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March 1999
a New Zealand - based internet resource
for employment action ...
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/
Hi
We've updated our website, and you might like to check out
our latest work!
Our site is now getting hundreds of visits each week -- not
just from NZ, but from many other countries in the world.
We love hearing from you!
And we hope that our free website resources
continue to prove useful in your work.
Shirley Vickery
for The Jobs Research Website
N E W N E W N E W N E W N E W N E W
ON THE JOBS RESEARCH WEBSITE
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Take a look at these recent Jobs Letter features now freely
available on the Jobs Research Website.
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* A Rifkin Reader. Special Workshop Edition by the editors of The
Jobs Letter. In his compelling, disturbing, and ultimately hopeful
book, The End of Work, author Jeremy Rifkin argues that we are
entering a new phase in history - one characterised by the steady and
inevitable decline of jobs.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/art/rifkin01.htm
* Who is training the young? John Fraser, chairman of Youthskills NZ
looks at how young people are able to get a leg up on the skills
ladder in todays economy - and what is happening to industry based
training for young people.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl07810.htm
* The Unfolding Economic Crisis. The Jobsletter presents a special
summary of recent commentaries by Peter Harris, economist to the
Council of Trade Unions, on the effects of the crisis on workers and
employment
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl08010.htm
* Debating the Community Wage. Peter McCardle and the Auckland
Unemployed Workers Rights Centre present their differing views on the
community wage scheme.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl08110.htm
* Keith Rankin on the Community Wage. Keith Rankin urges "subversive
compliance" and suggest that the Community Wage can be a form of
Universal Basic Income
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl08200.htm
* Rich & Poor in NZ. edited highlights from the research of Professor
Srikanta Chatterjee and Nripesh Podder in which they look at
alterations in household income distribution from 1983 -- 1996. How
are we sharing the national cake in post reform NZ?
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl08310.htm
* Alliance discussion paper on full employment. Alliance leader Jim
Anderton calls for monetary policy to be coordinated with social,
environmental and fiscal policies and looks at why unemployment is not
inevitable.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl08410.htm
* The Hikoi of Hope - by the Jobsletter editors. The Anglican Bishops
call for a walk to Wellington from all corners of NZ to focus
attention on growing levels of unemployment and poverty in NZ.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl08510.htm
* Jobs from the Land - by the Jobsletter editors. Topoclimate South
Trust undertakes a major infrastructure project which will provide
essential information on Southland and South Otago soils and climate
and will open up new land use opportunities.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl08610.htm
* Biographies of Department of Work and Income new Regional
Commissioners.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl08700.htm
* One Billion Jobless - the International Labour Office reports on a
grim world employment situation and looks at training trends.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl08810.htm
STATISTICS FOR THE JOBS RESEARCH WEBSITE
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February 1999
Unique Visitors during the month 4,057
Homepage Hits during the month 1,528
Total Webpage Hits overall 50,119
[Source -- OpenWebScope Website Statistics]
OUR TOP TEN WEBPAGE HITS
1. Internet Hot-Links recommended by our Editors
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/hot/hotlinks.htm
2. Statistics That Matter homepage
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz /stt/stathome.htm
3. Index to our Articles and Key Papers
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/art/arthome.htm
4. James K. Galbraith and Global Keynesianism
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/art/artg0002.htm
5. About the Jobs Research Trust
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jrthome.htm
6. Strategic Questioning by Fran Peavey and Vivian Hutchinson
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/vivian/stratq97.htm
7. Sixty Years of John Maynard Keynes
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl04610.htm
8. Vivian Hutchinson on the 1998 Anglican Hikoi for Hope
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/vivian/hikoi98.htm
9. Ian Ritchie on Universal Basic Income
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/art/ian002.htm
10. Natural Capitalism by Paul Hawken
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl06110.htm
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the Jobs Letter -- subscriptions pay our bills.
SUBSCRIPTIONS
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Kia taea ai te tangata te whiwhi mahi
ahakoa ki whea, ahakoa ko wai.
Our objective is that every New Zealander will have the
opportunity to be in paid work.
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