>Comments: Authenticated sender is <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >From: "vivian Hutchinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "The Jobs Research Website" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 11:55:20 +0000 >X-Distribution: Bulk >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Subject: Jobs Research Website March 99 Update >Reply-to: "The Jobs Research Website" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Priority: normal > >A n U P D A T E f r o m >T H E J O B S R E S E A R C H W E B S I T E >----------------------------------------------------------------- > >March 1999 > >a New Zealand - based internet resource >for employment action ... > > http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/ > >Hi > >We've updated our website, and you might like to check out >our latest work! > >Our site is now getting hundreds of visits each week -- not >just from NZ, but from many other countries in the world. > >We love hearing from you! >And we hope that our free website resources >continue to prove useful in your work. > >Shirley Vickery >for The Jobs Research Website > > >N E W N E W N E W N E W N E W N E W >ON THE JOBS RESEARCH WEBSITE >------------------------------------------- > >Take a look at these recent Jobs Letter features now freely >available on the Jobs Research Website. > >------------------------------------------ > >* A Rifkin Reader. Special Workshop Edition by the editors of The >Jobs Letter. In his compelling, disturbing, and ultimately hopeful >book, The End of Work, author Jeremy Rifkin argues that we are >entering a new phase in history - one characterised by the steady and >inevitable decline of jobs. > > http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/art/rifkin01.htm > >* Who is training the young? John Fraser, chairman of Youthskills NZ >looks at how young people are able to get a leg up on the skills >ladder in todays economy - and what is happening to industry based >training for young people. > > http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl07810.htm > >* The Unfolding Economic Crisis. The Jobsletter presents a special >summary of recent commentaries by Peter Harris, economist to the >Council of Trade Unions, on the effects of the crisis on workers and >employment > > http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl08010.htm > >* Debating the Community Wage. Peter McCardle and the Auckland >Unemployed Workers Rights Centre present their differing views on the >community wage scheme. > > http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl08110.htm > >* Keith Rankin on the Community Wage. Keith Rankin urges "subversive >compliance" and suggest that the Community Wage can be a form of >Universal Basic Income > > http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl08200.htm > >* Rich & Poor in NZ. edited highlights from the research of Professor >Srikanta Chatterjee and Nripesh Podder in which they look at >alterations in household income distribution from 1983 -- 1996. How >are we sharing the national cake in post reform NZ? > > http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl08310.htm > >* Alliance discussion paper on full employment. Alliance leader Jim >Anderton calls for monetary policy to be coordinated with social, >environmental and fiscal policies and looks at why unemployment is not >inevitable. > > http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl08410.htm > >* The Hikoi of Hope - by the Jobsletter editors. The Anglican Bishops >call for a walk to Wellington from all corners of NZ to focus >attention on growing levels of unemployment and poverty in NZ. > > http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl08510.htm > >* Jobs from the Land - by the Jobsletter editors. Topoclimate South >Trust undertakes a major infrastructure project which will provide >essential information on Southland and South Otago soils and climate >and will open up new land use opportunities. > > http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl08610.htm > >* Biographies of Department of Work and Income new Regional >Commissioners. > > http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl08700.htm > >* One Billion Jobless - the International Labour Office reports on a >grim world employment situation and looks at training trends. > > http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl08810.htm > > >STATISTICS FOR THE JOBS RESEARCH WEBSITE >------------------------------------------ >February 1999 > >Unique Visitors during the month 4,057 > >Homepage Hits during the month 1,528 > >Total Webpage Hits overall 50,119 > >[Source -- OpenWebScope Website Statistics] > > > >OUR TOP TEN WEBPAGE HITS > >1. Internet Hot-Links recommended by our Editors > > http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/hot/hotlinks.htm > >2. Statistics That Matter homepage > > http://www.jobsletter.org.nz /stt/stathome.htm > >3. Index to our Articles and Key Papers > > http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/art/arthome.htm > >4. James K. Galbraith and Global Keynesianism > > http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/art/artg0002.htm > >5. About the Jobs Research Trust > > http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jrthome.htm > >6. Strategic Questioning by Fran Peavey and Vivian Hutchinson > > http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/vivian/stratq97.htm > >7. Sixty Years of John Maynard Keynes > > http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl04610.htm > >8. Vivian Hutchinson on the 1998 Anglican Hikoi for Hope > > http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/vivian/hikoi98.htm > >9. Ian Ritchie on Universal Basic Income > > http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/art/ian002.htm > >10. Natural Capitalism by Paul Hawken > > http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl06110.htm > >------------------------------------------ > >REGISTER FOR EMAIL ANNOUNCEMENTS OF WEBSITE >UPDATES > >If you want to be kept informed of developments and updates to >the Jobs Research Website, we will be sending out an email >newsletter every 4-6 weeks with new links to information and >features. We will also include pointers to other material on the >internet which we have found relevant to our own research and >projects in the employment field in New Zealand. > >You can register for these free announcements by visiting the >registration page on our website at > > http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/register.htm > > >LATEST JOBS LETTERS >ARE STILL ONLY BY SUBSCRIPTION >While the Jobs Research Website will be freely available to all >internet users, we do not place the most recent (3-4 months) >copies of the Jobs Letter on the archive. 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