A review of Bowen and Finegan's cross-sectional analysis of the labor force. (BH)

Contends that a continued increase in labor force requirements which previously was satisfied by a reduction of farm labor needs, increased workforce participation of women, and a cyclic baby boom, will result in a future labor shortage. Offers a rationale for training and providing support services for the unemployed. (DMM)

In a look ahead at the 1995 labor force, all three projections--high, middle, and low--indicate that women will account for two-thirds of the growth, most of which will occur in the prime working-age group; the Black labor force will grow twice as fast as the White. (CT)

A comparison of data from a Eugene, Oregon, worker survey with data from the Quality of Employment Survey found that union job dissatisfaction arises from factors independent of wages and working conditions. Union perspectives of working conditions do not accurately reflect objective measures of conditions. The dissatisfaction expressed has real…

The purpose of this article is to examine children's attitudes regarding the right to work. The article is based on comments made by 245 15-year-old children on child employment and is supported by focus group interviews with 56 boys and 38 girls and tape-recorded interviews with 15 working pupils. One of most dominant themes to emerge from the…

A Nation at Risk (NAR; National Commission on Excellence in Education, 1983) had a tremendous impact on what schools do and has since spawned other reforms that attest to the report's ongoing influence. Coming in the wake of a decade of economic stagnation and import pressures from overseas producers, the authors of NAR blamed these problems on…

Many industries in the U.S., including higher education, will face employee shortages in the coming years, due in large part to the departure of baby-boomers from the workforce. In anticipation of this reduction in the workforce, and knowing that competition for those in the job market will be fierce, Daytona Beach Community College has created a…

This paper, by a teacher of migrants, summarizes various farm labor laws and child labor laws pertaining to migrant and seasonal workers. The Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act of 1983 provides workers with assurances about pay, hours, and working conditions, including safety and health. This legislation permits anyone…

For most of America's history, teachers have had few labor negotiating rights and little power to exert them. The National Labor Relations Act established the National Labor Relations Board and helped teachers gain more power in labor negotiations. Many worker rights gained from the 1930s through the 1970s were undermined by the increased…

This report summarizes the proceedings of a conference on manpower research that assembled a heterogeneous group of data gatherers, analysts, and policymakers to assess data and information needs, the usage of information by researchers, the policy implications of ongoing research, and the processes by which academic findings impact on policy. The…

The Veterans Administration, Department of Defense, and Public Health Service are each experiencing some problems in the recruitment of physicians. Except for certain specialties, the General Accounting Office found no serious problems in either recruiting or retaining dentists in any of these agencies. It is difficult to identify and assess…

The competency study is designed to serve as a guide for persons planning agricultural education programs to meet Montana's agricultural manpower needs. It is part of a five-year Agricultural Manpower Project and one of six agribusiness job surveys. The agricultural supplies and services area represents 40 percent of all agricultural occupations…

This monograph systematically explores the implications of changes in the composition of the labor force and of related socioeconomic trends for the availability of workers in lower level occupations (mainly less skilled and/or lower wage blue-collar and service jobs), and assesses the forms of labor market adjustment to be expected, in the event…

Migrant mushroom workers suffer from poor housing and living conditions, low wages, poor health, unsafe working conditions, abuse from crew leaders, and isolation. Farm work advocates feel these abuses will continue without laws guaranteeing access to the camps, minimum standards for camp conditions, and the outlawing or strict regulation of crew…