INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS:

Cornell Industrial Relations Overview of the US
Industrial Relations Overview of the US [updated 11 November 2006] By Stuart Basefsky This guide is intended to provide key links for a quick overview of issues, data, and developments in US industrial relations.
A Promising Start
How does the Prime Minister reconcile his assertion that the Liberal Party is a party of family values with the fact that, under the government’s industrial relations legislation, an employer can roster an employee to work at any hour
Changes in Low Wage Labor Markets
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)Changes in Low-Wage Labor Markets Between 1979 and 2005 http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=7693&sequence=0&from=7 This paper documents changes in the lower half of the hourly wage distribution between
New Research on Employee Turnover and Workforce Diversity
David I. Levine and Jonathan Leonard Feature on the UC Berkeley NewsCenter IIR affiliates David Levine and Jonathan Leonard received front-and-center attention for their recent study of employee turnover. David and Jonathan studied over
Delta, pension agency reach accord
Delta, pension agency reach accord By Associated Press Delta Air Lines Inc. and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. have reached a settlement over key issues related to the carrier's request to terminate its pilots' pension plan
Pact at Mercury reduces layoffs / San Jose newspaper's deal
Pact at Mercury reduces layoffs / San Jose newspaper's deal expected to save more than 40 jobs By Ryan Kim The San Jose Mercury News, poised to lay off 69 union workers this week, reached a tentative contract agreement with the San Jose
November layoffs rise by 11 percent: survey
November layoffs rise by 11 percent: survey (Reuters) Reuters - Planned US layoffs rose 11 percent in November from the previous month, led by a heavy round of job cuts in the automotive industry, an independent report showed on
US Factory orders plunge
Factory orders plunge (AP) AP - Orders to US factories plunged 4.7 percent in October, the third decline in the past three months, and the biggest drop in more than six years
Labor cost growth lower than expected
Labor cost growth lower than expected (Reuters) Reuters - US worker productivity rose by a weaker-than-expected 0.2 percent in the third quarter, but unit labor costs grew less than initially thought in a sign of moderating inflation
Service sector stronger than expected Reuters
Service sector stronger than expected (Reuters) Reuters - Growth in the US services sector accelerated unexpectedly in November and third-quarter labor costs grew more slowly than forecast, suggesting the economy may be weathering a
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