcelroy(a)work.rutgers.edu) thought you would be interested in this item from NJ.com http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/07/rutgers_report_finds_compensat.html eugene

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California Moscone Act Declared Unconstitutional
by Eugene McElroy 29 Jul '10

29 Jul '10

The California Court of Appeals (Third District) just issued a case that could be somewhat of a blockbuster if it holds up under appeal. In Ralphs Grocery v. UFCW <http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/opinions/documents/C060413.PDF>, the court held that the Moscone Act and a related statute were unconstitutional (the Moscone Act is a "little Norris-LaGuardia Act" that severely limits courts' ability to issue injunctions against labor activity). Therein lies the rub, according to the court. In the case, the union picketed and handed out fliers at the entrance of the employer's grocery store asking consumers to boycott the store. The union refused the employer's demands to leave, after which the employer sought an injunction. The trial court denied the injunction under state law requiring substantial and irreplaceable injury for an injunction against labor activity. http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/laborprof_blog/2010/07/california-moscone-… -- Eugene McElroy Library Associate School of Management and Labor Relations SMLR Library Rutgers University 50 Labor Center Way New Brunswick, NJ 08901 (732) 932-9513

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Mining Whistleblower Speaks out Against Massey
by Eugene McElroy 29 Jul '10

29 Jul '10

To mine-safety whistleblower and former director of the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration Jack Spadaro, the spills and mining accidents we have witnessed in recent months are entirely predictable<http://www.earthbeatradio.org/home/continuing-impact-of-oil-in-gulf-waters-…> . http://www.ips-dc.org/blog/mining_whistleblower_speaks_out_against_massey -- Eugene McElroy Library Associate School of Management and Labor Relations SMLR Library Rutgers University 50 Labor Center Way New Brunswick, NJ 08901 (732) 932-9513

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SFGate: Working seniors outnumber teens in labor force
by eugene 29 Jul '10

29 Jul '10

---------------------------------------------------------------------- This article was sent to you by someone who found it on SFGate. The original article can be found on SFGate.com here: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2010/07/14/MN7K1EDSTA.D… --------------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday, July 14, 2010 (SF Chronicle) Working seniors outnumber teens in labor force <a class="email fn" href="mailto:tabate@sfchronicle.com">Tom Abate, Chronicle Staff Writer</a> For the first time on record, senior citizens outnumber teens in the labor force as the Great Recession accentuates trends that make it harder for young people to find jobs and more likely for older workers to delay retirement. This historic crossover is revealed in data compiled by Bloomberg News showing that 6.6 million people over age 65 worked or looked for work in the first six months of the year, versus 5.9 million 16- to 19-year-olds. That analysis is based on federal records that started in 1948 when there were 4.4 million teens in the labor force compared with 2.9 million people over age 65. Experts say that over the past decade older workers have tended to hang on to their paychecks longer, owing to sagging stock portfolios and falling home prices. This shift toward an aging workforce has been disastrous for 16- to 19-year-olds, who face unemployment rates of 25 percent nationwide and 34 percent in California, similar to the Great Depression. "It's killing kids," said Andrew Sum, director of the center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University. "We're tossing our future into the trash bin." Economists agree that youngsters, especially those who lack college degrees, need entry-level jobs to help them acquire the discipline, confidence and motivation they need to succeed later in life. Slammed hard The recession hurts. "Young people, as is always the case, get slammed hard because they are last hired, first fired," said Heidi Shierholz with the liberal Economic Policy Institute. Some economists argue that high rates of teen unemployment make it time to rethink minimum-wage laws that put youngsters at a disadvantage compared with older workers who may compete for the same jobs. For instance, the Bloomberg data cited a Labor Department report on employment trends in food preparation and serving - a strong teen job sector. From 2000 through 2009, the report found that employment among 16- to 19-year-olds fell by 242,000 jobs while the number of workers 55 and older increased by 128,000. "We need to create a lower minimum wage for teens to lower the cost of hiring and training entry-level employees," said Michael Saltsman, a research fellow at the conservative Employment Policies Institute. "What we would get for this is more jobs for our teens to learn career skills." Such a policy is anathema to Shierholz, who thinks a better way to improve job prospects for younger workers is to make Medicare and full Social Security benefits available at age 64 for the next two years to coax more older workers into retirement. Sum, the academic expert, argued for wage subsidies for employers who hire teens and better school-based programs to help young people find jobs. Young people at work Some Bay Area youths have already benefited from such efforts. Sierra Faulkner, a 17-year-old student at Albany High School, parlayed a job-shadowing day at Chez Panisse in Berkeley into an unpaid internship at the internationally renowned restaurant. "I get paid in knowledge," said Faulkner, who said her once-a-week restaurant gig has taught her how to work at a fast pace. Cherisha Leung, a 20-year-old resident of Noe Valley in San Francisco, said she went looking for her first job at age 15 and ever since has worked through programs like Enterprise for High School Students and the United Way to find everything from odd jobs to career-track training. This summer she is working as a paid intern at a real estate firm where she's getting exposure to her planned career in design and communications. "Little things here and there have built me into a pretty well-rounded individual," she said. Online resource See Bloomberg's interactive graphic on workers over 65 competing with teens for jobs at www.bloomberg.com/insight/teens.html. E-mail Tom Abate at tabate(a)sfchronicle.com. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright 2010 SF Chronicle

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Young Women are Now Just as Likely to Have a Job as Young Men
by Eugene McElroy 29 Jul '10

29 Jul '10

This isn't true for older workers: while women's labor force participation has risen dramatically over the past half century, the difference between overall male and female employment rates is still about 10 percentage points. During the current recession, however, younger workers have seen that gender gap disappear. http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/cepr-blog/young-women-are-now-just-as-l… -- Eugene McElroy Library Associate School of Management and Labor Relations SMLR Library Rutgers University 50 Labor Center Way New Brunswick, NJ 08901 (732) 932-9513

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NYTimes.com: Ex-Leader of Carpenters Union Pleads Guilty to Racketeering
by ciudadviejo＠yahoo.com 29 Jul '10

29 Jul '10

This page was sent to you by: ciudadviejo(a)yahoo.com. N.Y. / REGION | July 29, 2010 Ex-Leader of Carpenters Union Pleads Guilty to Racketeering Michael J. Forde, who led the New York City union, admitted a role in a scheme stretching back over a decade. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/29/nyregion/29plea.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: Most Ironbound Day Laborers Report Being Cheated
by ciudadviejo＠yahoo.com 28 Jul '10

28 Jul '10

This page was sent to you by: ciudadviejo(a)yahoo.com. N.Y. / REGION | July 27, 2010 City Room: Most Ironbound Day Laborers Report Being Cheated By KIRK SEMPLE More than 90 percent of day laborers in Newark say they have worked for employers who failed to pay them promised wages, a study finds. http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/27/most-ironbound-day-laborers-re… ---------------------------------------------------------- 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: In Study, 2 Economists Say Intervention Helped Avert a 2nd Depression
by ciudadviejo＠yahoo.com 28 Jul '10

28 Jul '10

This page was sent to you by: ciudadviejo(a)yahoo.com. BUSINESS | July 28, 2010 In Study, 2 Economists Say Intervention Helped Avert a 2nd Depression By SEWELL CHAN A new paper represents a first stab at comprehensively estimating the effects of the economic policy responses of the last few years. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/28/business/economy/28bailout.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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