Smlr_net March 2011

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Check out this link from PBS.org
by smlr_net＠email.rutgers.edu 31 Mar '11

31 Mar '11

A friend thought that you would enjoy this link. Check out http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/jan-june11/scotus_03-29.html Either click on or cut and paste the link above into your browser to view

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Settlement at Nestlé Indonesia brings Nesspressure campaign to succesful conclusion
by Eugene McElroy 31 Mar '11

31 Mar '11

31-03-2011 (thanks to Donna Schulman for the link) from the International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations (IUF) web site. http://cms.iuf.org/?q=node/851 -- 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: City Room: S.E.I.U. Accuses Workers United Chief of Misconduct
by ciudadviejo＠yahoo.com 31 Mar '11

31 Mar '11

This page was sent to you by: ciudadviejo(a)yahoo.com. N.Y. / REGION | March 30, 2011 City Room: S.E.I.U. Accuses Workers United Chief of Misconduct By STEVEN GREENHOUSE Bruce S. Raynor, one of New York's most prominent union leaders, has been charged with financial misconduct concerning $2,300 in spending on meals. http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/30/s-e-i-u-accuses-workers-united… ---------------------------------------------------------- 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 2011 The New York Times Company

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Check out this page on Nj.com
by mcelroy＠work.rutgers.edu 30 Mar '11

30 Mar '11

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/2011/03/union_members_stage_sit-in_at.html eugene Toll collectors union stages sit-in at N.J. Turnpike Authority meeting in protest of privatization

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Check out this page on Nj.com
by ciudadviejo＠yahoo.com 30 Mar '11

30 Mar '11

Dear smlr_net: eugene (ciudadviejo(a)yahoo.com) thought you would be interested in this item from Nj.com http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/03/nj_unions_start_advocacy_group.html eugene N.J. unions start advocacy group free of cash caps to fight Christie's efforts to restrict collective bargaining

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NYTimes.com: Where Wal-Mart Failed, Aldi Succeeds
by ciudadviejo＠yahoo.com 30 Mar '11

30 Mar '11

This page was sent to you by: ciudadviejo(a)yahoo.com. BUSINESS DAY | March 30, 2011 Where Wal-Mart Failed, Aldi Succeeds By STEPHANIE CLIFFORD Aldi, a giant discount retailer, has quietly been setting up its shops in cities around the country, facing none of the resistance that has marked its competitors' expansion attempts. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/30/business/30aldi.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 2011 The New York Times Company

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NYTimes.com: Group Seeks Labor E-Mails by Michigan Professors
by ciudadviejo＠yahoo.com 30 Mar '11

30 Mar '11

This page was sent to you by: ciudadviejo(a)yahoo.com. EDUCATION | March 30, 2011 Group Seeks Labor E-Mails by Michigan Professors By STEVEN GREENHOUSE A conservative group issued a public records request of the labor studies departments at three public universities. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/30/education/30professors.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 2011 The New York Times Company

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BJS: WORKPLACE VIOLENCE 1993-2009 [29 March 2011]
by Eugene McElroy 30 Mar '11

30 Mar '11

Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) *Workplace Violence, 1993-2009* [29 March 2011] http://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=2377 or http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/wv09.pdf [full-text, 18 pages] Presents information on violence in the workplace against employed persons based on the Bureau of Justice Statistics' National Crime Victimization Survey and the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries. This report includes both nonfatal and fatal forms of violence. Comparisons are made with violence against unemployed persons and violence against employed persons outside of the workplace. Information on type of workplace violence is included. Also discussed is violence by occupation as well as information on victim and crime characteristics such as gender and race distribution, offender weapon use, police notification, and victim injury. Highlights include the following: >From 2002 to 2009, the rate of nonfatal workplace violence has declined by 35%, following a 62% decline in the rate from 1993 to 2002. Between 2005 and 2009, law enforcement officers, security guards, and bartenders had the highest rates of nonfatal workplace violence. Among workplace homicides that occurred between 2005 and 2009, about 28% involved victims in sales and related occupations and about 17% involved victims in protective service occupations. **************************************** 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 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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Maine governor attacks public art as "one-sided"
by Eugene McElroy 30 Mar '11

30 Mar '11

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/opinionshop/detail?entry_id=85884#ixzz1… -- 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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from EPRN: Empirical Evidence and Policy Implications from Research on Public-Sector Unionism and Collective Bargaining
by Eugene McElroy 29 Mar '11

29 Mar '11

*from the Employment Policy Research Network website:* *"**In response to public-sector collective-bargaining conflict in Wisconsin and other states, Employment Policy Researcher Network researchers wrote a white paper, "Getting it Right: Empirical Evidence and Policy Implications from Research on Public-Sector Unionism and Collective Bargaining." The lead writer was UCLA Anderson School of Management Professor David Lewin, who brought long experience in landmark public-sector collective-bargaining agreements. MIT Sloan School of Management Professor Thomas Kochan was the other main writer. Also contributing to the writing and editing were University of Illinois' Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, New School for Social Research's Teresa Ghilarducci, Cornell's Harry Katz, Rutgers' Jeffrey Keefe, UCLA's Daniel J.B. Mitchell, University of Illinois' Craig Olson, Rutgers' Saul Rubinstein and University of Massachusetts, Boston's Christian Weller." * *includes link to full text of the paper:* * http://www.employmentpolicy.org/topic/402/research/getting-it-right* -- 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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