Three new standards (telephone mechanic, electroplater, and animal caretaker) for grading jobs under the Federal Wage System are cited. There is an alphabetical listing by job for published job grading standards, an occupational code-structure index for published grading standards, and a list of 61 jobs by published job grading standard with…

Ten states and Puerto Rico now have weightlifting limitations for women workers. Minnesota, Ohio, and Puerto Rico restrict by statute, Alaska, Maryland, New York, and Utah by regulation, Oregon and Washington by wage order, and California and Massachusetts by a combination of these methods. The most frequent means of enforcing these is by…

A research and intervention project to enhance cultural competence (CC) within nursing home staff is described, with particular emphasis on the qualitative findings generated during baseline assessments of 10 participating facilities. These findings, developed from an analysis of transcripts of 56 focus groups, suggest the importance of five CC…

The phenomenological study presented in this paper attempts to determine, from outdoor educators, what it meant for them to be teaching outdoor education in Victorian secondary schools during 2004. In 1999, Lugg and Martin surveyed Victorian secondary schools to determine the types of outdoor education programs being run, the objectives of those…

The standard covers nonsupervisory work involved in the manufacture and repair of parts and items of equipment which require the use of various types of standard and special machine tools and their attachments to machine metals, metal alloys, and other materials. The work requires skills ranging from initial planning of necessary work sequences to…

Biographical sketch of John L. Lewis, with emphasis on his rise and performance as a great labor leader and organizer of the Committee for Industrial Organization (CIO). (SH)

Undocumented workers are organizing in Arizona to demand better wages and decent living conditions. The article discusses the conditions which led to the organization of this "illegal" workforce. (NQ)

Methods for the prevention and control of stress and trauma in physically assaulted teachers include preparedness training, formation of crisis intervention teams, and morale-improving techniques such as staff support, rotation of teaching assignments, and direct access to schoolboards for grievance reports. (MJB)

An analysis of intellectual work and the relationship between intellectual workers and their work, the quality of intellectual work, and worker's rights demonstrates there are far greater differences between intellectual workers and other workers than commonly supposed. Their work must not be dehumanized--a present danger. (AG)

Describes some of the efforts colleges have undertaken to ensure that clothing with college logos is not produced in sweatshops. Outlines work by the Fair Labor Association and the Workers Rights Consortium, organizations to which many colleges belong, to set up programs to monitor factories in the United States and other countries. (SLD)

This report examines economic and social developments in Europe since 1950 in terms of structural change, productivity, economic integration and planning, regional development, and human problems and social policy-making. Evolving policies concerning income levels and distribution, conditions of work and life, and labor relations in Europe are…

Methods and procedures provided by 1,614 collective bargaining agreements to accommodate handicapped workers in New York State are described. Handicapped veteran clauses are considered; also considered are the prevalence and content of handicapped worker clauses, including transfers provided for in general terms, transfers subject to seniority…

This is a report of a study of U.S. immigration policy as administered by the Department of Labor's labor certification program. The report provides a history of the program, describes its operation, and analyzes its impact on the labor market. (Author)

The standard covers nonsupervisory work involved in the set up, adjustment, and operation of conventional machine tools to perform machining operations in the manufacture and repair of castings, forgings, or parts from raw stock made of various metals, metal alloys, and other materials. A general description of the job at both the WG-8 and WG-9…