Smlr_net August 2012

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NYT: Malaysian Activist Speaks Out for Migrant Workers
by SMLR Library 07 Aug '12

07 Aug '12

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and human resource management.* * * Date:* *August 6, 2012 Source: New York Times* * *Link: *http://nyti.ms/RYkiTF Headline/Title: Malaysian Activist Speaks Out for Migrant Workers** Summary: Irene Fernandez has no shortage of shocking tales of the abuse and exploitation of foreign domestic workers in Malaysian homes. Author: Liz Gooch For the Full Article/Report, See: http://nyti.ms/RYkiTF -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- James Carey Library, School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey 50 Labor Center Way, New Brunswick NJ 08901 732-932-9513, beg. July 2: 848-932-9513 smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu http://smlr.rutgers.edu/carey-library

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EPRN: Social Networking of Labor Organizations
by SMLR Library 06 Aug '12

06 Aug '12

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and human resource management.* * * Date:* *August 6, 2012 Source: Employment Policy Research Network (EPRN) * * *Link: *http://bit.ly/OKWFh7 Headline/Title: Social Networking of Labor Organizations** Summary: This paper examines the structures of networks including new labor organizations that have emerged in the United States since the 1990s, the background thereto and the future direction.The New Deal Industrial Relations System that first arose in the 1930s was based on collective bargaining. Since the 1980s, in line with the decline in the unionization rate, issues that cannot be covered by the labor-management relationship based on collective bargaining have increased. As a result, conventional labor unions have been forced to change the ways in which they collaborate with each other and how they promote unionization. Moreover, a new type of organization that plays a role similar to that of labor unions has arrived on the scene. Although they are not labor unions, they advocate workers’ rights, promote improvement of working conditions and undertake vocational training. The new organizations are beginning to form a new network with labor unions and employers. This paper seeks to analyze this network from the viewpoints of human resource development, intermediary organizations, a new labor-management partnership and social unionism for insights regarding the establishment of a new style of Industrial Relations, vocational training, social security systems and improvement of working conditions. Author: Thomas Kochan For the Full Article/Report, See: http://bit.ly/OKWFh7 -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- James Carey Library, School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey 50 Labor Center Way, New Brunswick NJ 08901 732-932-9513, beg. July 2: 848-932-9513 smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu http://smlr.rutgers.edu/carey-library

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PBS NewsHour: Dueling Data on Jobs in July: More Created But Didn't Outpace Unemployment
by SMLR Library 06 Aug '12

06 Aug '12

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and human resource management.* * * Date:* *Aug. 3, 2012 Source: PBS NewsHour Link: http://to.pbs.org/ROCbnL Headline/Title: Dueling Data on Jobs in July: More Created But Didn't Outpace Unemployment* * Summary: Though 163,000 jobs were created in the month of July, the unemployment rate rose to 8.3 percent. Jeffrey Brown talks to former Labor Department chief economist Lisa Lynch and University of California, Berkeley's Enrico Moretti on why the pace for job growth still lags behind demand.* * Authors: Broadcast lasts 11 minutes 20 seconds For the Full Article/Report, See: http://to.pbs.org/ROCbnL -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- James Carey Library, School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey 50 Labor Center Way, New Brunswick NJ 08901 732-932-9513, beg. July 2: 848-932-9513 smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu http://smlr.rutgers.edu/carey-library

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Washington Post: (Opinion) Caterpillar to unions: Drop dead
by SMLR Library 06 Aug '12

06 Aug '12

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and human resource management.* * * Date:* *August 3, 2012 Source: Washington Post* * *Link: *http://wapo.st/PzEIAe Headline/Title: Opinion: Caterpillar to unions: Drop dead** *Summary:** *Caterpillar makes no bones about the fact it intends to bring its “market-based” approach to worker pay and benefits to every location. That message, apparently, was lost on the 465 unionized workers at a 62-year-old locomotive plant in London, Ontario, that Caterpillar bought a few years ago. Those workers had been getting $35 an hour. Caterpillar’s take-it-or-leave-it offer was for half that, along with substantial cuts in benefits. When the workers balked, Caterpillar closed the plant, took its cutting-edge diesel-electric technology and moved production to Muncie, Ind., where workers lined up for a shot at one of $12- to$18-an-hour jobs. Authors: Steven Pearlstein *For the Full Article/Report, See*: http://wapo.st/PzEIAe -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- James Carey Library, School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey 50 Labor Center Way, New Brunswick NJ 08901 732-932-9513, beg. July 2: 848-932-9513 smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu http://smlr.rutgers.edu/carey-library

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WSJ: Peer Pressure Influences CEO Decisions, Study Finds
by SMLR Library 06 Aug '12

06 Aug '12

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and human resource management.* * * Date:* *August 6, 2012 Source: Wall Street Journal Link: http://on.wsj.com/QEZgyv Headline/Title: Peer Pressure Influences CEO Decisions, Study Finds** Summary: An analysis<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1973031>of HBS graduates conducted by Ms. Shue suggests peer influence among CEOs and CFOs has a profound effect. Executives show a greater tendency to acquire companies if that is what the other executives from their section have been doing. And compensation patterns are more similar among executives who were in the same section than for those who were not Authors: Justin Lahart *For the Full Article/Report, See*: http://on.wsj.com/QEZgyv -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- James Carey Library, School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey 50 Labor Center Way, New Brunswick NJ 08901 732-932-9513, beg. July 2: 848-932-9513 smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu http://smlr.rutgers.edu/carey-library

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WSJ: More B-Schools Choose Women as Deans
by SMLR Library 05 Aug '12

05 Aug '12

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and human resource management.* * * August 1, 2012 Wall St. Journal *http://on.wsj.com/NizYzz* More B-Schools Choose Women as DeansDiversity Is Goal, and Sought-After Prospects Can Be Picky* *By MELISSA KORN<http://online.wsj.com/search/term.html?KEYWORDS=MELISSA+KORN&bylinesearch=t…> Business school may still be a man's world, but institutions are looking to shake things up by placing female talent at the helm. Eager to achieve—or at least approach—gender parity in their administrative ranks, many schools are "acting affirmatively" by picking women over similarly qualified men to fill deanship slots, says Lucy Apthorp Leske, a partner at search firm Witt/Kieffer. By doing so, schools hope to introduce more diverse opinions into their high-level decision-making. But whether these changes will make a difference long-term remains to be seen. The dearth of women in deanships isn't unlike the current picture of women in chief executive roles—though, to be sure, it isn't quite as bleak. Women constituted 18% of U.S. business-school deans in the 2011-2012 academic year, according to the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, an industry group. Meanwhile, women hold just 20 CEO spots at Fortune 500 companies, according to Catalyst, a nonprofit organization that supports women in business. * * *For the Full Article, See: * *http://on.wsj.com/NizYzz* -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- James Carey Library, School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey 50 Labor Center Way, New Brunswick NJ 08901 732-932-9513, beg. July 2: 848-932-9513 smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu http://smlr.rutgers.edu/carey-library

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Jackson Free Press: Battle to Organize Nissan
by SMLR Library 04 Aug '12

04 Aug '12

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and human resource management.* * * *Excellent article on the UAW Nissan organizing drive and the challenges of unionizing workers in the deep south. (Hat tip to Steve Greenspan, who recommended this article.) * July 23, 2012Jackson Free Press*http://bit.ly/OQqeja ** *Battle to Unionize Nissanby Joe Atkins CANTON – Michael Carter hardly evokes the Hollywood image of a podium-pounding, fire-breathing labor agitator. With his dark blue "New York" cap, light blue knit shirt, slender build and soft-spoken voice, he looks like what he is: a 38-year-old working man, husband and father of two. #<http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2012/jul/18/operation-dixie-battle-uni…>He's sitting in the United Auto Workers' newly opened office just off Nissan Parkway and within view of the 3.5 million square-foot Nissan plant. On the wall behind him is a framed, black-and-white photograph of Martin Luther King Jr. Prominent among the crowd of men close to King is Walter Reuther, the legendary labor leader who helped found the modern-day UAW, a man Barry Goldwater once denounced as a "dangerous menace" and arch-conservative Clarion-Ledger columnist Tom Ethridge blasted in 1964 as "top labor-fuehrer." #<http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2012/jul/18/operation-dixie-battle-uni…>Carter has never been a member of a union, never thought he'd ever want or need to join one, but he also never forgot what a union card meant to his father. "I learned more about it when my dad got injured on the job," he says. "He worked with the railroad. When he hurt his back, they tried to say he was drinking, and he wasn't. The union fought for him, and he got his full benefits and retirement. #<http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2012/jul/18/operation-dixie-battle-uni…>"I kind of began to understand at that point." #<http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2012/jul/18/operation-dixie-battle-uni…>Nine years ago, when Carter landed a much-sought-after job with the $1.4 billion Nissan plant in Canton, joining a union was the farthest thing from his mind. "You had good benefits, good pay, ... an illusion of community," he says. #<http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2012/jul/18/operation-dixie-battle-uni…>Today, the Tupelo native earns $23 an hour as a production technician at Nissan. It's a good wage in a state with the lowest per capita income in the nation, some $15,000 more a year than the average Mississippian. #<http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2012/jul/18/operation-dixie-battle-uni…>However, Carter is not only thinking and talking union these days, he's one of a growing number at the 3,300-worker plant who've taken a lead in calling for an election to determine whether he and his colleagues should join the United Auto Workers. *For the Full Article, See: http://bit.ly/OQqeja * -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- James Carey Library, School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey 50 Labor Center Way, New Brunswick NJ 08901 732-932-9513, beg. July 2: 848-932-9513 smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu http://smlr.rutgers.edu/carey-library

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Battle to Unionize Nissan
by Eugene McElroy 04 Aug '12

04 Aug '12

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and human resource management.* * * *Date:* August 2012 ** *Source: *Jackson (Miss.) Free Press** *Link: * http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2012/jul/18/operation-dixie-battle-uni… Headline/Title: Battle to Unionize Nissan Authors: Joe Atkins** *Abstract or first 2-3 paragraphs: *Michael Carter hardly evokes the Hollywood image of a podium-pounding, fire-breathing labor agitator. With his dark blue "New York" cap, light blue knit shirt, slender build and soft-spoken voice, he looks like what he is: a 38-year-old working man, husband and father of two. He's sitting in the United Auto Workers' newly opened office just off Nissan Parkway and within view of the 3.5 million square-foot Nissan plant. On the wall behind him is a framed, black-and-white photograph of Martin Luther King Jr. Prominent among the crowd of men close to King is Walter Reuther, the legendary labor leader who helped found the modern-day UAW, a man Barry Goldwater once denounced as a "dangerous menace" and arch-conservative Clarion-Ledger columnist Tom Ethridge blasted in 1964 as "top labor-fuehrer." *For the Full Article/Report, See:* http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2012/jul/18/operation-dixie-battle-uni… -- 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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NYT: In Wooing of Nissan, a Lesson for Tech Jobs?
by Eugene McElroy 04 Aug '12

04 Aug '12

* * *SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and human resource management.* * * *Date:* August4, 2012 ** *Source: *New York Times** *Link: * http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/05/business/the-ieconomy-nissans-move-to-us-… Headline/Title: In Wooing of Nissan, a Lesson for Tech Jobs? Authors: Bill Vlasic, Hiroko Tabuchi, Charles Duhigg *Abstract or first 2-3 paragraphs:* Today, echoes of that conventional wisdom can be heard within the American technology industry. For years, high-tech executives have argued that the United States cannot compete in making the most popular electronic devices. Companies like Apple, Dell and Hewlett-Packard, which rely on huge Asian factories, assert that many types of manufacturing would be too costly and inefficient in America. Only overseas, they have said, can they find an abundance of educated midlevel engineers, low-wage workers and at-the-ready suppliers. * * *For the Full Article/Report, See:* http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/05/business/the-ieconomy-nissans-move-to-us-… -- 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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Institute for Women's Policy Research: 163, 000 New Jobs in July: Over Half Go to Women
by Eugene McElroy 04 Aug '12

04 Aug '12

* * *SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and human resource management.* * * *Date:* August 2012 ** *Source: *Institute for Women's Policy Research** *Link:* http://www.iwpr.org/publications/pubs/163-000-new-jobs-in-july-over-half-go… *Headline/Title: ** 163,000 New Jobs in July: Over Half Go to Women* **** *Authors:* Institute for Women's Policy Research ** *Abstract or first 2-3 paragraphs:* According to IWPR analysis of the August employment report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), job growth continued in July with 163,000 jobs added to nonfarm payrolls. In July women gained 86,000 jobs, or 53 percent of the total, and men gained 77,000 jobs. *For the Full Article/Report, See*: http://www.iwpr.org/publications/pubs/163-000-new-jobs-in-july-over-half-go… -- 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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