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Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor                  Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016                      Director, IWS News Bureau
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TIPS ARTICLE [From FreePint]
http://www.freepint.com/issues/281004.htm#tips

"European Industrial Relations Sources"

By Kay Renfrew


The sources in this article look at developments in industrial

relations in a European context, rather than providing sources on the

industrial relations situation in each Member State. By consulting

these sources, readers should be able to obtain an overview of the

main themes under discussion and areas of future research, and then to

focus in on those areas that are of particular interest to them.

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Institute for Workplace Studies                 Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations          Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor                  Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016                      Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________

The following guide is provided by the Catherwood Library at the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University. It attempts to increase the transparency of resources used by the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (U.S. Government Agency) by making the URLs visible.

INDIA: Current Guide to BUSINESS and the WORKPLACE
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/subjectGuides/india.html

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IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies                 Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations          Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor                  Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016                      Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________

Labour markets in the EU: an economic analysis of recent performance and prospects [26 October 2004]
http://europa.eu.int/comm/economy_finance/publications/european_economy/2004/ee604ch3_en.pdf
[full-text, 44 pages]

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION ................5
2. LISBON AT MID-TERM: AN OVERVIEW .....................................................................6
2.1 Labour market performance since 2000 .................................................................... 6
2.2 Employment and labour productivity: reconsidering the potential trade-off ....................... 10
3. THE DETERMINANTS OF LABOUR MARKET PERFORMANCE ..................................16
3.1 Determinants of overall performance .......................................................................... 16
3.2 Employment and participation in specific groups ....................................................... 23
1. LABOUR MARKET REFORM IN THE EU: PRIORITIES AND PROGRESS ........................31
4.1 What is required to meet the Lisbon targets? ............................................................... 31
4.2 Priorities for and progress with labour market reforms in the EU-15 ............................ 33
4.3 Labour markets in the enlarged EU ........................................................................ 38
2. GENERAL CONCLUSIONS 39
REFERENCES ............................41

The above comes from

The EU Economy 2004 [26 October 2004]
http://europa.eu.int/comm/economy_finance/publications/european_economy/the_eu_economy_review2004_en.htm
or
http://europa.eu.int/comm/economy_finance/publications/european_economy/2004/ee604fullreport_en.pdf
[full-text, 285 pages]

The EU Economy 2004 Review presents the assessment of recent and prospective developments in the economy of the European Union as well as an examination of a number of economic issues which are of particular importance for economic policy. This document is an integral element of the Commission's ongoing surveillance of economic developments and policies in the Member States, the euro area and the EU.



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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.

****************************************
Stuart Basefsky                 *
Director, IWS News Bureau               *
Institute for Workplace Studies *
Cornell/ILR School                      *
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor            *
New York, NY 10016                      *
                                        *
Telephone: (607) 255-2703               *
Fax: (607) 255-9641                     *
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IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies                 Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations          Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor                  Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016                      Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________

(The following is courtesy of the Centre for Industrial Relations, University of Toronto).

Weekly Work Report for the Week of October 25, 2004

These highlights of the week's HR/IR news are prepared by the Librarians at the Centre for Industrial Relations for our subscribers, alumni, faculty and students, and are intended for their individual use only.  Please visit the CIR website for terms of use and information about organizational subscriptions.  This message is composed in MS Outlook Express and contains hyperlinks that require an HTML-enabled email program.

The WWR is protected by Canadian copyright law and should not be reproduced or forwarded without permission.   For inquiries or comments,  please contact the Editor,  elizabeth.perry@utoronto.ca.

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SNAPSHOT OF THE CANADIAN WORKPLACE IN 2001:  The Workplace and Employee Survey Compendium 2001 released by Statistics Canada on October 25 provides a comprehensive, factual overview of Canadian workplaces and outcomes for workers.  The wealth of information presented   includes: incidence of organizational change; adoption of computer-based technology; average hours spent using computers on the job; percentage of employees receiving on-the-job and classroom training; work schedules, including compressed work weeks and flexible work weeks; extent and scheduling of work at home; wage, benefit and pension coverage; and comparison of median hourly earnings for union and non-union workers. For many topics, comparative data is available from the 1999 WES survey.

LINKS:

Workplace and Employee Survey Compendium 2001 (47 pages, PDF) (Catalogue no. 71-585-XIE) at the Statistics Canada website at <http://www.statcan.ca:8096/bsolc/english/bsolc?catno=71-585-X>

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HUMAN RESOURCE PLANNING FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONS PROCEEDS ON A PROVINCE-BY-PROVINCE LEVEL:   A report released by the Canadian Policy Research Network (CPRN) on October 22 provides a chronology and catalogue of the human resource planning initiatives relating to physicians, nurses and pharmacists in Canadian provinces.   For each profession, the report focuses and summarizes the many policy-related task forces and reports relating to education and training initiatives; recruitment and retention; and the capacity for human resource planning at a national level.  An impressive number of studies and organizations are listed and summarized, but it appears that the provinces are operating independently and without a coordinating strategy.

LINKS:

Health Human Resources Policy Initiatives for Physicians, Nurses and Pharmacists, (54 pages, PDF) by Cathy Fooks and Lisa Maslove at the CPRN website at <http://www.cprn.org/en/doc.cfm?doc=1112>

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OECD CRITICAL OF LEARNING DIMENSION IN CANADIAN CHILD CARE :   On October 25th the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development released a report on Canada’s child-care system. The report was highly critical of Canada’s system, describing it as inefficient, fragmented and ignoring early learning. Four provinces ­ British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Prince Edward Island ­ as well as the federal government participated in the study. The report notes that in 2001 62.3% of mothers whose youngest child was under 3 years of age were in the labour force and 73.4% of mothers whose youngest child was between 3 and 5 were in the labour force.

LINKS:

Early Childhood Education and Care Policy: Canada Country Note (97-pages, PDF) at <http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/42/34/33850725.pdf>

OECD Thematic Review of Early Childhood Education and Care Canadian Background Report (137 pages, PDF) at <http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/41/36/33852192.pdf>



Issue File on the OECD Report by the Child Care Resource and Research Unit (CCRU) of the University of Toronto (including links to other documents, news coverage and responses) at <http://www.childcarecanada.org/res/issues/oecdthematicreviewcanadareports.html>

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COMPUTER USE ON THE JOB IMPROVES WAGES FOR DISABLED WORKERS:  The Disability Research Information Page (DRIP) hosted by the Canadian Council on Social Development (CCSD) has been updated with a new fact sheet:  Workers with Disabilities and the impact of workplace structures.  Using data from Statistics Canada 2001 Workplace and Employee Survey (WES) and the 2001 Adult Participation and Activity Limitation Survey (PALS), the fact sheet presents charts and narrative about labour force outcomes such as wage rates, job satisfaction, training and promotions for workers with and without disabilities. Among the findings:  34.7% of workers without disabilities were very satisfied with their jobs, compared to 25.6% of workers with disabilities; 35% of workers with disabilities who used computers on the job were in the highest wage quartile.

LINKS:

Disability Fact Sheet #16: Workers with Disabilities and the impact of workplace structures (8 pages, PDF)  at <http://www.ccsd.ca/drip/research/drip16/drip16.pdf>

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12% OF RETIREES WOULD HAVE KEPT WORKING IF RETIREMENT NOT MANDATORY:  An article released in the Statistics Canada’s online Perspectives on Labour and Income reports that more than 25% of people who retired between 1992 and 2002 would have continued working if they had they been able to reduce their work schedule without diminishing  their pension benefits. About 27% of respondents to the survey would have continued if their health had been better.  Immigrants, university-educated individuals and those who received an early retirement incentive were the most likely to consider working past age 65 if alternative work arrangements were available. The study is based on data from the 2002 General Social Survey.

LINKS:

The Daily summary of the article is at <http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/041026/d041026d.htm>

“Retaining older workers" appears in Online Perspectives on Labour and Income (Oct. 2004).  The entire issue can be downloaded online from <http://www.statcan.ca/cgi-bin/downpub/pickup.cgi?issue=1100475-001-XIE.pdf>

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VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE EXPECTED FOR NEW PENSION PLAN GOVERNANCE GUIDELINES:  The final version of Pension Plan Governance Guidelines and Self-Assessment Questionnaire was released on October 25 by the Canadian Association of Pension Supervisory Authorities (CAPSA).  CAPSA had initiated consultations with industry stakeholders in May 2001 and established an industry task force in 2002 to develop principles and guidelines for Canada’s pension plan administrators.  Some changes have been made to the draft version which was released in July 2003.  CAPSA recommends that defined contribution pension plans in which members make investment decisions follow CAPSA Guideline #3: Guidelines for Capital Accumulation Plans, (released in May 2004) in addition to the new Governance Guidelines.

LINKS:

Pension Plan Governance Guidelines and Self-Assessment Questionnaire and Guideline #3   are available in PDF files from the CAPSA website at  <http://www.capsa-acor.org/>

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IMPROVEMENTS TO 2 ONTARIO GOVERNMENT WEBSITES:  The Ontario Labour Relations Board launched an updated website in October, providing a much clearer interface and more online information.  Recent Decisions of Interest are highlighted and full-text of those decisions is available.   OLRB Decisions since Jan. 2000 are available at the Canadian Legal Information Institute website at <http://www.canlii.org/on/cas/onlrb/>


The Ontario Human Rights Tribunal website  has also been recently improved, most notably to provide free online access to the decisions of the Tribunal. At the moment, the site provides a searchable database of decisions back to 2000, but plans are to include the full text of the decisions back to 1962.

LINKS:

Ontario Labour Relations Board website at <http://www.olrb.gov.on.ca/english/homepage.htm>, includes  recent Decisions of Interest available at <http://www.olrb.gov.on.ca/english/decint.htm> .

Ontario Human Rights Tribunal at <http://www.hrto.ca/>http://www.hrto.ca/

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HEALTHY WORKPLACE WEEK IS OCTOBER 25 TO 31:  The 4th annual Healthy Workplace Week in Canada is overseen by the Canadian Healthy Workplace Council and administered by the National Quality Institute (NQI), the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health & Safety (CCOHS) and the Health Work & Wellness Conference (HWWC). The healthy workplace website contains activities for the week, long-term strategies for a healthy workplace and case studies of company programs.


LINKS:

Healthy Workplace website at  <http://www.healthyworkplaceweek.ca/>

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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.

****************************************
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Director, IWS News Bureau               *
Institute for Workplace Studies *
Cornell/ILR School                      *
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor            *
New York, NY 10016                      *
                                        *
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IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies                 Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations          Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor                  Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016                      Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________

INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LABOUR STUDIES (IILS) [at the International Labour Organization (ILO)
Discussion paper DP/154/2004
Decent Work Research Programme
The Irish social partnership and the “celtic tiger” phenomenon
Lucio Baccaro and Marco Simoni
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/download/dp15404.pdf
[full-text, 47 pages]

[excerpt]
In this paper, we seek to understand in what ways, if any, social partnership contributed to the “Celtic
Tiger” phenomenon as well as the political process through which centralized wage determination was
initiated and sustained over time. Our analysis centers on the notion of competitiveness gains, which we
define as reductions in unit wage costs. We argue that social partnership introduced important changes in
the process of wage formation in this country. Thanks to social partnership, wage increases in the
“dynamic” multinational sector (characterized by high productivity growth) came to be tightly linked with
wage and productivity increases in the much more sluggish domestic portion of the manufacturing sector.
This represented an important departure from the recent past, when wage settlements struck in the high
productivity sector had unduly influenced the process of wage formation in the economy as a whole and
thus led to labor shedding in the low productivity sectors (Baker, 1988; Barry and Hannan, 1995; Barry,
1996). AND MORE....


TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction ..... 1
1. The development of the Irish social partnership ....................................................................... 2
2. Does social partnership matter? ................................................................................................ 5
3. Multinationals, social partnership, and the “Irish disease” ....................................................... 7
a) The role of multinationals................................................................................................. 7
b) The moral economy of wages and the “Irish disease”...................................................... 8
c) The effects of social partnership ..................................................................................... 10
4. The politics of wage restraint in Ireland.................................................................................. 12
a) Pro-partnership coalitions...............................................................................................13
b) The problem of compliance............................................................................................ 15
5. Concluding remarks ................................................................................................................ 17
References ..... 20
List of tables and figures
Tables
Table 1. Pay terms of the Irish social partnership agreements (private sector) ....................................26
Table 2. The Irish manufacturing sector by nationality of ownership ………………………………. .27
Table 3. Correlations between wage and productivity increases in Ireland
(29 manufacturing sectors) .....................................................................................................28
Table 4. Distributional consequences of the social partnership’s pay terms
(Manufacturing sector) ……………………………………………………………………….29
Figures
Figure 1. Growth and employment in Ireland
(1983-2000) …………………………………………………………………………………. 30
Figure 2. Productivity and wage trends in “modern” and “traditional” manufacturing industries
(1980-1987) ............................................................................................................................31
Figure 3. Productivity and wage trends in “modern” and “traditional” manufacturing industries…….32
Figure 4. Productivity and wage trends in “foreign” and “domestic” manufacturing industries
(1980-1987) ............................................................................................................................33
Figure 5. Nominal wage and productivity increases by nationality of establishments
(1987-98) .34
Figure 6 Wage trends in Ireland
(1988=1034
Figure 7 Distribution of union membership in the ICTU.......................................................................35


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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.

****************************************
Stuart Basefsky                 *
Director, IWS News Bureau               *
Institute for Workplace Studies *
Cornell/ILR School                      *
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor            *
New York, NY 10016                      *
                                        *
Telephone: (607) 255-2703               *
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IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies                 Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations          Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor                  Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016                      Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________

The following comes from KEY WORKPLACE DOCUMENTS [of the Federal Government] provided by the Catherwood Library at Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations. See-
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/keyWorkplaceDocuments/government/federal/default.html

Unemployment rates in the European Union and selected member countries, civilian labor force basis (1), seasonally adjusted, 1990-2004 [8 October 2004]
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/downloads/keyWorkplaceDocuments/Department%20of%20Labor%20Special%20Reports/UnemployRatesEurope.pdf

Unemployment rates in nine countries, civilian labor force basis, approximating U.S. concepts, seasonally adjusted, 1990-2004
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/downloads/keyWorkplaceDocuments/Department%20of%20Labor%20Special%20Reports/InternanationalNineCountries2004unemploy.pdf
_____________________________
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****************************************
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Director, IWS News Bureau               *
Institute for Workplace Studies *
Cornell/ILR School                      *
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor            *
New York, NY 10016                      *
                                        *
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IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies                 Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations          Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor                  Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016                      Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________

INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION (ILO)
Sectoral Activities Programme
The future of work and quality in the Information Society: The media, culture, graphical sector
Report for discussion at the Tripartite Meeting on the Future of Work and Quality in the Information Society: The Media, Culture, Graphical Sector [18 to 22 October 2004]
Geneva, 2004
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/sector/techmeet/tmmcgs04/tmmcgs-r.pdf
[full-text, 116 pages] - See CONTENTS BELOW

[excerpt]
The guiding theme of the Tripartite Meeting in October 2004 namely, the “Future of
work and quality in the Information Society”, encourages reflection on several questions,
such as:

  - how the Information Society affects employment numbers (job creation and

redundancies), new types of jobs, employment status, labour-management relations,

and the quality of working life in the sector;

 -  what impact ICTs have on the sector in terms of work itself, working conditions and

the concept of “quality”; and

  - the ways in which the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) addressed

the sector, and specifically issues relating to work and quality.

Contents
Page
Preface............... iii
Acknowledgements ........................................................................................................................... ix
Abbreviations and acronyms ............................................................................................................. xi
Introduction ....... 1
Background to the report......................................................................................................... 1
1. The Information Society and the media, culture, graphical sector.......................................... 5
1.1. The Information Society and the World Summit on the Information Society
(WSIS) process ............................................................................................................. 5
1.2. An ILO perspective on the concept of quality in the sector......................................... 8
Quality of work/employment/working life ................................................................... 9
Quality of working life in the Information Society ...................................................... 10
1.3. New products, quality standards and forms of work ................................................... 11
1.4. Global trends in ICTs in the sector ............................................................................... 13
1.5. The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) and the world of work.......... 16
1.6. ILO background in the sector and the Decent Work Agenda ...................................... 17
2. The media, culture, graphical sector and the development of the Information Society.......... 21
2.1. Will the development of the Information Society enhance or impair employment
and quality in the sector? ............................................................................................. 21
Broadcasting, film and live performance...................................................................... 27
Journalism..................................................................................................................... 29
2.2. A wider perspective on the concept of quality in the sector in the Information
Society .......................................................................................................................... 31
Quality of the work and its product .............................................................................. 31
Quality of content ......................................................................................................... 33
Quality in film and other media.................................................................................... 35
Quality and professionalism ......................................................................................... 37
2.3. Information and communication technologies used in the sector................................. 38
2.4. Challenges of the Information Society for the graphical industries............................. 39
2.5. The role of governments in promoting the media, culture, graphical sector..... 41
3. Impact of ICTs on the sector................................................................................................... 43
3.1. Impact of new technologies on processes, content and quality .................................... 43
A. Broadcasting ....................................................................................................... 43
B. Film industry ...................................................................................................... 45
C. Live performance................................................................................................ 47
D. Performers in multimedia and other new media work........................................ 50
E. Media journalism................................................................................................ 52
F. Publishing and the graphical industries .............................................................. 56
3.2. Impact of ICTs on the employment of media, culture, graphical workers ................... 58
Film and audiovisual workers: Performers ................................................................... 61
Journalists and other media workers............................................................................. 63
Broadcasting, media and film industry workers ........................................................... 64
Publishing and graphical workers................................................................................. 64
3.3. Impact of ICTs on safety and health ............................................................................. 67
3.4. Impact of ICTs on training............................................................................................ 68
New skills requirements for media, culture, graphical workers................................... 69
Training initiatives by governments, industry and trade unions .................................. 70
4. Intellectual property rights and labour rights in the Information Society ............................... 72
4.1. Intellectual property rights and labour rights for performers....................................... 73
4.2. Intellectual property rights and labour rights for journalists........................................ 74
4.3. Intellectual property rights and labour rights for authors, directors, writers,
producers, photographers and others ............................................................................ 75
5. Impact of ICTs on contractual arrangements in the sector...................................................... 76
5.1. Performers..................................................................................................................... 76
5.2. Journalists (freelance and others).................................................................................. 77
5.3. Graphical workers......................................................................................................... 78
5.4. Other media, culture, graphical workers....................................................................... 79
6. The Information Society and gender equity............................................................................ 80
6.1. Differential impacts on women and men as employers and workers in the sector ...... 80
6.2. Measures to promote equal opportunities in the sector................................................ 87
7. International instruments relevant to the sector ..................................................................... 89
7.1. Relevant ILO standards................................................................................................. 89
7.2. The Rome Convention, 1961 ........................................................................................ 91
7.3. International protection of creators, producers, broadcasters and performers .............. 92
8. Social dialogue in the sector ................................................................................................... 94
8.1. Social dialogue and collective bargaining on issues arising from ICTs ...................... 95
8.2. Social dialogue on social protection ............................................................................. 97
8.3. Social dialogue to promote training.............................................................................. 98
8.4. Promoting social dialogue in the sector ........................................................................ 99
9. Suggested points for discussion .............................................................................................. 101
Cluster 1: Employment issues in the Information Society ...................................................... 101
Cluster 2: Quality issues in the Information Society............................................................... 101
Cluster 3: WSIS issues in the media, culture, graphical sector............................................... 101
Cluster 4: Social dialogue issues in the Information Society; employability and training
issues; suggestions for ILO action .......................................................................................... 101
Appendices
I. Conclusions on information technologies in the media and entertainment industries ............ 103
II. Tables...... 105
1. Evolution of permanent employment in selected public radio/television
corporations 1992-2002 ................................................................................................ 105
2. Permanent employment in selected public radio/television corporations, 2002........... 106
List of tables
3.1. Employment by occupation in the media, culture, graphical sector, United States,
2002 and projected 2012 ......................................................................................................... 58
3.2. Trends in the artist labour force, United States, 1970-2000.................................................... 60
3.3 Employment by occupation, performers, United States, 2002 and projected 2012 ................ 62
3.4. Employment by occupation, media, United States, 2002 and projected 2012........................ 63
3.5. Employment by occupation, graphical sector, United States, 2002 and projected 2012 ........ 67
List of figures
2.1. Leading public companies in the sector by sales revenues, 2000-04...................................... 25
2.2. Employees in leading public companies in the sector, 2004................................................... 26
3.1. Trends in the artist labour force, United States, 1970-2000.................................................... 60
3.2. Total employment in publishing, printing and reproduction of recorded media,
1990-2002 ............................................................................................................................... 66
3.3. Employees in publishing, printing and reproduction of recorded media, 1990-2002............. 66
5.1. Total numbers of freelance and staff journalists in 29 European countries compared
with levels of union membership, 1999 .................................................................................. 77
5.2. Percentage of unionization of journalists in ten Central and South American
countries, among staff and freelancers, 1999.......................................................................... 78
6.1. Gender distribution among writers and creative or performing artists, selected countries ..... 82
6.2. United States ­ Gender segregation among writers, authors, journalists and related
occupations, 2000.................................................................................................................... 84
6.3. Costa Rica ­ Sex segregation, graphical industry, 2000 ......................................................... 85
6.4. Egypt ­ Sex segregation, graphical industry, 1996................................................................. 86
6.5. United States ­ Sex segregation, graphical industry, 2000 ..................................................... 86
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From the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)

Framework Agreement on WORK-RELATED STRESS
http://www.etuc.org/en/Press/releases/colbargain/Accord-cadres%20STRESS.pdf
[full-text, 4 pages]

Press Release-
Brussels, 8 October 2004
ETUC, UNICE/UEAPME and CEEP sign AGREEMENT on work-related stress
http://www.etuc.org/EN/Press/releases/colbargain/0810StressEN.cfm

Today, ETUC, UNICE/UEAPME and CEEP signed a framework agreement on work-related stress which is a concern for both employers and workers. The agreement was then presented to the European Commission. This agreement, concluded after nine months of negotiations, is to be implemented by the members of ETUC, UNICE/UEAPME, and CEEP, rather than by European legislation.

Stress is a complex phenomenon: although it is not a disease, it may cause ill-health. It can potentially affect any workplace and any worker. However, in practice, not all work places and not all workers are affected.

The agreement focuses on work-related stress only and aims at increasing the understanding of employers and workers of work-related stress and proposes a method for identifying problems and dealing with them.

The agreement contains a commitment of the members of ETUC, UNICE/UEAPME and CEEP to implement it in accordance with the practices specific to management and labour in the Member States.

Stress is a concern for both employers and workers. Approximately 28% of European Union workers report work-related stress each year. The agreement we signed today aims at addressing these problems in order to improve well-being of workers and increase companiesefficiencysaid ETUC, UNICE/UEAPME and CEEP.

AND MORE....
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From the KOREA LABOR INSTITUTE (KLI)

e-Labor News
LABOR TRENDS, No. 35, 2004 [8 October 2004
http://www.kli.re.kr/kli_eng/elabor/35/elabr_Frameset2.htm
[in FRAMES]
or
http://www.kli.re.kr/kli_eng/elabor/35/main2.htm
[Separate Document]

includes-
        [Employment Trends ]
        [ Wage Trends ]
        [ Working Hours ]
        [ Industrial Relations ]
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(The following is courtesy of the Centre for Industrial Relations, University of Toronto).

Weekly Work Report or the Week of October 4, 2004

These highlights of the week's HR/IR news are prepared by the Librarians at the Centre for Industrial Relations for our subscribers, alumni, faculty and students, and are intended for their individual use only.  Please visit the CIR website for terms of use and information about organizational subscriptions.  This message is composed in MS Outlook Express and contains hyperlinks that require an HTML-enabled email program.

The WWR is protected by Canadian copyright law and should not be reproduced or forwarded without permission.   For inquiries or comments,  please contact the Editor,  elizabeth.perry@utoronto.ca.

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MORE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WORKERS SET TO STRIKE:  80,000 federal government employees, members of the Program and Administrative Services Group of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), will be in a legal position to strike on October 7 following the report of the Conciliation Board on September 26.   In the words of the Conciliation Board report, there remains “a staggering array of diverse and complex matters in dispute”. The report declined to recommend a wage adjustment but  left the wage issue to further bargaining, noting that “there may only still remain in play something like a spread of 1.75% over three years” between the positions of the two parties. 

If these administrative employees go on strike, they will join the workers at Parks Canada and the Canadian Revenue Agency who have been on strike since August and September respectively.  According to a column by John Ibbitson in the Globe and Mail, “virtually the entire unionized federal public service will be on strike”  by November.

LINKS:

Treasury Board of Canada special website for collective bargaining information at <http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/media/lru-mnc/index_e.asp>

PSAC press release at <http://www.psac.com/news/releases/2004/87-0904-e.shtml>

Report of the Conciliation Board at <http://www.pssrb-crtfp.gc.ca/cases/190-2-335(1)_e.html>

“PSAC strike is about to get your attention”  by John Ibbitson at the Globe and Mail (Oct 1) (subscription required) <http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/Page/document/hubsv3/tgamHub?hub=Search&query=ibbitson&go.x=10&go.y=11>

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ONTARIO PUBLIC SERVICE BARGAINING PROCESS BEGINS:  The Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) announced the members of its Central Bargaining Team and its Corrections Bargaining Team on October 2, as both parties ready for what is expected to be difficult collective bargaining in the Ontario public service.  OPSEU will meet with employer representatives for the first time on October 7. Ontario Finance Minister Greg Sorbora set the tone for the employers’ position in a speech to the Empire Club of Toronto on October 1, when he emphasized the province’s declining revenues and the government’s plan to flat-line the budgets of 15 ministries. He also announced that a new, detailed review of government programs. The existing collective agreement expires on December 31, 2004.

 LINKS:

Central Collective agreement for the Ontario Public Service 2002 ­ 2004 is online at <http://www.opseu.org/ops/collective/collective.htm>

OPS Bargaining teams elected in OPSEU Front Lines (Oct. 4, 2004)  at <http://www.opseu.org/ops/frontlines2oct042004.htm>

Press release from Greg Sorbora, Minister of Finance at <http://www.gov.on.ca/FIN/english/media/2004/nre10-ecoclub.htm>

Backgrounder to 2003-2004 Public Accounts of Ontario (released Sept. 27)   at <http://www.gov.on.ca/FIN/english/media/2004/bke9-pacc.htm>

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CANADA’S TOP 100 EMPLOYERS:  Vancouver City Savings Credit Union tops the list as the number 1 employer in Canada, according to a special report issue of Maclean’s magazine this week. Vancity earned its top spot by a combination of  a strong culture of  social responsibility and an innovative, employer-paid program of flexible benefits. Benefits  include 3 weeks of vacation in the first year of employment; low-interest loans, mortgages and credit lines; tuition subsidies; transit subsidies; meditation and lactation rooms; an employee-run library, and subsidized parking for those who carpool.

The Top 100 Employers list is compiled annually by Mediacorp Canada , which invited 6,000 of the fastest-growing Canadian employers to complete an extensive application process; 1000 companies complied and competed. Employers were evaluated on the following criteria: business expansion and growth; physical environment; social, health, financial and family benefits; vacation and time off; employee communications; erformance management;  training & skills development; and community involvement.

LINKS:

“Special Report: Canada’s Top 100 Employers”  in Maclean’s.ca  at <http://www.macleans.ca/topstories/>

“So why did you take your job?”  In Macleans.ca at <http://www.macleans.ca/topstories/business/article.jsp?content=20041001_155358_5840>

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BEST EMPLOYERS IN QUEBEC:  In another competition for “best employer” bragging rights, awards went to Xerox Canada, Industrial Alliance, Auto and Home Insurance and D.L.G.L. Ltd on October 4.  The 2004 Défi Meilleurs Employeurs awards are organized by Watson Wyatt and Affaires PLUS magazine to recognize best HR practices among employers in Quebec.

LINKS:

Watson Wyatt Press release at <http://www.watsonwyatt.com/canada-english/news/press.asp?ID=13678>

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GLOBAL COMPENSATION STRUCTURE AND STRATEGY: Watson Wyatt Worldwide conducted a survey of global compensation practices of 230 companies who are members of WorldatWork  (formerly the American Compensation Association).  The purpose was  to establish a benchmark for U.S. multinational companies in 3 areas: global compensation structure and strategy, global tools and systems, and global compensation targets and vehicles.  Of those with centralized compensation structures  in place, 58% rated their payment structures as “very” or “mostly” effective. Only 36% of companies with decentralized structures rated their own systems as high.  Asia was ranked as the most challenging region to include in a global compensation system by 55% of respondents.

LINKS:

Summary of Global Compensation Practices at the Watson Wyatt website at <http://www.watsonwyatt.com/news/press.asp?ID=13672>

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PRODUCTIVITY AND INNOVATION IN CANADA:  The Conference Board of Canada, in its latest assessment of Canada’s economic performance, states that Canada must increase its productivity or risk a decrease standard of living relative to the United States. The report, titled Exploring Canada’s Innovation Character: Benchmarking Against Global Best, evaluates Canada’s performance against 10 other countries using 17 benchmarks.

LINKS:

Exploring Canada’s Innovation Character: Benchmarking Against Global Best  (64 pages, PDF) at the Conference Board website  (registration required, free) at <http://www.conferenceboard.ca/boardwiseii/LayoutRecentPublications.asp>

“Productivity must rise: report” in the Globe and Mail (October 5) at <http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20041005.gtrconf05/BNStory/einsider/?query=bruce+little>

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ONTARIO’S ECONOMY AND RELATIONSHIP WITH THE U.S. UNDER DISCUSSION:  Leaders from business, government, labour and academia will meet on October 6 and 7 for the Ontario Economic Summit, organized by the Ontario Chamber of Commerce.   Building on the results of a survey of 52 Ontario executives by consulting firm Deloitte , the discussion will focus on leadership in innovation, creating the next generation workforce, improving Ontario’s investment climate, developing strong infrastructure, expanding new and external markets and enhancing education. Among the 150 leaders attending the meetings:  Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty, Bank of Canada Governor David Dodge, CAW President Buzz Hargrove,  General Motors of Canada President Michael Grimaldi, Dean of the Rotman School of Management Roger Martin.

LINKS:

Ontario Economic Summit website at <http://www.occ-oes.com/oes/generalInfo.cfm>

Ontario: Land of opportunity (TD Economics Background paper for the Ontario Economic Summit) (30 pages, PDF) at <http://www.occ.on.ca/2events/2oes/TDResearchPaper_072004.pdf>

Summary of Deloitte survey results (1 page, PDF)  at <http://www.occ.on.ca/2newsreleases/MR_09282004_DeloitteSurvey.pdf>

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UNIVERSITY GRADUATES IN CANADIAN KNOWLEDGE INDUSTRIES:  A research report released by Statistics Canada on September 29 uses census data to demonstrate that the number of university graduates employed in high-knowledge industries more than tripled in Canada between 1980 and 2000. The study investigates the existence of diverging university/high school earnings ratio trends across industries in the knowledge-based economy. It also discusses the changing demand for high-skilled workers by comparing the relative wages of university graduates according to the field of their degrees.

LINKS:

Relative Wage Patterns among the Highly Educated in a Knowledge-based Economy,   (28 pages, PDF) at <http://www.statcan.ca/english/research/11F0019MIE/11F0019MIE2004232.pdf>

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DEMOGRAPHICS AND PENSIONS:  A recent research paper by Ralph C. Bryant, published by the Brookings Institute, looks at demographic shifts and their effect on public pension systems. The paper, titled Demographic Pressures on Public Pension Systems and Government Budgets in Open Economies, discuses the domestic and external consequences of aging societies and shows that alternative ways of operating public pension systems can lead to very different macroeconomic outcomes.

LINKS:

Demographic Pressures on Public Pension Systems and Government Budgets in Open Economies (summary and 78-page document ) at <http://www.brookings.edu/views/papers/bryant/20040922.htm>

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Centre for Industrial Relations 121 St. George St. Toronto Canada M5S 2E8     <http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/cir>

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School of Industrial & Labor Relations          Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor                  Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016                      Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________

Again, one of the best places to seek global information by country or region is the Information Gateway provided by the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) - a U.S. government agency.

Information Gateway: Africa and Middle East
http://www.opic.gov/links/links-afr.htm

Information Gateway: Asia and Pacific
http://www.opic.gov/links/links-asia.htm

Information Gateway: Europe and New Independent States
http://www.opic.gov/links/links-euro.htm

Information Gateway: Latin America and Caribbean
http://www.opic.gov/links/links-lac.htm


OPIC's Investor's Information Gateway Country Link Database can connect you with more than 20,000 documents and other sources of economic, business, political and social data for all of the countries and areas in which OPIC can currently do business.

The links are conveniently grouped into some 20 major categories such as government, business promotion, health, human rights, infrastructure, natural resources, trade, travel, press, diplomacy, etc. There are typically 140 to 150 links available for each country and region.

Information sources include various federal agencies such as the Department of Commerce, the CIA and the State Department, multilateral organizations such as the World Bank, foreign government agencies and embassies, non-governmental organizations such as chambers of commerce and various trade and investment promotional organizations, travel information web sites, and many others.
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School of Industrial & Labor Relations          Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor                  Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016                      Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________

OECD Policy Brief:

Economic Survey of FINLAND, 2004 [5 October 2004]
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/21/33/33772557.pdf
[full-text, 12 pages]

For more information, see-
Economic Survey - Finland 2004
http://www.oecd.org/document/26/0,2340,en_2649_201185_33750554_1_1_1_1,00.html
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School of Industrial & Labor Relations          Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
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New York, NY 10016                      Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________

From the Asian Development Bank (ADB]

Asian Development Outlook 2004 Update [4 October 2004]
http://www.adb.org/Documents/Books/ADO/2004/update/default.asp
[scroll down to find access by chapter including Statistical Appendix]
or
http://www.adb.org/Documents/Books/ADO/2004/update/ado2004-update.pdf
[full-text,  134 pages]

ADO 2004 Update features an overview of recent global economic trends and the region's recent macroeconomic performance and prospects. It also analyzes economic trends, policy developments, and the outlook for 21 selected developing member countries (DMCs) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), which were included in ADO 2004. In addition, the Update assesses different scenarios relating to the short-term impacts of a PRC slowdown and sustained high global oil prices on the region's economies.
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