All the books listed on the Jobs Letter left hand column looked very interesting, but this one caught my eye:
The Future of Work @ http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0071348301/ref=ase_thejobsresearctr/0 02-6876668-1625611 (Charles E. Grantham) As did The New Alchemists: How Visionary People Make Something out of Nothing (Charles Handy) And Soul of a Citizen: Living with Conviction in a Cynical Time (Paul Roget Loeb) Karen T H E J O B S L E T T E R 1 7 8 ------------------------------------------------- published in New Zealand 24 January 2003 I N T H I S I S S U E ------------------------------------- GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TRADE IN SERVICES (GATS) MINIMUM WAGE AND APPRENTICESHIPS TEACHER SHORTAGES THE UN FOCUS ON YOUTH EMPLOYMENT THE ALEXANDRIA DECLARATION USA CONTRACTING OUT GOVERNMENT JOBS The latest Jobs Letter is now freely available on the internet at http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/index.htm or download as a PDF file (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader) at http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/pdf/jbl178.pdf E X E C U T I V E S U M M A R Y ------------------------------------------------- * Our Diary of key events over the last few weeks. International job losses, growth forecasts, tax cuts for low income families, Industry NZ cluster development grants, shortages in the orchards, 6,000 long-term unemployed, Sealord's shortages ... and much more http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/index.htm#diary * Local government leaders from around NZ are strongly urging the government not to sign away local councils' rights to make decisions about how essential services are provided. They are increasingly concerned that the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) will affect their powers and control of local resources. http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/index.htm#GATS * Professor Jane Kelsey will next week launch a new report on what GATS means for New Zealand and its public services. She argues that GATS is a Trojan Horse for the takeover of core public and essential services by transnational companies. http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/index.htm#kelsey * Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton expects the GATS negotiations to create opportunities for New Zealanders to increase their exports in innovative industries such as engineering, architecture, education, consultancy, environmental management and tourism. We summarise some diverse "voices" from the GATS debate. http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/index.htm#voices * The NZ free trade watch-dog group Arena has published on their website a leaked EU document of specific "requests" to New Zealand relating to GATS. We take a look. http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/index.htm#leaks * The Minimum Wage level has been lifted ... along with the exemption applying to apprentices. Business NZ warns that this will discourage employers from taking on young people for training. http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/index.htm#minimum * The PPTA says the current teacher shortage is the worst on record. http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/index.htm#teachers * The Universal Income Trust is sponsoring a nationwide tour to educate the public about universal income systems. http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/index.htm#uit * The UN has brought together a high-level panel of 12 eminent people to develop and promote national strategies for creating jobs for young people. We look at the background paper to their latest meeting. http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/index.htm#un * The Youth Employment Summit held in Alexandria, Egypt last year launched of a "Decade of Action" on youth employment. Our sole NZ delegate is keen to develop a local network for action. http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/index.htm#alexandria * In America, President George W. Bush has announced unprecedented plans to shift almost half of government jobs to outside contractors. http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/index.htm#usa C R E D I T S ------------------------------------- ISSN No. 1172-6695 edited by Vivian Hutchinson for the Jobs Research Trust P.O.Box 428, New Plymouth, New Zealand phone 06-753-4434 fax 06-753-4430 email - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Associates - Rodger Smith, Dave Owens and Jo Howard Secretary - Shirley Vickery T H E J O B S L E T T E R is an essential information and media watch on jobs, employment, unemployment, the future of work, and related economic and education issues. The Jobs Research Trust is a not-for-profit Charitable Trust constituted in 1994 to develop and distribute information that will help our communities create more jobs and reduce unemployment and poverty in New Zealand. Kia taea ai te tangata te whiwhi mahi ahakoa ki whea, ahakoa ko wai. Our objective is that every New Zealander will have the opportunity to be in paid work. visit the award-winning Jobs Research Website http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/ _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
