[PEN-L:10740] Re: tight labor markets -- a historical question

One thing that seems to be affecting union power and thus the attractiveness of unions to members has been the expansion of the legal doctrine which allows employers to implement their final offers upon reaching impasse. Beginning in the mid-1980's the NLRB became increasingly willing to find

[PEN-L:10739] CFP: AHS panel on Union Reform

Please distribute to interested folks! Call for Presenters Panel on Union Reform and its Consequences, Limitations, and Possibilities at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Humanist Sociology November 6-9, 1997 The University Club Pittsburgh, PA The theme for the conference is 'Organi

[PEN-L:10738] Re: tight labor markets -- a historical question

FYI: I don't have the unemployment rates for the corresponding years, but for the years of Welfare Capitalism and the American Plan cited by Jim Devine, you can see that 1929 comes closest to what we experience today (private sector union membership density in 1995 was 10.3%). Union density (% o

[PEN-L:10737] CURRENT ECONOMIC ISSUES CONTENTS

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[PEN-L:10736] REAL WORLD INTERNATIONAL CONTENTS

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[PEN-L:10735] DOLLARS & SENSE COURSE READERS

From: Marc Breslow, Co-Editor, Dollars and Sense Re: Dollars and Sense course readers Please excuse the commercial announcement -- we are a non-profit organization dedicated to progressive social change. Dollars and Sense now has five anthologies, used principally

[PEN-L:10734] REAL WORLD MACRO CONTENTS

Real World Macro, 14th edition: Table of Contents CHAPTER 1: THE BASICS - MEASURING ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE 1. Is the U.S. Making Progress? Unlike the GDP, A New Measure Says "No" 2. Counting Women's Work 3. Measuring Women's Progress 4. The Job Stats -- Too Good to be True

[PEN-L:10733] New Zealand

New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Home Page The full story about the New Zealand economic "miracle" There is intense international interest in the state of New Zealand because structural adjustment during the last decade has been an almost "pure" version of the free market policies that the

[PEN-L:10732] Re: It's Good News Week! (long)

>Well, put aside the gloom and fasten your seat belts. . . Every time it rains, it rains pennies from heaven (or is that just a pr hack pissing out the 2nd floor window?). Regards, Tom Walker ^^ knoW Ware Communications | Va

[PEN-L:10731] REAL WORLD MICRO CONTENTS

Real World Micro, 6th Edition CHAPTER 1: THE BASICS 1. Shaking the Invisible Hand: The Uncertain Foundations of Free Market Economics 2. Who Gains From Trade? 3. The Case of Hungary: Free Markets Aren't Always the Solution 4. Is Small Beautiful? Is Bigger Better? Small and Big Business

[PEN-L:10730] DOLLARS & SENSE SPECIAL ISSUES

SPECIAL ISSUES OF DOLLARS & SENSE The following special issues are available or will be in the next six months. Free desk copies are available (send an email, and later send $1 per issue for postage). REPRINT AND PHOTOCOPY POLICY Our reprint

[PEN-L:10729] Liberals under pressure

The Globe and Mail Tuesday, June 10, 1997 Slashing is over, Liberals predict Party to put on a beneficient face By Scott Feschuk and Hugh Winsor Parliamentary Bureau As members of the new and old Liberal caucuses met yesterday in Ottawa, the message f

[PEN-L:10728] More trouble in the EU

The Globe and Mail Tuesday, June 10, 1997 Budget crisis grips German government Kohl urged to step down as coalition backing his government near collapse By Alan Freeman European Bureau The three-party coalition supporting the government

[PEN-L:10727] REAL WORLD BANKING CONTENTS(3RD ED)

Real World Banking, 3rd edition Chapter One: Introduction 1. What is Money? 2. What is the Federal Reserve? 3. Derivatives: Tool for Growth or Instability? 4. The Wages of Greed: Why Orange County Gambled on Derivatives and Lost Chapter Two: The Banks Make

[PEN-L:10726] Re: Sokolowski's cat

At 04:50 AM 6/6/97 -0700, Terry McDonough wrote: >Wojtek argues that irreducibility "would only hold if the universe we >study was neatly divided into compartments corresponding to the >respective disciplines." Of course at the molecular level the universe >is continuous and not compartmenta

[PEN-L:10725] historical question

Michael Perelman asks if labor has ever been so weak with such low unemployment rates ("tight" labor markets). I'd say yes. The 1920s was a period of labor weakness, but low U rates: 192111.7% 1922 6.7 1923 2.4 1924 5.0 1925 3.2 1926 1.8 1927 3.3 1928 4.2 192

[PEN-L:10724] Reply from "Results" microcredit person

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[PEN-L:10723] tight labor markets -- a historical question

Has labor ever been this weak with labor markets this tight? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 916-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:10722] FW: BLS Daily Report

BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, JUNE 6, 1997 __The nation's unemployment rate dropped in May to the lowest level in more than 23 years, adding to a rosy portrait of the U.S. economy that sent stock prices soaring to new records The report left unclear whether economic growth is slowing The n

[PEN-L:10721] It's Good News Week! (long)

(from the L.A. TIMES, June 10, 1997) (from the LA TIMES, June 10, 1997) Economists See Rosy Long-Term U.S. Future Finance: Nation is poised for huge 20-year growth, many say. Job uncertainty is expected to continue. By ART PINE, Times Staff Writer WASHINGTON--Sociologists are worried that

[PEN-L:10720] One Nation, Many Peoples

Greetings, In June 1991, members of the New York Social Studies Review and Development Committee published a report entitled, "One Nation, Many Peoples: A Declaration of Cultural Interdependence." The committee was comprised of roughly 25 members. This committee was asked

[PEN-L:10719] the labour horde

Of course I meant to say *hoarding* labour in my previous post, not hording labour. Regards, Tom Walker ^^ knoW Ware Communications | Vancouver, B.C., CANADA | "Though I may be sent to Hell for it, [EMAIL PROTECTED]