Thursday, November 13, 2003

The New Wave of Outsourcing Research Report Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics · University of California, Berkeley · Fall 2003 Ashok Deo Bardhan and Cynthia A. Kroll http://groups.haas.berkeley.edu/realestate/Research/pubs/QReport_Fall_03.pdf [full-text, 12 pages] [excerpt] In this short overview we address the following questions: Have jobs been transplanted from the US? How significant is this phenomenon and how sustainable is it? What is the potential impact on future job creation and wage inequality in the US? How is it likely to impact the real estate sector? Source: IWS Documented News Service, School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University   11:42:46 AM    comment []

NLRB Publications in English, Spanish, and Chinese ENGLISH- NLRB Publications http://www.nlrb.gov/nlrb/shared_files/brochures/default.asp?useShared=/nlrb/press/brochures/default.asp The NLRB--What it is, What it does The First Sixty Years: The Story of the National Labor Relations Board, 1935-1995 Basic Guide to the National Labor Relations Act [in SPANISH & CHINESE below] Text of the National Labor Relations Act [in CHINESE below] The NLRB and You--Representation Cases [in SPANISH below] The NLRB and You--Unfair Labor Practices [in SPANISH below] Your Government Conducts an Election [in SPANISH below] Election Reports SPANISH- Junta Nacional de Relaciones del Trabajo De Los Estados Unidos [NLRB PUBLICATIONS] http://www.nlrb.gov/nlrb/shared_files/brochures/spanish.asp?useShared=/nlrb/press/brochures/default.asp Guía de la ley básica y de procedimientos Su Gobierno Celebra Una Eleccion Para Usted En El Trabajo La Junta Nacional de Relaciones del Trabajo y Usted (Casos de Representación) La Junta Nacional de Relaciones del Trabajo y Usted (Prácticas Ilícitas del Trabajo) CHINESE- Basic Guide to the National Labor Relations Act [in CHINESE] http://www.nlrb.gov/nlrb/shared_files/brochures/basicguidenlrb_chinese.pdf [full-text, 82 pages] Text of the National Labor Relations Act [in CHINESE] http://www.nlrb.gov/nlrb/shared_files/brochures/nlra_chinese.pdf [full-text, 26 pages] Source: IWS Documented News Service, School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University 11:40:27 AM    comment []

SENATE FOLLOWS HOUSE LEAD; STRIPS DOD EMPLOYEES OF BASIC RIGHTS November 12, 2003    WASHINGTON, D.C.-John Gage, National President of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), today issued the following statement in response to Senate approval of the Defense authorization conference report: "Today, the Senate, like lemmings, followed the House's lead, legislating away the rights of over 700,000 federal employees working for the Department of Defense. "Rumsfeld justifies his new fiefdom by using the words "national security" but this bill has nothing to do with improving security. All it does is strip federal workers of the right to defend themselves in the workplace. "Rumsfeld's plan effectively discards critical civil service laws designed to put an end to a federal spoils system where patronage is rewarded and merit principles are a thing of the past. "This bill gives Rumsfeld the unilateral authority to write his own rules in which supervisors can bestow favors on their cronies and punish whistle-blowers or any other conscientious employee who refuses to toe the political line. "The Bush Administration's war on terrorism should not include the loss of the same individual freedoms that we are fighting to preserve. If it does, our nation may be the victor, but its citizens will surely be the losers." Source: Press release, AFGE, AFL-CIO. Contact: Enid Doggett/Diane Witiak, (202) 639-6422/6421                      11:08:20 AM    comment []

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