Fred B. Moseley [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Regards,
Jesús Pérez Cuevas, Zacatecas, México
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New stuff available from Preamble on the MAI (Multi-lateral Agreement on
Investment)
Just call at the number below (or e-mail) to receive a copy by mail:
Primary Changes Between the January and May 1997 MAI Draft Texts
- available on the web, see www.citizen.org
Globalization, the MAI
While I haven't had a chance to get her paper, of which I'm very
interested, I have been working on a acadmic paper that looks at changes in
the labor market in the Chicago Metropolitan Statistical Area
(MSA)--because of changing definitions by the US Census Bureau, I include
Cook, DuPage,
September 3, 1997
Blue-Collar Jobs Gain, but the Work Changes in Tone
By ROBERT D. HERSHEY Jr.
BALTIMORE -- Like so many of the corporate downsizings of the 1980s and
1990s, the 1984 breakup of Ma Bell led to tens of thousands of layoffs
while bringing vast efficiencies to the telephone industr
Stefanie Schmidt of the Milken Institute, whose done some interesting work
showing no secular increase in job loss anxiety among the U.S. workforce,
sent me an earlier working paper she did for the Institute (which can be
ordered on their web site, www.mijcf.org) reviewing the job loss/retention
l
Now available from EPI:
"The Privatization of Public Service:
Lessons From Case Studies"
By Elliott Sclar
The case studies' topics are fleet
vehicle maintenance in Indianapolis and
Albany, and highway maintenance in
Massachusetts, but the report is strong
on general implications and related
prin
BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1997
With thousands of solid-paying, career-oriented jobs available, a
steadily increasing number of high school graduates are deciding they
don't need to spend four years in college to get their piece of the
American dream. A tight labor market and the fa