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Labor and economic history

Manufacturing violence at the border 05/14/2020
How would the greatest economic minds solve current problems with economic growth? 04/01/2020
Balancing work and family life 03/05/2020
Economic development and growth in Latin American and Caribbean countries 02/07/2020
American identity through the lens of economic success 01/10/2020
The relative weakness in earnings of production workers in manufacturing, 1990–2018 12/06/2019
The American working class and the unfulfilled promise of policy-driven growth 12/06/2019
Producer prices in the legal services industry after the Great Recession 11/29/2019
The Great Recession: in what ways did policymakers succeed and fail? 11/08/2019
What would a comprehensive reform of the Unemployment Insurance program look like? 10/02/2019
Projections overview and highlights, 2018–28 10/01/2019
Are U.S. scientists and engineers in short supply? Telling myth from reality 07/11/2019
The experts’ dilemma: technocratic solutions versus securing the rights of the poor 06/05/2019
BLS publishes experimental state-level labor productivity measures 06/04/2019
Direct job creation in the United States: learning from the past 05/09/2019
State institutions and economic prosperity 02/05/2019
Economic policy and national wealth 12/06/2018
Compromise at work: processes, policies, and outcomes that shape U.S. labor relations 08/06/2018
Opening the gate: disability politics and social responsibility 06/11/2018
Labor’s new challenge—securing the rights of informal workers 05/11/2018
Free prices: the key to a successful economy 02/16/2018
The Current Population Survey—tracking unemployment in the United States for over 75 years 01/23/2018
Labor in the U.S. empire: a historical perspective 11/01/2017
Music for the people: the role of music in the southern textile strikes of 1929–34 05/26/2017
The Monthly Labor Review at 100—part IV: employee benefits, industries and occupations, and worker safety and health since 1980 07/07/2016
The Monthly Labor Review at 100—part III: inflation, employment, and the labor force since 1980 06/22/2016
The Monthly Labor Review at 100—part II: the “middle years,” 1930–80 05/24/2016
The Monthly Labor Review at 100—part I: the early years, 1915–30 05/06/2016
Current Employment Statistics data and their contributions as key economic indicators 03/15/2016
The life of American workers in 1915 02/04/2016
The laboring labor share of income: the “miracle” ends 01/19/2016
Evaluation of BLS employment, labor force and macroeconomic projections to 2006, 2008, and 2010 11/23/2015
Labor law highlights, 1915–2015 10/07/2015
Comparison of U.S. and international labor turnover statistics 07/29/2015
Comparing with the original: a look at Current Employment Statistics vintage data 04/24/2015
The economy: applying theory to reality 02/24/2015
Technology industries helped post-Great Recession jobs grow faster in northern than in southern California 12/05/2014
The rise in women’s share of nonfarm employment during the 2007–2009 recession: a historical perspective 04/07/2014
Dueling economics: a tale of three theories 01/14/2014
Benefit Cost Concepts and the Limitations of ECEC Measurement 07/26/2012
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Union Representation Elections, 1997-2009 06/30/2010
Profiles of Significant Collective Bargaining Disputes of 2009 03/31/2010
Profiles of Significant Collective Bargaining Disputes of 2010 02/23/2010
Profiles of Significant Collective Bargaining Disputes of 2008 06/24/2009
BLS at 125: using historic principles to track the 21st-century economy 06/01/2009
Major Union Mergers, Alliances, and Disaffiliations, 1995-2007 09/24/2008
Profiles of Significant Collective Bargaining Disputes in 2007 05/22/2008
Collective Bargaining Agreements File Moves to New Home 11/30/2007
Profiles of Significant Collective Bargaining Disputes in 2006 04/18/2007
Major Work Stoppages in 2004 and 2005 10/25/2006
IRRA Changes Its Name 11/30/2005
Major Work Stoppages in 2003 11/23/2004
Industries with 10 or More Major Work Stoppages for the Period 1993-2003 10/27/2004
IRRA Considers Name Change 11/24/2003
Looking Back at the Early Settlement between the Teamsters and UPS 06/25/2003
What Can You Tell Me About Collective Bargaining Expirations and Work Stoppages? 05/28/2003
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Union Representation Elections, 1998-2002 04/28/2003
Major Work Stoppages in 2002 04/28/2003
Unique Provision in ISG-United Steelworkers Recent Agreement 03/26/2003
2001 Major Work Stoppages 01/30/2003
IRRA Holds Its 2002 National Forum in Washington, DC 01/30/2003
A Look Back at the Kaiser Aluminum and United Steelworkers Dispute 01/30/2003
New Tax Law Includes Provisions Affecting Employee Benefits 01/30/2003
Compensation in the 1970s 09/01/2001
American Labor in the 20th Century 09/01/2001
The Evolution of Compensation in a Changing Economy 09/01/2001
Compensation from World War II through the Great Society 09/01/2001
The Leontief-BLS partnership: a new framework for measurement 06/01/2001
Troubled passage: the labor movement and the Fair Labor Standards Act 12/01/2000
Joint Local Labor-management Safety and Health Committee Provisions in Private Sector Collective Bargaining Agreements 12/01/2000
Work Stoppages in 1999 09/01/2000
Longshore Settlement May Bring 3 Years of Labor Peace 12/01/1999
Profile of the American Airlines Pilot Sickout 12/01/1999
1998 Work Stoppages 06/01/1999
Looking Back at the SEPTA Transit Strike 12/01/1998
1982-97 State and Local Government Work Stoppages and Their Legal Background 09/01/1998
Caterpillar’s Prolonged Dispute Ends 09/01/1998
A Century-Long Quest for Meaningful and Accurate Occupational Injury and Illness Statistics 12/01/1997
105th Congress Addresses Working Conditions 12/01/1997
The Occupational Compensation Surveys: A Retrospective 09/01/1997
Profile of an Airline Emergency Dispute 09/01/1997
Compensation Legislation in the 105th Congress 09/01/1997
Major Work Stoppage Activity Moves Up in 1996 03/01/1997
Stretching Out a Victory in Long Rubber Dispute 03/01/1997
Arthur Goldberg: proof of the American Dream 01/01/1997
Occupational Wages and Employee Benefits among Small Certificated Air Carriers in Alaska 12/01/1996
Occupational Wages and Employee Benefits in the Airline Industry 09/01/1996
George W. Taylor: industrial peacemaker 12/01/1995
David Dubinsky: a life with social significance 10/01/1994
James P. Mitchell: social conscience of the Cabinet 08/01/1991
Eugene V. Debs: an American paradox 08/01/1991
Recollections of a former editor 06/01/1990
Cyrus S. Ching: pioneer in industrial peacemaking 08/01/1989
Samuel Gompers: a half century in labor’s front rank 07/01/1989
Frances Perkins and the flowering of socioeconomic policies 06/01/1989
John R. Commons: pioneer of labor economics 05/01/1989
A view of labor ministries in other nations 07/01/1988
Reflections of eight former Secretaries 02/01/1988
A department to protect workers’ equity 02/01/1988
The careers of 18 Labor Secretaries 02/01/1988
A Century of Struggle 08/01/1987
Ellis Island a welcome site? Only after years of reform 07/01/1986
One hundred years of the Bureau of Labor Statistics 07/01/1985
The evolution of fair labor standards: a study in class conflict 08/01/1983
Labor Department’s first program to assist black workers 06/01/1982
The AFL and a national BLS: labor’s role is crystallized 03/01/1982
Birth of a federation: Mr. Gompers endeavors ‘not to build a bubble’ 11/01/1981

Labor dynamics

Declining labor turnover in the United States: evidence and implications from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics 01/10/2019
Leaving a job during the Great Recession: evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 12/11/2018
Job openings reach a new high in 2017, hires and quits also increase 10/03/2018
Men’s declining labor force participation 05/23/2018
Job openings, hires, and separations rise, but at a slower pace, in 2016 08/02/2017
Using the job mobility of young workers to assess the U.S. labor market 02/14/2017
Occupational choices of the elderly 02/14/2017
Wage and job-skill distributions in the National Compensation Survey 02/10/2017
Job openings, hires, and separations return to prerecession levels in 2015 09/07/2016
Labor productivity growth in elementary and secondary school services: 1989–2012 06/30/2016
The laboring labor share of income: the “miracle” ends 01/19/2016
Does labor demand influence time to the doctorate? 01/08/2016
Which industries need workers? Exploring differences in labor market activity 01/08/2016
Job switching: a prelude to wage growth? 10/07/2015
Jobs out of the blue 07/07/2015
Job openings reach a new high, hires and quits also increase 06/05/2015
Job openings continue to rise in 2013 05/30/2014
Job openings continue to grow in 2012, hires and separations less so 05/06/2013

Labor force

Geographic impact of COVID-19 in BLS surveys by industry 08/07/2020
Demographics, earnings, and family characteristics of workers in sectors initially affected by COVID-19 shutdowns 06/05/2020
Job market remains tight in 2019, as the unemployment rate falls to its lowest level since 1969 04/28/2020
American Indians and Alaska Natives in the U.S. labor force 11/25/2019
Projections overview and highlights, 2018–28 10/01/2019
Professional certifications and occupational licenses: evidence from the Current Population Survey 06/28/2019
BLS publishes experimental state-level labor productivity measures 06/04/2019
Tight labor market continues in 2018 as the unemployment rate falls to a 49-year low 05/20/2019
An analysis of the new job openings and labor turnover data by size of firm 05/09/2019
Opting out of isolated studies on mothers in the labor force 04/04/2019
Leaving a job during the Great Recession: evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 12/11/2018
Job openings reach a new high in 2017, hires and quits also increase 10/03/2018
Older workers—are they aging successfully? 05/24/2018
Men’s declining labor force participation 05/23/2018
Why is retirement often more costly for married women than for married men? 05/11/2018
Occupational separations: a new method for projecting workforce needs 05/01/2018
Job market continued to improve in 2017 as the unemployment rate declined to a 17-year low 04/25/2018
Great Recession, great recovery? Trends from the Current Population Survey 04/06/2018
Measuring productivity growth in construction 01/08/2018
Full employment: an assumption within BLS projections 11/30/2017
Projections overview and highlights, 2016–26 10/24/2017
Age discrimination and reform of the U.S. Social Security System 08/25/2017
Missing: America’s middle-educated workers 08/02/2017
Employed workers leaving the labor force: an analysis of recent trends 05/31/2017
Changes in the life cycle of women’s employment 03/07/2017
Teen labor force participation before and after the Great Recession and beyond 02/16/2017
Labor force participation: what has happened since the peak? 09/27/2016
Job openings, hires, and separations return to prerecession levels in 2015 09/07/2016
An analysis of long-term unemployment 07/29/2016
Unemployment rate nears prerecession level by end of 2015 04/27/2016
Evolution of administrative practices in American unions: results from a 20-year study 04/20/2016
Navigating through a sea of blue-collar presuppositions 04/01/2016
Labor force projections to 2024: the labor force is growing, but slowly 12/08/2015
Occupational employment projections to 2024 12/08/2015
Evaluation of BLS employment, labor force and macroeconomic projections to 2006, 2008, and 2010 11/23/2015
Understanding strikes in CES estimates 11/12/2015
A more highly educated labor force makes everyone better off . . . right? 10/23/2015
Continued improvement in U.S. labor market in 2014 04/23/2015
The increased supply of underutilized labor from 2006 to 2014 11/18/2014
Husbands’ job loss and wives’ labor force participation during economic downturns: are all recessions the same? 09/09/2014
Repeat use in the U.S. unemployment insurance system 09/04/2014
Stay-at-home mothers through the years 09/04/2014
Job openings continue to rise in 2013 05/30/2014
The development of questions on disability for the Current Population Survey 04/28/2014
Unemployment continued its downward trend in 2013 04/01/2014
Are daughters’ labor force decisions influenced by their mothers’ employment history? 01/07/2014
Labor force projections to 2022: the labor force participation rate continues to fall 12/19/2013
Occupational employment projections to 2022 12/19/2013
People with a disability in 2012: a visual essay 04/30/2013
U.S. working womenare they falling behind in the labor force race? 03/01/2013
Recent college graduates in the U.S. labor force: data from the Current Population Survey 02/01/2013
Unemployment Insurance participation by education and by race and ethnicity 10/01/2012
Projections of the labor force to 2050: a visual essay 10/01/2012
Labor force projections to 2020: a more slowly growing workforce 01/01/2012
Employment growth by size class: firm and establishment data 12/01/2011
Asians in the U.S. labor force: profile of a diverse population 11/01/2011
A behavioral model for projecting the labor force participation rate 05/01/2011
Net flows in the U.S. labor market, 1990-2010 02/01/2011
The U.S. housing bubble and bust: impacts on employment 12/01/2010
Reversals in the patterns of women’s labor supply in the United States, 1977-2009 11/01/2010
Labor force projections to 2018: older workers staying more active 11/01/2009
Business employment dynamics: annual tabulations 05/01/2009
Job openings and hires decline in 2008 05/01/2009
Trends in labor force flows during recent recessions 04/01/2009
Business employment dynamics: tabulations by size of employment change 04/01/2009
U.S. labor market in 2008: economy in recession 03/01/2009
The changing impact of marriage and children on women’s labor force participation 02/01/2009
Employment programs for recipients of unemployment insurance 10/01/2008
The timing of mothers’ employment after childbirth 06/01/2008
Job openings, hires, and turnover decrease in 2007 05/01/2008
Household survey indicators weaken in 2007 03/01/2008
Hurricane Katrina evacuees: who they are, where they are, and how they are faring 03/01/2008
Comparative civilian labor force statistics, 10 countries: a visual essay 12/01/2007
A time to work: recent trends in shift work and flexible schedules 12/01/2007
Labor force projections to 2016: more workers in their golden years 11/01/2007
Business Employment Dynamics data: survival and longevity, II 09/01/2007
Labor force status of families: a visual essay. 07/01/2007
Household survey data show labor market improvements in 2006 03/01/2007
A black community with advanced labor force characteristics in 1960 02/01/2007
Trends in labor force participation of married mothers of infants 02/01/2007
A new look at long-term labor force projections to 2050 11/01/2006
Trends in labor force participation in the United States 10/01/2006
Labor force characteristics of second-generation Americans 09/01/2006
The Current Population Survey response to Hurricane Katrina 08/01/2006
Foreign-born workforce, 2004: a visual essay. 07/01/2006
Lower unemployment in 2005 03/01/2006
Labor force projections to 2014: retiring boomers 11/01/2005
Estimating gross flows consistent with stocks in the CPS 09/01/2005
Nonprofit organizations: new insights from QCEW data 09/01/2005
Analyzing CPS data using gross flows 09/01/2005
Evaluating BLS labor force, employment, and occupation projections for 2000 07/01/2005
Reinserting labor into the Iraqi Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs 06/01/2005
Household survey indicators show some improvement in 2004 03/01/2005
Employment and wages for the U.S. ocean and coastal economy 11/01/2004
Annual measures of gross job gains and gross job losses 11/01/2004
The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey: what initial data show 11/01/2004
Declining union density in Mexico, 1984-2000 09/01/2004
Why size class methodology matters in analyses of net and gross job flows 07/01/2004
Educational attainment of the labor force and jobless rates, 2003 07/01/2004
The labor force and unemployment: three generations of change 06/01/2004
Foreign-born workers: trends in fatal occupational injuries, 1996 -2001 06/01/2004
Visual essay: Blacks, Asians, and Hispanics in the civilian labor force. 06/01/2004
Worker displacement in 1999 - 2000 06/01/2004
Measuring labor dynamics: the next generation in labor market information 05/01/2004
Business employment dynamics: new data on gross job gains and losses 04/01/2004
The U.S. labor market in 2003: signs of improvement by year’s end 03/01/2004
Labor force projections to 2012: the graying of the U.S. workforce 02/01/2004
Evaluating the BLS labor force projections to 2000 10/01/2003
Proportions of workers in selected pay ranges, by region and State. 09/01/2003
Characteristics of minimum wage workers in 2002. 09/01/2003
U.S. labor market in 2002: continued weakness 02/01/2003
The labor force participation of older women: retired? working? both? 09/01/2002
Job flows and labor dynamics in the U.S. Rust Belt 09/01/2002
Age-adjusted labor force participation rates, 1960-2045 09/01/2002
The role of foreign-born workers in the U. S. economy 05/01/2002
A century of change: the U.S. labor force, 1950 - 2050 05/01/2002
Synchronicity in the work schedules of working couples 04/01/2002
Utilization of labor resources in Japan and the United States 04/01/2002
The labor force experience of women from Generation X 03/01/2002
U.S. labor market in 2001: economy enters a recession 02/01/2002
Why the average age of retirement is a misleading measure of labor supply 12/01/2001
Labor force projections to 2010: steady growth and changing composition 11/01/2001
Retirement age declines again in 1990s 10/01/2001
Employment impact of electronic business 05/01/2001
Characteristics of and preference for alternative work arrangements, 1999 03/01/2001
Contingent work in the late-1990s 03/01/2001
The job market in 2000: slowing down as the year ended 02/01/2001
Job search methods: Internet versus traditional 10/01/2000
Teenagers: employment and contributions to family spending 09/01/2000
Looking for a ‘better’ job: job-search activity of the employed 09/01/2000
Women paid low wages: who they are and where they work 09/01/2000
New survey measures demand for labor 09/01/2000
Job growth in television: cable versus broadcast, 1958-99 08/01/2000
The impact of strikes on current employment statistics 08/01/2000
Married women, work, and values 08/01/2000
Gauging the labor force effects of retiring baby-boomers 07/01/2000
The job market remains strong in 1999 02/01/2000
The new Federal-State workforce information system 01/01/2000
Labor force participation: 75 years of change, 1950-98 and 1998-2025 12/01/1999
Labor force projections to 2008: steady growth and changing composition 11/01/1999
Persons with disabilities: Demographic, income, and health care characteristics, 1993 09/01/1998
Persons with disabilities: Labor market activity, 1994 09/01/1998
Persons outside the labor force who want a job 07/01/1998
The long-term consequences of nontraditional employment 05/01/1998
Strong job growth continues, unemployment declines in 1997 02/01/1998
Worker displacement in an expanding economy 12/01/1997
Labor force 2006: slowing down and changing composition 11/01/1997
Evaluating the 1995 BLS labor force projections 09/01/1997
Developments in women’s labor force participation 09/01/1997
Evaluating the 1995 BLS projections: Introduction 09/01/1997
Inventing a working class in Saudi Arabia 05/01/1997
Trends in hours of work since the mid-1970s 04/01/1997
New data on multiple jobholding available from CPS 03/01/1997
Characteristics of multiple jobholders 03/01/1997
Employment in 1996: jobs up, unemployment down 02/01/1997
Contingent and alternative work arrangements, defined 10/01/1996
A profile of contingent workers 10/01/1996
Into contingent and alternative employment: by choice? 10/01/1996
Entry into and consequences of nonstandard work arrangements 10/01/1996
Workers in alternative employment arrangements 10/01/1996
Earnings and benefits of contingent and noncontingent workers 10/01/1996
Earnings and benefits of workers in alternative work arrangements 10/01/1996
Slower economic growth affects the 1995 labor market 03/01/1996
The 2005 labor force: growing, but slowly 11/01/1995
Effects of intermittent labor force attachment on women’s earnings 09/01/1995
Using gross flows to explore movement in the labor force 04/01/1995
Work after early retirement: An increasing trend among men 04/01/1995
Women’s part-time employment: A gross flows analysis 04/01/1995
Czech women in transition 11/01/1994
Labor market flexibility: a changing international perspective 11/01/1994
Employment and unemployment in Mexico’s labor force 11/01/1994
Labor force trends of persons with and without disabilities 10/01/1994
Small businesses and their employees 10/01/1994
Young men and the transition to stable employment 08/01/1994
Are women leaving the labor force? 07/01/1994
Women and jobs in recoveries: 1970-93 07/01/1994
Married mothers’ work patterns: the job-family compromise 06/01/1994
Another look at the labor force 11/01/1993
Historical trends, 1950-92, and current uncertainties 11/01/1993
Recent data on job prospects of college-educated youth 08/01/1993
The diversity of Hispanics in the U.S. work force 08/01/1993
Women and jobs in recessions: 1969-92 07/01/1993
Atlantic and Pacific coasts’ labor markets hit hard in early 1990’s 02/01/1993
1992: Job market in the doldrums 02/01/1993
Working and poor in 1990 12/01/1992
How do immigrants fare in the U.S. labor market? 12/01/1992
Job search methods of the unemployed, 1991 12/01/1992
Health services: the real jobs machine 11/01/1992
Evaluation of labor force projections to 1990 08/01/1992
Reconciling conflicting data on jobs for college graduates 07/01/1992
The Vietnam-era cohort: employment and earnings 06/01/1992
Scientific and technical employment, 1990-2005 02/01/1992
Labor force projections: the baby boom moves on 11/01/1991
Child-care problems: an obstacle to work 10/01/1991
Reasons for the continuing growth of part-time employment 03/01/1991
U.S. labor market weakened in 1990 02/01/1991
Black college graduates in the labor market, 1979 and 1989 11/01/1990
Population changes, the baby boom, and the unemployment rate 08/01/1990
Labor force data in the next century 04/01/1990
Family members in the work force 03/01/1990
Children in 2-worker families and real family income 12/01/1989
Hispanic men: divergent paths in the U.S. labor market 11/01/1988
A year’s work: labor force activity from a different perspective 09/01/1988
Productivity, age, and labor composition changes in the U.S. 09/01/1988
Women and the labor market: the link grows stronger 03/01/1988
Job gains strong in 1987; unemployment rate declines 02/01/1988
How the workplace has changed in 75 years 02/01/1988
How do demographic changes affect labor force participation of women? 11/01/1987
Labor force projections: 1986 to 2000 09/01/1987
Overview and implications of the projections to 2000 09/01/1987
Characteristics of workers in nonprofit organizations 07/01/1987
Time spent unemployed:a new look at data from the CPS 07/01/1987
Revisions of State and local area labor force statistics 07/01/1987
Work experience of the labor force during 1985 04/01/1987
Labor force status of Vietnam-era veterans 02/01/1987
The employment situation during 1986:job gains continue, unemployment dips 02/01/1987
Military and civilian wives: update on the labor force gap 12/01/1986
Overtime work: an expanded view 11/01/1986
Moonlighting by women jumped to record highs 11/01/1986
What happened to the high school class of 1985? 10/01/1986
Employment in health services: long-term trends and projections 08/01/1986
Employment up, unemployment stable in the first half of 1986 08/01/1986
An international comparison of labor force participation, 1977-84 05/01/1986
Employment growth in the temporary help industry 04/01/1986
Hourly paid workers: who they are and what they earn 02/01/1986
Employment and unemployment:developments in 1985 02/01/1986
Rise in mothers’ labor force activity includes those with infants 02/01/1986
The 1995 labor force: BLS’ latest projections 11/01/1985
Recent trends in unemployment and the labor force, 10 countries 08/01/1985
Revised worklife tables reflect 1979-80 experience 08/01/1985
Employment rose in the first half of 1985 of as the recovery entered its third year 08/01/1985
Foreign born in the U.S. labor market: the results of a special survey 07/01/1985
Measuring labor force flows: a special conference examines the problems 07/01/1985
Changes in regional unemployment over the last decade 03/01/1985
Revisions in Hispanic population and labor force data 03/01/1985
Employment and unemployment in 1984:a second year of strong growth in jobs 02/01/1985
One-fourth of the adult labor force are college graduates 02/01/1985
Work experience in 1983 reflects the effects of the recovery 12/01/1984
Preferences of temporary workers: time, variety, and flexibility 08/01/1984
An evaluation of BLS projections of 1980 industry employment 08/01/1984
Discouraged workers: how strong are their links to the job market? 08/01/1984
Employment in the first half:robust recovery continues 08/01/1984
Sources of secular increases in the unemployment rate, 1969-82 07/01/1984
Recessionary impacts on the unemployment of men and women 05/01/1984
Occupational reclassification and changes in distribution by gender 03/01/1984
Employment and unemployment improvements widespread in 1983 02/01/1984
Recent recessions swell ranks of the long-term unemployed 02/01/1984
Labor force statistics from a family perspective 12/01/1983
The 1995 labor force:a second look 11/01/1983
Youth labor force marked turning point in 1982 08/01/1983
Employment on the rise in the first half of 1983 08/01/1983
Job commitment in America: is it waxing or waning? 07/01/1983
Short workweeks during economic downturns 06/01/1983
Worklife estimates should be consistent with known labor force participation 06/01/1983
Labor force participation rates are not the relevant factor 06/01/1983
The aging of the U.S. population: human resource implications 05/01/1983
The labor market problems of older workers 05/01/1983
Work experience, earnings, and family income in 1981 04/01/1983
Comparing annual and weekly earnings from the Current Population Survey 04/01/1983
International comparisons of labor force participation, 1960-81 02/01/1983
Unemployment continued to rise in 1982 as recession deepened 02/01/1983
Recent trends in higher education and labor force activity 02/01/1983
Unemployment and labor force trends in 10 industrial nations: an update 11/01/1982
Labor force activity of women receiving child support or alimony 11/01/1982
Did job satisfaction really drop during the 1970’s? 11/01/1982
Does a younger male labor force mean greater earnings inequality? 11/01/1982
Unpaid family workers: long-term decline continues 10/01/1982
Labor force patterns of students, graduates, and dropouts, 1981 09/01/1982
The aging of the older population and the effect on its labor force rates 09/01/1982
The Nation’s employment situation worsens in the first half of 1982 08/01/1982
How accurate were projections of the 1980 labor force? 07/01/1982
Shortages of machinists: an evaluation of the information 07/01/1982
Labor force data: the impact of the 1980 census 07/01/1982
Native Americans in the labor force: hunting for an accurate measure 07/01/1982
White-collar pay levels linked to corporate work force size 05/01/1982
Marital and family patterns of workers: an update 05/01/1982
How women’s health affects labor force attachment 04/01/1982
New worklife estimates reflect changing profile of labor force 03/01/1982
Tracking youth joblessness: persistent or fleeting? 02/01/1982
More than half of all children have working mothers 02/01/1982
Employed but not at work: a review of unpaid absences 11/01/1981
Birth of a federation: Mr. Gompers endeavors ‘not to build a bubble’ 11/01/1981
Marital and family patterns of the labor force 10/01/1981
Working wives and mothers: what happens to family life? 09/01/1981
Labor pool for antibias program varies by occupation and job market 09/01/1981
New economic projections through 1990-an overview 08/01/1981
Labor force activity among students, graduates, and dropouts in 1980 07/01/1981
On-the-job training: differences by race and sex 07/01/1981
Working mothers and their children 05/01/1981
Estimating the demographic mix of the available labor force 04/01/1981
Youth labor force activity: alternative surveys compared 03/01/1981
Absences from work among full-time employees 03/01/1981
Employment situation for military wives 02/01/1981
Employment-population ratio: its value in labor force analysis 02/01/1981
Employment and unemployment: a report on 1980 02/01/1981
The youngest workers: 14- and 15-year-olds 02/01/1981
Husbands and wives as earners: an analysis of family data 02/01/1981

Labor law

Balancing work and family life 03/05/2020
History of child labor in the United States—part 1: little children working 01/12/2017
A new approach to work-hour instability 03/10/2016
Does paid family leave increase leave taking among fathers? 02/23/2016
Working overtime: who really benefits? 10/23/2015
Changes in federal and state unemployment insurance legislation in 2014 08/03/2015
Changes in federal and state unemployment insurance legislation in 2013 07/22/2014
Life, limbs, and licensing: occupational regulation, wages, and workplace safety of electricians, 1992–2007 01/23/2014
Changes in federal and state unemployment insurance legislation in 2012 03/01/2013
State labor legislation enacted in 2012 02/01/2013
State labor legislation enacted in 2011 02/01/2012
Changes in Federal and State unemployment insurance legislation in 2011 02/01/2012
State labor legislation enacted in 2010 01/01/2011
Changes in Federal and State unemployment insurance legislation in 2010 01/01/2011
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Union Representation Elections, 1997-2009 06/30/2010
Profiles of Significant Collective Bargaining Disputes of 2009 03/31/2010
Profiles of Significant Collective Bargaining Disputes of 2010 02/23/2010
State labor legislation enacted in 2009 01/01/2010
Changes in Federal and State unemployment insurance legislation in 2009 01/01/2010
Profiles of Significant Collective Bargaining Disputes of 2008 06/24/2009
State labor legislation enacted in 2008 01/01/2009
Changes in State unemployment insurance legislation in 2008 01/01/2009
Major Union Mergers, Alliances, and Disaffiliations, 1995-2007 09/24/2008
Profiles of Significant Collective Bargaining Disputes in 2007 05/22/2008
State labor legislation enacted in 2007 01/01/2008
Changes in State unemployment insurance legislation in 2007 01/01/2008
Collective Bargaining Agreements File Moves to New Home 11/30/2007
State labor legislation enacted in 2006 01/01/2007
Changes in Federal and State unemployment insurance legislation, 2006 01/01/2007
Major Work Stoppages in 2004 and 2005 10/25/2006
State labor legislation enacted in 2005 01/01/2006
Changes in State unemployment insurance legislation in 2005 01/01/2006
IRRA Changes Its Name 11/30/2005
New Area Sample Selected for the National Compensation Survey 03/30/2005
Changes in workers’ compensation laws in 2004 01/01/2005
State labor legislation enacted in 2004 01/01/2005
Changes in Federal and State unemployment insurance legislation in 2004 01/01/2005
Major Work Stoppages in 2003 11/23/2004
Industries with 10 or More Major Work Stoppages for the Period 1993-2003 10/27/2004
Converting from Nine Factors to Four in the Occupational Work Leveling System of the National Compensation Survey 09/29/2004
Changes in workers’ compensation laws in 2003 01/01/2004
Changes in State unemployment insurance legislation in 2003 01/01/2004
State labor legislation enacted in 2003 01/01/2004
IRRA Considers Name Change 11/24/2003
Health Insurance Series Now Available from the Employment Cost Index 08/27/2003
Looking Back at the Early Settlement between the Teamsters and UPS 06/25/2003
Proposal to Strengthen Overtime Protection 05/28/2003
What Can You Tell Me About Collective Bargaining Expirations and Work Stoppages? 05/28/2003
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Union Representation Elections, 1998-2002 04/28/2003
Major Work Stoppages in 2002 04/28/2003
Pay Relatives for Major Metropolitan Areas 04/28/2003
Unique Provision in ISG-United Steelworkers Recent Agreement 03/26/2003
Workplace e-mail and Internet use: employees and employers beware 02/01/2003
Variable Pay in the BLS National Compensation Survey 01/30/2003
IRRA Holds Its 2002 National Forum in Washington, DC 01/30/2003
A Look Back at the Kaiser Aluminum and United Steelworkers Dispute 01/30/2003
New Tax Law Includes Provisions Affecting Employee Benefits 01/30/2003
Changes in workers’ compensation laws, 2002 01/01/2003
Changes in unemployment insurance legislation in 2002 01/01/2003
State labor legislation enacted in 2002 01/01/2003
Changes in workers’ compensation laws during 2001 01/01/2002
Changes in unemployment insurance legislation in 2001 01/01/2002
State labor legislation enacted in 2001 01/01/2002
Compensation in the 1970s 09/01/2001
Compensation from World War II through the Great Society 09/01/2001
Changes in workers’ compensation laws during 2000 01/01/2001
State labor legislation enacted in 2000 01/01/2001
Changes in unemployment insurance legislation in 2000 01/01/2001
Joint Local Labor-management Safety and Health Committee Provisions in Private Sector Collective Bargaining Agreements 12/01/2000
Work Stoppages in 1999 09/01/2000
Changes in workers’ compensation during 1999 01/01/2000
State labor legislation enacted in 1999 01/01/2000
Changes in unemployment insurance legislation in 1999 01/01/2000
Longshore Settlement May Bring 3 Years of Labor Peace 12/01/1999
Profile of the American Airlines Pilot Sickout 12/01/1999
1998 Work Stoppages 06/01/1999
Changes in unemployment insurance legislation in 1998. 01/01/1999
Workers’ compensation legislation enacted in 1998 01/01/1999
State labor legislation enacted in 1998 01/01/1999
Looking Back at the SEPTA Transit Strike 12/01/1998
1982-97 State and Local Government Work Stoppages and Their Legal Background 09/01/1998
Changes in unemployment insurance legislation in 1997 01/01/1998
Workers’ compensation legislation enacted in 1997 01/01/1998
State labor legislation enacted in 1997 01/01/1998
105th Congress Addresses Working Conditions 12/01/1997
Profile of an Airline Emergency Dispute 09/01/1997
Compensation Legislation in the 105th Congress 09/01/1997
Major Work Stoppage Activity Moves Up in 1996 03/01/1997
Stretching Out a Victory in Long Rubber Dispute 03/01/1997
State workers’ compensation legislation enacted in 1996 01/01/1997
Labor and the Supreme Court: significant issues of 1992-96 01/01/1997
Changes in State unemployment insurance legislation in 1996 01/01/1997
State labor legislation enacted in 1996 01/01/1997
Workers’ compensation laws enacted in 1995 01/01/1996
Change in State unemployment insurance legislation in 1995 01/01/1996
State labor legislation enacted in 1995 01/01/1996
Changes in unemployment insurance legislation in 1994 01/01/1995
State labor legislation enacted in 1994 01/01/1995
Workers’ compensation laws: Enactments in 1994 01/01/1995
Labor standards in the context of a global economy 09/01/1994
Workers’ compensation laws: significant changes in 1993 01/01/1994
State labor legislation enacted in 1993 01/01/1994
State labor legislation enacted in 1992 01/01/1993
Workers’ compensation: State enactments in 1992 01/01/1993
Workers’ compensation: State enactments in 1991 01/01/1992
Labor and the Supreme Court: significant issues of 1991-92 01/01/1992
Changes in unemployment insurance legislation in 1991 01/01/1992
State labor legislation enacted in 1991 01/01/1992
Labor and the Supreme Court: significant issues of 1990-91 01/01/1991
Changes in unemployment insurance legislation during 1990 01/01/1991
State workers’ compensation: legislation enacted in 1990 01/01/1991
State labor legislation enacted in 1990 01/01/1991
Work and family: the impact of legislation 03/01/1990
Changes in unemployment insurance legislation during 1989 01/01/1990
State workers’ compensation: significant legislation in 1989 01/01/1990
State labor legislation enacted in 1989 01/01/1990
Changes in unemployment insurance legislation during 1988 01/01/1989
State workers’ compensation: enactments in 1988 01/01/1989
State labor legislation enacted in 1988 01/01/1989
State labor laws: changes during 1987 01/01/1988
State labor legislation enacted in 1985 01/01/1986
State labor legislation enacted in 1984 01/01/1985
Caribbean Basin Initiative: setting labor standards 11/01/1984
Changes in unemployment insurance legislation during 1983 02/01/1984
Workers’ compensation: significant enactments in 1983 02/01/1984
State labor legislation enacted in 1983 01/01/1984
Unemployment insurance laws: legislative revisions in 1982 01/01/1983
Workers’ compensation in 1982: significant legislation enacted 01/01/1983
State labor legislation enacted in 1982 01/01/1983
Canadian legal approaches to sex equality in the workplace 10/01/1982
Unemployment insurance laws: changes enacted during 1981 02/01/1982
Workers’ compensation: key legislation in 1981 02/01/1982
State labor legislation enacted in 1981 01/01/1982
Labor and the Supreme Court: significant decisions of 1979-80 04/01/1981
The job safety law of 1970: its passage was perilous 03/01/1981
Workers’ compensation in 1980: summary of major enactments 03/01/1981
Legislative revisions of unemployment insurance in 1980 01/01/1981
State labor legislation enacted in 1980 01/01/1981

Labor laws

Compromise at work: processes, policies, and outcomes that shape U.S. labor relations 08/06/2018
Labor’s new challenge—securing the rights of informal workers 05/11/2018
Changes in federal and state unemployment insurance legislation in 2016 08/04/2017
Navigating national regulations and global changes: international and comparative employment 06/06/2017
History of child labor in the United States—part 2: the reform movement 01/18/2017
Labor law highlights, 1915–2015 10/07/2015
Shining a light on the shadow 09/01/2015

Labor law state government

Labor-management relations

Manufacturing violence at the border 05/14/2020
Balancing work and family life 03/05/2020
Compromise at work: processes, policies, and outcomes that shape U.S. labor relations 08/06/2018
Why women work: a historical analysis of women in the labor force 04/10/2018
Can competitive product markets reduce workplace discrimination? 08/02/2017
Navigating national regulations and global changes: international and comparative employment 06/06/2017
Music for the people: the role of music in the southern textile strikes of 1929–34 05/26/2017
Profiles of significant collective bargaining disputes of 2012 05/19/2013
The basketball lockout of 2011 12/01/2012
The football lockout of 2011 08/01/2012
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Union Representation Elections, 1997-2009 06/30/2010
Profiles of Significant Collective Bargaining Disputes of 2009 03/31/2010
Profiles of Significant Collective Bargaining Disputes of 2010 02/23/2010
Union membership attrition 01/01/2010
Profiles of Significant Collective Bargaining Disputes of 2008 06/24/2009
Major Union Mergers, Alliances, and Disaffiliations, 1995-2007 09/24/2008
Profiles of Significant Collective Bargaining Disputes in 2007 05/22/2008
Collective Bargaining Agreements File Moves to New Home 11/30/2007
Profiles of Significant Collective Bargaining Disputes in 2006 04/18/2007
Major Work Stoppages in 2004 and 2005 10/25/2006
The hockey lockout of 2004-05 12/01/2005
IRRA Changes Its Name 11/30/2005
Major Work Stoppages in 2003 11/23/2004
Industries with 10 or More Major Work Stoppages for the Period 1993-2003 10/27/2004
Declining union density in Mexico, 1984-2000 09/01/2004
IRRA Considers Name Change 11/24/2003
Looking Back at the Early Settlement between the Teamsters and UPS 06/25/2003
What Can You Tell Me About Collective Bargaining Expirations and Work Stoppages? 05/28/2003
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Union Representation Elections, 1998-2002 04/28/2003
Major Work Stoppages in 2002 04/28/2003
Unique Provision in ISG-United Steelworkers Recent Agreement 03/26/2003
2001 Major Work Stoppages 01/30/2003
IRRA Holds Its 2002 National Forum in Washington, DC 01/30/2003
A Look Back at the Kaiser Aluminum and United Steelworkers Dispute 01/30/2003
Baseball negotiations: a new agreement 12/01/2002
The Evolution of Compensation in a Changing Economy 09/01/2001
Joint Local Labor-management Safety and Health Committee Provisions in Private Sector Collective Bargaining Agreements 12/01/2000
Work Stoppages in 1999 09/01/2000
Longshore Settlement May Bring 3 Years of Labor Peace 12/01/1999
Profile of the American Airlines Pilot Sickout 12/01/1999
1998 Work Stoppages 06/01/1999
Cooperative provisions in collective bargaining agreements: a new paradigm? 01/01/1999
Looking Back at the SEPTA Transit Strike 12/01/1998
How do labor and management view collective bargaining? 10/01/1998
1982-97 State and Local Government Work Stoppages and Their Legal Background 09/01/1998
Caterpillar’s Prolonged Dispute Ends 09/01/1998
Collective bargaining agreements: safety and health provisions 05/01/1998
105th Congress Addresses Working Conditions 12/01/1997
Profile of an Airline Emergency Dispute 09/01/1997
Major Work Stoppage Activity Moves Up in 1996 03/01/1997
Stretching Out a Victory in Long Rubber Dispute 03/01/1997
Labor and the Supreme Court: significant issues of 1992-96 01/01/1997
Bargaining outlook for 1996 01/01/1996
Labor-management bargaining in 1995 01/01/1996
George W. Taylor: industrial peacemaker 12/01/1995
Collective bargaining in State and local government, 1994 06/01/1995
Collective bargaining in private industry, 1994 06/01/1995
Collective bargaining outlook for 1995 01/01/1995
Labor-management bargaining in 1994 01/01/1995
Negotiated changes in State and local government contracts, 1993 08/01/1994
Labor-management bargaining in 1993 01/01/1994
Collective Bargaining in 1994 01/01/1994
Collective bargaining in 1993: jobs are the issue 01/01/1993
Labor-management bargaining in 1992 01/01/1993
Collective bargaining in 1992: contract talks and other activity 01/01/1992
Collective bargaining, 1991: recession colors talks 01/01/1992
James P. Mitchell: social conscience of the Cabinet 08/01/1991
Collective bargaining in 1990: search for solutions continues 01/01/1991
Baseball labor relations: the lockout of 1990 10/01/1990
A new measure of compensation cost adjustments 08/01/1990
Higher settlements in 1989 end innovation decade 05/01/1990
Collective bargaining in 1989: old problems, new issues 01/01/1990
Collective bargaining in 1990 01/01/1990
United Auto Workers 29th constitutional convention 10/01/1989
Employee representation on U.S., German boards 09/01/1989
Can employee associations negotiate new growth? 07/01/1989
Collective bargaining and labor-management relations in 1988 01/01/1989
Collective bargaining in 1989: talks set in diverse industries 01/01/1989
The football strike of 1987: the question of free agency 08/01/1988
How the 1980’s have changed industrial relations 05/01/1988
Wage adjustments in contracts negotiated in private industry in 1987 05/01/1988
Have the 1980’s changed U.S. industrial relations? 05/01/1988
Reflections of eight former Secretaries 02/01/1988
Major labor contracts in 1986 provided record low wage adjustments 05/01/1987
Italian labor relations: a system in transition 03/01/1987
How are Japanese unions responding to microelectronics-based automation? 03/01/1987
Steelworkers press organizing and coordinated bargaining 11/01/1986
Constitutional convention marks golden anniversary of the UAW 10/01/1986
Communications Workers focus on bargaining with AT&T 07/01/1986
Union response to changes in printing technology: another view 05/01/1986
West German labor unrest: are unions losing ground to worker councils? 02/01/1986
Collective bargaining during 1986: pressures to curb costs remain 01/01/1986
Labor and management continue to combat mutual problems in 1985 01/01/1986
Area wage surveys shed light on declines in unionization 09/01/1985
The FMCS contribution to nonlabor dispute resolution 08/01/1985
Should works councils be used as industrial relations policy? 07/01/1985
Major agreements in 1984 provide record low wage increases 04/01/1985
Changing employment patterns of organized workers 02/01/1985
Modest labor-management bargains continue in 1984 despite the recovery 01/01/1985
Bargaining activity light in private industry in 1985 01/01/1985
Worker participation and productivity change 09/01/1984
Are unions facing a crisis? labor officials are divided 08/01/1984
Auto industry experiments with the Guaranteed Income Stream 07/01/1984
Industrial democracy: made in the U.S.A. 05/01/1984
Helping labor and management set up a quality-of-worklife program 03/01/1984
Economy improves; bargaining problems persist in 1983 01/01/1984
Collective bargaining calendar crowded again in 1984 01/01/1984
The evolution of fair labor standards: a study in class conflict 08/01/1983
NLRB v . Yeshiva University: a positive perspective 07/01/1983
The origins and operations of area labor-management committees 05/01/1983
Reforming the U.S. system of collective bargaining 03/01/1983
An experiment in the mediation of grievances 03/01/1983
Helping labor and management see and solve problems 09/01/1982
Becoming a union leader: the path to local office 02/01/1982
Organized labor in 1981: a shifting of priorities 01/01/1982
Bargaining calendar will be heavy in 1982 12/01/1981
Key officer of new police union loses to coalition in close vote 10/01/1981
Do foreign-owned U.S. firms practice unconventional labor relations? 01/01/1981

Labor market

Baking a bigger pie and eating it, too: the false tradeoff between innovation and equality 08/21/2020
Geographic impact of COVID-19 in BLS surveys by industry 08/07/2020
Demographics, earnings, and family characteristics of workers in sectors initially affected by COVID-19 shutdowns 06/05/2020
Employment expansion continued in 2019, but growth slowed in several industries 04/22/2020
How many workers are employed in sectors directly affected by COVID-19 shutdowns, where do they work, and how much do they earn? 04/16/2020
Are U.S. scientists and engineers in short supply? Telling myth from reality 07/11/2019
What’s behind occupational separations? 06/12/2019
BLS publishes experimental state-level labor productivity measures 06/04/2019
Recent trends in employment and wages in New York City’s finance and insurance sector 04/10/2019
Why women work: a historical analysis of women in the labor force 04/10/2018
The Current Population Survey—tracking unemployment in the United States for over 75 years 01/23/2018
Can competitive product markets reduce workplace discrimination? 08/02/2017
Navigating national regulations and global changes: international and comparative employment 06/06/2017
Underemployment among Hispanics: the case of involuntary part-time work 12/29/2016
Labor force participation: what has happened since the peak? 09/27/2016
Current Employment Statistics survey: 100 years of employment, hours, and earnings 08/29/2016
Employment continued to expand in 2015 04/27/2016
Comparison of U.S. and international labor turnover statistics 07/29/2015
Continued improvement in U.S. labor market in 2014 04/23/2015
Labor market lessons from occupational colleges 10/01/2013
The relationship between the housing and labor market crises and doubling up: an MSA-level analysis, 2005–2011 08/16/2013
U.S. labor market continued to improve in 2012 03/01/2013
Slow and steady: payroll employment grew moderately in 2012 03/01/2013
Thirty years of international labor research: a research summary 12/01/2012
Job openings and hires continue to show modest changes in 2011 09/01/2012
Which industries are shifting the Beveridge curve? 06/01/2012
U.S. labor market shows gradual improvement in 2011 03/01/2012
Payroll employment growth accelerates in 2011 03/01/2012
Job search of the unemployed by duration of unemployment 03/01/2012
Employment growth by size class: firm and establishment data 12/01/2011
Employment dynamics over the last decade 08/01/2011
Job openings and hires show little postrecession improvement 08/01/2011
Jobless rates in different types of labor market areas, 2000-2010 08/01/2011
Unemployment remains high in 2010 03/01/2011
The 2010 Census: the employment impact of counting the Nation 03/01/2011
Payroll employment turns the corner in 2010 03/01/2011
Net flows in the U.S. labor market, 1990-2010 02/01/2011
Job openings, hires, and separations fall during the recession 05/01/2010
Payroll employment in 2009: job losses continue 03/01/2010
The labor market in 2009: recession drags on 03/01/2010
Business employment dynamics: annual tabulations 05/01/2009
Job openings and hires decline in 2008 05/01/2009
Trends in labor force flows during recent recessions 04/01/2009
Business employment dynamics: tabulations by size of employment change 04/01/2009
U.S. labor market in 2008: economy in recession 03/01/2009
Substantial job losses in 2008: weakness broadens and deepens across industries 03/01/2009
Service-providing occupations, offshoring, and the labor market 12/01/2008
The timing of mothers’ employment after childbirth 06/01/2008
Job openings, hires, and turnover decrease in 2007 05/01/2008
Household survey indicators weaken in 2007 03/01/2008
Hurricane Katrina evacuees: who they are, where they are, and how they are faring 03/01/2008
Payroll employment in 2007: job growth slows 03/01/2008
Overemployment mismatches: the preference for fewer hours 04/01/2007
Payroll employment and job openings rate continued to grow in 2006 03/01/2007
Household survey data show labor market improvements in 2006 03/01/2007
Structural changes in Manhattan’s post-9/11 economy 10/01/2006
The ‘sandwich generation’: women caring for parents and children 09/01/2006
The labor market impact of Hurricane Katrina: an overview 08/01/2006
Worker mobility before and after Hurricane Katrina 08/01/2006
The effect of Hurricane Katrina on employment and unemployment 08/01/2006
International labor market comparisons. 04/01/2006
Lower unemployment in 2005 03/01/2006
Payroll employment in 2005: recovery and expansion 03/01/2006
Occupational mobility, January 2004. 12/01/2005
Payroll employment grows in 2004 03/01/2005
Household survey indicators show some improvement in 2004 03/01/2005
Annual measures of gross job gains and gross job losses 11/01/2004
Why size class methodology matters in analyses of net and gross job flows 07/01/2004
9/11 and the New York City economy: A borough-by-borough analysis 06/01/2004
Measuring labor dynamics: the next generation in labor market information 05/01/2004
The U.S. labor market in 2003: signs of improvement by year’s end 03/01/2004
U.S. labor market in 2002: continued weakness 02/01/2003
U.S. labor market performance in international perspective 06/01/2002
Can occupational labor shortages be identified using available data? 03/01/1999
Persons with disabilities: Labor market activity, 1994 09/01/1998
The long-term consequences of nontraditional employment 05/01/1998
Labor market success of young adults from two generations 02/01/1998
Wages and the university educated: a paradox resolved 07/01/1997
The role of computing in reshaping the work force 08/01/1996
Strong employment gains continue in 1994 02/01/1995
The 1990-91 recession: how bad was the labor market? 06/01/1994
Long-term unemployment in recent recessions 06/01/1994
The labor market improves in 1993 02/01/1994
Employment change and sectoral distribution in 10 countries, 1970-90 10/01/1993
Industry employment and the 1990-91 recession 07/01/1993
Geographic concentration of trade-sensitive employment 06/01/1993
Atlantic and Pacific coasts’ labor markets hit hard in early 1990’s 02/01/1993
Economic and demographic change: the case of New York City 02/01/1993
1992: Job market in the doldrums 02/01/1993
The future of jobs for college graduates 07/01/1992
Job market slid in early 1991, then struggled to find footing 02/01/1992
Perestroika and its impact on the Soviet labor market 12/01/1991
Another look at high tech employment 07/01/1991
Labor market dynamics and trends in male and female unemployment 11/01/1990
Changes in regional unemployment over the last decade 03/01/1985
Employment on the rise in the first half of 1983 08/01/1983
Labor turnover in manufacturing: the survey in retrospect 06/01/1982
Wage increases moderate in 1981 05/01/1982
New worklife estimates reflect changing profile of labor force 03/01/1982
Area labor market response to national unemployment patterns 01/01/1982
Veterans return to the nations factories 12/29/1946

Labor organizations

Navigating national regulations and global changes: international and comparative employment 06/06/2017
Evolution of administrative practices in American unions: results from a 20-year study 04/20/2016
Opinions about union membership 09/11/2015
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Union Representation Elections, 1997-2009 06/30/2010
Profiles of Significant Collective Bargaining Disputes of 2009 03/31/2010
Profiles of Significant Collective Bargaining Disputes of 2010 02/23/2010
Profiles of Significant Collective Bargaining Disputes of 2008 06/24/2009
Union members in 2007: a visual essay 10/01/2008
Major Union Mergers, Alliances, and Disaffiliations, 1995-2007 09/24/2008
Profiles of Significant Collective Bargaining Disputes in 2007 05/22/2008
Collective Bargaining Agreements File Moves to New Home 11/30/2007
Profiles of Significant Collective Bargaining Disputes in 2006 04/18/2007
Major Work Stoppages in 2004 and 2005 10/25/2006
IRRA Changes Its Name 11/30/2005
Medical Insurance Premiums and Establishment Size, 2005 08/31/2005
The Relationship Between Labor Costs and Inflation: A Cyclical Viewpoint 05/24/2005
Major Work Stoppages in 2003 11/23/2004
Industries with 10 or More Major Work Stoppages for the Period 1993-2003 10/27/2004
Declining union density in Mexico, 1984-2000 09/01/2004
IRRA Considers Name Change 11/24/2003
Looking Back at the Early Settlement between the Teamsters and UPS 06/25/2003
National Center for Employee Ownership (NCEO) 2003 Conference 06/25/2003
What Can You Tell Me About Collective Bargaining Expirations and Work Stoppages? 05/28/2003
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Union Representation Elections, 1998-2002 04/28/2003
Major Work Stoppages in 2002 04/28/2003
Unique Provision in ISG-United Steelworkers Recent Agreement 03/26/2003
2001 Major Work Stoppages 01/30/2003
IRRA Holds Its 2002 National Forum in Washington, DC 01/30/2003
A Look Back at the Kaiser Aluminum and United Steelworkers Dispute 01/30/2003
The Evolution of Compensation in a Changing Economy 09/01/2001
Joint Local Labor-management Safety and Health Committee Provisions in Private Sector Collective Bargaining Agreements 12/01/2000
Work Stoppages in 1999 09/01/2000
Union-nonunion Wage Differences, 1997 03/01/2000
Longshore Settlement May Bring 3 Years of Labor Peace 12/01/1999
Profile of the American Airlines Pilot Sickout 12/01/1999
1998 Work Stoppages 06/01/1999
Looking Back at the SEPTA Transit Strike 12/01/1998
1982-97 State and Local Government Work Stoppages and Their Legal Background 09/01/1998
Caterpillar’s Prolonged Dispute Ends 09/01/1998
105th Congress Addresses Working Conditions 12/01/1997
Profile of an Airline Emergency Dispute 09/01/1997
Major Work Stoppage Activity Moves Up in 1996 03/01/1997
Stretching Out a Victory in Long Rubber Dispute 03/01/1997
Arthur Goldberg: proof of the American Dream 01/01/1997
Trends in the Differences Between Union and Nonunion Workers in Pay Using the Employment Cost Index 09/01/1996
Union mergers: 1985-94 update 02/01/1995
Training programs: the key to achieving ILO goals 09/01/1994
Social security and protection in the developing world 09/01/1994
Achievements, new directions from 1994 ILO conference 09/01/1994
Global employment issues in the year 2000 09/01/1994
Labor standards in the context of a global economy 09/01/1994
The future of ILO standards 09/01/1994
Promoting social justice in the new global economy 09/01/1994
The ILO and tripartism: some reflections 09/01/1994
A department to protect workers’ equity 02/01/1988
A Century of Struggle 08/01/1987
Area wage surveys shed light on declines in unionization 09/01/1985
Labor organization mergers 1979-84: adapting to change 09/01/1984
Are unions facing a crisis? labor officials are divided 08/01/1984
The AFL and a national BLS: labor’s role is crystallized 03/01/1982
Becoming a union leader: the path to local office 02/01/1982
Birth of a federation: Mr. Gompers endeavors ‘not to build a bubble’ 11/01/1981
Unions implementing managerial techniques 06/01/1981

Labor relations

Direct job creation in the United States: learning from the past 05/09/2019
Navigating national regulations and global changes: international and comparative employment 06/06/2017
The hockey lockout of 2012–2013 07/19/2013
South African trade unions: a historical account, 1970-90 10/01/1990

Layoffs

COVID-19 recession is tougher on women 09/04/2020
Geographic impact of COVID-19 in BLS surveys by industry 08/07/2020
The cost of layoffs in Unemployment Insurance taxes 04/10/2020
An analysis of the new job openings and labor turnover data by size of firm 05/09/2019
Declining labor turnover in the United States: evidence and implications from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics 01/10/2019
Job openings reach a new high in 2017, hires and quits also increase 10/03/2018
Job openings, hires, and separations rise, but at a slower pace, in 2016 08/02/2017
Job openings reach a new high, hires and quits also increase 06/05/2015
Repeat use in the U.S. unemployment insurance system 09/04/2014
Job openings continue to rise in 2013 05/30/2014
Examination of state-level labor turnover survey data 01/30/2014
Job openings continue to grow in 2012, hires and separations less so 05/06/2013
Changing Landscape of Employment-based Retirement Benefits 09/29/2011
The industrial structure of job displacement, 1979-89 09/01/1992
Workers expectations about losing and replacing their jobs 04/01/1980

Leave benefits

Life insurance

Local government

Locality of origin

Labor market effects of offshoring 02/16/2018

Longitudinal

A feminist choice: longitudinal work–family decisions into the new millennium 11/08/2018
Longitudinal data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey 10/26/2016
Is overeducation with underpayment a lifelong problem? 08/27/2014
How do families fare when the breadwinner retires? 12/01/1983

Long-term unemployed

Job market continued to improve in 2017 as the unemployment rate declined to a 17-year low 04/25/2018
Great Recession, great recovery? Trends from the Current Population Survey 04/06/2018
An analysis of long-term unemployment 07/29/2016
The increased supply of underutilized labor from 2006 to 2014 11/18/2014
Unemployment continued its downward trend in 2013 04/01/2014
Recent recessions swell ranks of the long-term unemployed 02/01/1984

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