[PEN-L:11695] strike-breaking unemployment insurance

It may make little sense to picket UPS without sending a group of picketers to picket in front of the Unemployment Insurance office. Here's a tidbit I posted last year to the csf homeless group: --- Subject: http://csf.Colorado.EDU/mail/homeless/feb96/ Re: Desperation, violence, rage Mon,

[PEN-L:11696] Re: questions about part time jobs

I was bothered by this WSJ piece myself. I have forgotten how many hours/week one needs to work to be counted as being employed "full-time." My impression is that it's pretty low, something like 15 hours/week. In any case I also believe that stringing together several part-time jobs can make

[PEN-L:11700] Re: UPS

The other problem is that the pension plan would only make provision for the lifetime of the contract. At the next contract, they could void part of the plan, leaving workers in the lurch. Doug Henwood wrote: I heard a report that UPS has offered a big increase in pensions to full-time

[PEN-L:11702] Re: questions about part time jobs

From: Laurence Shute [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PEN-L:11696] Re: questions about part time jobs . . . My understanding was that part-time employment, as a percentage of the labor force, was increasing world-wide, from Europe to Asia. Does anyone have data on this? As I

[PEN-L:11703] Re: questions about part time jobs

Michael Perelman wrote: 1. The Wall Street Journal says that part time jobs are not increasing? Any thoughts. U.S. part-time employment (economic noneconomic) as percent of total employment: 1960 11.1% 1970 13.7% 1980 16.4% 1990 16.5% 1997 16.6% Most other OECD countries show a rise

[PEN-L:11704] Re: Chris Tilly

Doug, I believe Chris can be reached at: (617) 731-5543 (h) or 185 Davis Ave. Brrokline, MA 07146 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (508) 727-9820 (o), (508) 934-3035 (f) I think Univ. of Mass. at Lowell Ron ** Ron Baiman Dept.

[PEN-L:11709] FW: Daily Report

BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1997: BLS estimates that there were 1,056 mass layoffs in May, as measured by new filings for unemployment insurance benefits during the month. May's layoffs were slightly less than the revised total of 1,084 recorded in April (Daily Labor Report, page

[PEN-L:11712] FW: BLS Daily Report

I censored the USA Today report on UPS as too biased. -- BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1997 Total spending on new construction -- including the full range of structures from houses to highways -- declined by 1.1 percent in June, ending the second quarter on a weak note,

[PEN-L:11716] Re: UPS

On Tue, 12 Aug 1997, Ellen R Shaffer wrote: By the way, on the issue of putting the strike to a vote: has UPS asked its shareholders what they think? Do institutional investors still exist out there? On this point I am curious. Who are UPS's shareholders? I've read more than once

[PEN-L:11710] FW: BLS Daily Report

BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 1997 __The economy keeps up its robust pace of job creation, adding 316,000 jobs to nonfarm payrolls in July, according to data released by BLS. The gain meant that 2.5 million jobs have been created over the last year. The unemployment rate declined to 4.8

[PEN-L:11718] Re: Taft Hartley

Questions have arisen regarding Taft-Hartley and its applicability to the UPS strike. While I am not an historian or lawyer, I have consulted some of the literature and obtained a general explanation, which I share here. Others with more expertise may want to clarify or correct any improper

[PEN-L:11717] part time jobs

1) Doug Henwood wrote: U.S. part-time employment (economic noneconomic) as percent of total employment: 1960 11.1% 1970 13.7% 1980 16.4% 1990 16.5% 1997 16.6% 2) Michael Eisenscher wrote: Last year 14.9 percent of workers belonged to a union, down from 23.8 percent in 1977.

[PEN-L:11715] Institutional Investors and UPS

UPS is privately owned. Strange but true - it is one of the largest non public firms. At 04:18 PM 8/12/97 -0700, you wrote: A minor point re: the pension fund story - as I understand the press reports, the employees UPS wants to strand in the pension fund are not only from "less prosperous"

[PEN-L:11714] Re: UPS and PENSIONS and conference

At 02:06 PM 8/12/97 -0700, you wrote: I do agree with Michael about why UPS would want total control of the pension -- they can vary the contributions, vote the proxies, hire and maintain a group of analysts. There is much regulation of the current Central States Fund so that malfeasance and

[PEN-L:11713] Re: UPS

A minor point re: the pension fund story - as I understand the press reports, the employees UPS wants to strand in the pension fund are not only from "less prosperous" firms, but also from those that are no longer in business, and therefore not making contributions. These folks depend (as

[PEN-L:11711] Sex work and choice

A comment on the issue whether women forced into prostitution have some choice. 1. The fact of depriving a person some choices, even those deemed important in our society, does not meet depriving that person of all choices. A prostitute may have little choice as far as the selection of her

[PEN-L:11708] RE: William S. Burroughs

Thank you Max for posting this. I have been away from the news for the last 10 days and did not know about Burroughs' passing. In reading the posts on Burroughs there are several important facts which should be emphasized. 1. For those of us who find the poetic style of "Naked Lunch" a bit

[PEN-L:11707] Re: UPS

Doug, I don't believe you've got it right. The company wants out of the joint trust, but so far as I know has not offered any particular increase. What they claim is that if they were freed from the drain created by less prosperous firms' employees in the joint trust, their contribution would

[PEN-L:11699] Re: questions about part time jobs

Gerald Levy wrote: They [UPS] could *hire* enough scabs, although there was an announcement I heard on the radio today that UPS mgt. said that they weren't planning on hiring "replacement workers" at this time. Of course, that could change. But, even if they hire scabs that doesn't mean that

[PEN-L:11692] Re: questions about part time jobs

Michael P asked: 1. The Wall Street Journal says that part time jobs are not increasing? Any thoughts. Last time I looked at the numbers, part-time jobs were marginally decreasing. BUT, if you compare figures for part-time jobs today to that during the early 1980's then you see that there has

[PEN-L:11698] Chris Tilly

Does anyone know how to get in touch with Chris Tilly? I'd like to have him on the radio to talk about part-time work. Doug -- Doug Henwood Left Business Observer 250 W 85 St New York NY 10024-3217 USA +1-212-874-4020 voice +1-212-874-3137 fax email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] web:

[PEN-L:11694] ups strike

dear micheal, I just wanted to drop you line saying thank you for a the info on UPS, I recieved it through a chain of e-mails, finally from Daniel Alexander. This strike is of interest to me not only due to labor party politics, but I worked for UPS last summer as a part time employee. It

[PEN-L:11693] slow ups down more?

I was out in my car today and happened to notice a UPS truck behind me! I don't know about anyone else but I suddenly got the urge to go about 10 miles and hour!! I hope I didn't inconvenience the driver! Anyone else feel that this is a good way for us to show our support for the UPS strikers?