Smlr_net February 2013

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NY Timed Op-Ed: More Jobs, Higher Pay
by SMLR Library 05 Feb '13

05 Feb '13

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and human resource management** * * * * * Title:* ** *More Jobs, Higher Pay Date: Feb. 4, 2013 Source: NY Times Author: *Summary: *In President Obama’s first term, the fiscal stimulus and the auto-industry rescue of 2009 created and preserved millions of jobs. But the stimulus ended years ago, replaced with temporary measures that have been insufficient to propel the economy forward. Health care reform in 2010 was a major step in the effort to support the middle class, but its broad effects will be felt only in the years and decades to come. *Link*: http://nyti.ms/14PcqNt -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: The Next Big Ap
by SMLR Library 05 Feb '13

05 Feb '13

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and human resource management** * * * Title:* ** *The Next Big Ap Date: Feb. 4, 2013 Source: *Employment Policy Research Network* Author: Thomas Kochan *Summary: *January was another bad month for unions, and indeed for America’s labor relations system, and for workers of all kinds. On January 21 the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported union membership fell significantly last year to the lowest level since 1916. The next day a court of appeals ruled that the National Labor Relations Board members were appointed illegally by the President without Senate confirmation and so all their decisions are now open to challenge. These include a call for an election to determine which union will represent over 40,000 employees of Kaiser Permanente, a decision protecting co-workers’ use of social media to discuss employer practices, and more than 200 other rulings. *Link*: http://bit.ly/WVg84z -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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WNYC: The High, Low and Lowest Points Between a Mayor and a Union
by SMLR Library 04 Feb '13

04 Feb '13

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and human resource management** * * * Title:* ** *The High, Low and Lowest Points Between a Mayor and a Union Date: Feb 3, 2013 Source: WNYC -93.9FM Author: Beth Fertig *Summary: *Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s partnership with the city’s teachers’ union has always been a bit awkward, akin to an arranged marriage that never gelled into a fruitful relationship. For starters, there was a culture clash. Bloomberg, a self-made billionaire, neither attended nor enrolled his children in the New York City public school system. New to politics when he won the election in 2001, Bloomberg also was not beholden to the union, a powerful player accustomed to holding some sway in City Hall. *Link*: http://bit.ly/11kIA4J -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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NYT: Raging (Again) Against the Robots
by SMLR Library 04 Feb '13

04 Feb '13

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and human resource management* ** * * Title:* ** *Raging (Again) Against the Robots Date: Feb 2, 2013 Source: NY Times Author: Catherine Rampell *Summary: *obots have once again gripped the nation’s imagination, stoking fears of displaced jobs and perhaps even a displaced human race. An alarmist segment on “60 Minutes <http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50138922n>” was only the most vivid of a recent series of pieces in respected<http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/12/ff-robots-will-take-our-jobs/all/> magazines<http://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21569573-attractions-employing…> and <http://news.discovery.com/videos/the-robot-takeover-is-coming.htm> news<http://news.yahoo.com/practically-human-smart-machines-job-052642993--finan…> outlets<http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Articles/2013/01/18/Why-Robots-Are-Worse-for-…>warning about widespread worker displacement. Professors at Cambridge University and a co-founder of Skype are creating<http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/27/cambridge-cabs-and-copenhag…>a new Center for the Study of Existential Risk <http://cser.org/>, which would research a “Terminator <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminator_%28franchise%29>”-like scenario in which supercomputers rise up and destroy their human overlords, presumably plotting the whole caper in zeros and ones. *Link*: http://nyti.ms/VLCnc6 * * -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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NYT: Developers and Unions Seek Eased Limits on Midtown Projects
by SMLR Library 04 Feb '13

04 Feb '13

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and human resource management** * * * * * Title:* ** *Developers and Unions Seek Eased Limits on Midtown Projects Date: Jan 31, 2013 Source: NY Times Author: Charles Bagli *Summary: *In recent years, the real estate industry has clashed repeatedly with unions in New York City over wages, work rules and its favorite development projects. But now, prominent developers have forged an unusual alliance with labor and the construction industry to lobby for rules to allow a new crop of skyscrapers around Grand Central Terminal<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/g/grand_centra…>in Midtown. *Link*: http://nyti.ms/UjCfDy -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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NYT: Maybe Management Isn’t Your Style
by SMLR Library 04 Feb '13

04 Feb '13

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and human resource management** * * * * * Title:* ** *Maybe Management Isn’t Your Style Date: Feb. 2, 2012 Source: NY Times Author: Peggy Klaus *Summary: *IF you asked all your friends, your family and — I regret to say — your co-workers to talk about their jobs, I think you’d conclude that there is no shortage of bad bosses in this world. Studies have shown that poor managers can cause good employees to leave and, ultimately, can seriously reduce productivity <http://www.nber.org/papers/w18317> in a workplace. *Link*: http://nyti.ms/12n8WSI -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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