[PEN-L:12134] Re: jobs, jobs, jobs

The title of the stats can study is "Are Canadians More Likely to Lose Their Jobs in the 1990s?" and an adobe format version can be downloaded from the statscan web site. http://www.statcan.ca/english/Vlib/Research/ana96.htm The following abstract is taken from the paper I don't know why all the

[PEN-L:12133] re: jobs, jobs, jobs

Here's another interpretation, from a recent Statscan study of layoffs: >Some of you may have seen Bruce Little's "Amazing Facts" column, in the >September 1, 1997 Globe and Mail entitled "Why layoffs have been lower in >the '90s". The column refers to a study undertaken by Garnett Picot and >Z

[PEN-L:12132] Progressive Populist 9/97

___ THE PROGRESSIVE POPULIST: A MONTHLY JOURNAL OF THE HEARTLAND September 1997 -- Volume 3, Number 9 ___ EDITORIAL The Human Face of Labor Wins The return of Stan, our hard-working UP

[PEN-L:12131] re: re: jobs, jobs, jobs

Stefanie Schmidt's agent writes that >She's also not a right-wing hack, and did all the responsible things ...< I didn't think or say that she was a hack. But it's always good to check these things. As you know, even leftists can do hack work. I had written that >>it suggests that globalization

[PEN-L:12130] consumer price changes due to trade and trade agreements...?

Is anyone aware of attempts to empirically measure "increases in consumer surplus" due to international competition, e.g. due to NAFTA or other multilateral trade agreements? I don't mean here the usual equilibirum models -- i mean someone actually checking prices before and after the change i

[PEN-L:12129] RE: fast track info addendum

>For more information on Fast Track, NAFTA and MAI, call Public >Citizen at 202-546-4996 >or check the website http://www.rtk.net/preamble Preamble's phone # is: 202-265-3263 Public Citizen's web site is : http://www.citizen.org Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch site may be accessed at htt

[PEN-L:12128] Samuelson's Hope-through-Fear for Europe

Dear NEWSWEEK Editors: I am still unable to restrain my disgust with Robert Samuelson's column of August 25th, in which he offers what he terms "hope" for Europe's economy. Samuelson, from his ivory tower, spews a sick and twisted vision of a so-called "virtuous circle" wherein unions are broken

[PEN-L:12127] BC Premier talks about APEC

The Vancouver Sun Thursday 4 September 1997 B.C. sees APEC as springboard Premier likens economic summit to Expo 86 when it comes to business effects. Daphne Bramham, Sun Asia-Pacific Reporter The provincial government will use its role

[PEN-L:12126] Re: jobs, jobs, jobs

I'm starting to feel like I'm Stefanie Schmidt's agent. James Devine wrote: >Now we see research (by Stefanie Schmidt of the Milken Institute) saying >that workers' job security has not changed, that what we see is just a >matter of overgeneralizing from the experience of a relatively small numb

[PEN-L:12125] jobs, jobs, jobs

It used to be thought that if the unemployment rate fell below some threshold (a.k.a., the NAIRU), inflation would start accelerating, i.e., prices would start rising at a faster and faster rate. But then we see 1997, with the unemployment rate below most economists' estimates of the threshold --

[PEN-L:12124] Re: Year 2000 - Is your computer ready? Are you?

Louis Proyect's comments on the Year 2000 problem are indeed eye-raising. What you're saying, then, Louis, is that workers are not disposable units as the corporate honchos want to believe? I'd say we may have the makings of a parable of biblical (and hence doubly millennial) proportions here. The

[PEN-L:12123] WARNING: "FAST TRACK" TO MISERY

On Novebemr 14-16 there will be a major international conference in San Francisco -- the Western Hemisphere Workers' Conference Against NAFTA and Privatizations. Delegations are expected from labor movements throughout Latin America, Canada, and the U.S.. Congress will very shortly open debate

[PEN-L:12122] Re: jobs, jobs, jobs

Laurie Dougherty wrote: >Doug - > >Ask Stephanie Schmidt if she has ever been laid off or been in a tenuous >job situation. If yes, did it make her anxious? If no, was it because > a) Her superior education and skills make her marketable. > b) She has another gig to bridge the gap (

[PEN-L:12121] Re: LABOR-L Digest - 2 Sep 1997 to 3 Sep 1997

It doesn;t seem that there is enough here to comment on. What is her methodology? What does a "job" mean? What does "job loss" mean? How is tenure determined? (And what wd that mean?) In any case, the polarization of wealth wd seem to be a more relevant statistic than employment data to describe

[PEN-L:12120] jobs, jobs, jobs

Doug - Ask Stephanie Schmidt if she has ever been laid off or been in a tenuous job situation. If yes, did it make her anxious? If no, was it because a) Her superior education and skills make her marketable. b) She has another gig to bridge the gap (I've heard a few

[PEN-L:12119] Re: Year 2000 - Is your computer ready? Are you?

Michael Eisenscher: >This is not a labor commentary or analysis, but it does address a problem we >all will have to confront. This article is about what happens when the >clock in your computer hits midnight, December 31, 1999. Most computers >handle dates with two-digits as in 12/31/99. When 2

[PEN-L:12118] Year 2000 - Is your computer ready? Are you?

This is not a labor commentary or analysis, but it does address a problem we all will have to confront. This article is about what happens when the clock in your computer hits midnight, December 31, 1999. Most computers handle dates with two-digits as in 12/31/99. When 2000 rolls around, these

[PEN-L:12117] Re: jobs jobs jobs

Greetings, kim, would you conclude that, as a general rule, more jobs are being destroyed than created? Would you qualify this some way? Might it be more exact to say that the productive forces are being destroyed? In Chicago and nationwide? In Canada the term "jobless recove