On Fri, 24 Nov 1995, Peter Colley wrote:
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2. It is often the case that some unions have left themselves vulnerable
to attack through doggedly resisting all work place change. I am not
saying this is/was necessarily the case at Tiwai.
Actually it probably was not. The Tiwai Point
peter responded:
Bill Mitchell has been somewhat critical of my account of Australian
unions' campaign against RTZ/CRA, and highly critical of the role of the
Australian Labor Party and the Australian Council of Trade Unions over the
last 10 years.
At the obvious risk of starting a debate that
The best source for statistical data in Canada is Statistics Canada (federal
agency). The web site is:
http://www.statcan.ca/start.html
They publish a daily issue and you can also search back issues. I'll forward
more sites later
On Fri, 24 Nov 1995, Peter Colley wrote:
CRA cites Tiwai as an example of the success of its strategy, and claims
that productivity and the like have improved enormously. There are two
aspects to such claims:
1. They are never independently verified. We all know how shonky the OHS
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The October issue of the Survey of Current Business (just out, despite the
date) takes apart the US current account, 1982-93, by ownership. Its
findings have to call into question a lot of easy generalizations about the
globalization of production, which rely heavily on a supposed increase in
the
Ireland is being held up by the IMF and OECD as a model country for the
virtues of rapid and radical "fiscal consolidation." It's reduced its
deficit from well over 10% of GDP in the early and mid-1980s to 2.5% today,
with unemployment falling slightly (from around 17% to around 15%).
Can anyone
Sorry to violate my self-imposed posting quota, but this jobless future
line really needs some critical examination. The U.S. employment-pop ratio
is at a record high. The LFPR in the OECD ex-US has remained steady at
around 67-68% for the last 20 years. In the so-called Third World, hundreds
of
Check this out - it may be fun/educational and of interest.
"Reinventing America" Game Launched
Today, Mon., Nov. 6, Crossover Technoloy launched the "Reinventing America"
game at:
http://www.pathfinder.com/reinventing
An interactive political simulation game, participants will spend
I second Doug's point about the jobless future/end of work hyperbole. The
trends toward decreased job security, low pay and chronic un
underemployment are disturbing enough. One danger of the "jobless future/end
of work" line is that it can be readily dismissed as a doomsday scenario
(which
Does anyone know of labor law information and referral resources available
in Southern California?
Thanks.
^^^
The question was: "what's the story?"
Tom Walker
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