HOME» Commentary» News » United States International Resources » United States International Events » United States International U.S. Resources Resources   Tuesday, February 24, 2004 Study: Women make few gains in appointed government jobs.  In 1999 women held 29.8 percent of leadership posts appointed by governors. That number rose to 35 percent in 2001, but then dropped to 32 percent two years later, according to a report released Thursday by the Center for Women in Government & Civil Society at the University at Albany. "The glacial rate of change is discouraging," said Judith Saidel, the study's project director. "Gubernatorial appointees across the country do not look like the people they are serving." Boston Globe Feb 19 2004 2:16PM GMT [Janice Kimball's Radio Weblog] 8:26:35 AM    comment [] POLICYMAKER'S RESEARCH GUIDE Free reports available online through UC's Institute for Labor and Employment January 2004 http://www.ucop.edu/ile/guide/index.html Union Density Rises in California Ruth Milkman and Daisy Rooks use data from the ILE’s 2001–02 California Union Census and selected Current Population Survey data to analyze recent trends in union membership in California. The focus is the recent divergence of California from the United States as a whole: while union density has continued its long decline nationwide, in California density has increased over the past few years. Employer Attitudes Towards Healthcare Reform With the enactment of SB2, the Health Insurance Act, which was signed into law in October 2003, medium and large businesses in California will be required by 2006 either to provide health insurance for their workers or to pay into a state fund to cover the uninsured. State and Local Labor Legislation The effective stalemate over national labor law reform that began in the 1970s has prompted both employer groups and organized labor to increasingly shift their attentions to legislation at the state and local levels, especially in California. Employment Policy How are workers finding jobs in an economy in which employment insecurity and growing inequality are the norm? Manuel Pastor and his co-authors take up this question by examining the role of labor market intermediaries (LMIs), institutions or organizations that pair workers with employers, which have become increasingly important in the past three decades. UC Admissions Policy The University of California (UC) is a pathway into many of the most coveted jobs in the California economy, and the promise that all Californians will have the equal opportunity to acquire a UC education is a core part of California’s social contract. ILE Postdoctoral Fellow Isaac Martin, Jerome Karabel, and Sean W. Jaquez describe UC’s admissions policy and explore inequalities in the access that California secondary schools provide to UC— inequalities associated with the race and socioeconomic status of the student bodies of these schools.   [IIR Library Weblog] 8:24:10 AM    comment []   Disclaimer Links on these pages to commercial sites do not represent endorsement by the University of California or its affiliates. The opinions expressed on this Weblog are the responsibility of the contributing authors and do not reflect the opinion of the Institute of Industrial Relations, The University of California, or the Regents of the University of California