[PEN-L:9367] FW: BLS Daily Report

[Richardson_D <Richardson_D@xxxxxxx>]

> BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1997
>
> RELEASED TODAY:  Employment rose, and the unemployment rate was about
> unchanged at 5.2 percent in March.  Nonfarm payroll employment
> increased by 175,000, and average hourly earnings rose by 5 cents in
> March ....
>
> New claims filed with state agencies for unemployment insurance
> benefits increased by 1,000 to a seasonally adjusted total of 314,000
> during the week ended March 29, the Employment and Training
> Administration of the Department of Labor reports ....(Daily Labor
> Report, page D-1)_____Initial jobless claims inch higher but stay near
> lows of late 1980s ....(Wall Street Journal, page A2).
>
> __As a group, children in day care learn to think and talk just as
> well as those cared for by their mothers, a long-term national study
> has found.  The study, being released by the National Institute of
> Child Health and Human Development, did find, however, that the
> qualify of care matters ....It also confirmed an earlier finding by
> the same group of researchers that day care has far less of an impact
> on children than the circumstances at home, including economic
> resources, their mother's psychological health, and their own
> temperaments.  While many of the findings should be reassuring to
> working parents, the study did indicate that placing a very young
> child in day care for many hours each week has a small negative impact
> on the mother-child relationship ....(Washington Post, page A1).
> __Day care appears to affect mother-child ties, a comprehensive study
> says.  Federally sponsored researchers are tracking 1,364 children
> through first grade, and their first report, to age 4, is due today.
> Half the children are in the care of someone other than their mother
> for at least 30 hours a week.  Researchers found such care doesn't
> impair cognitive development, but it can make mothers less sensitive
> to children and children less affectionate toward their mothers.
> These effects, however, are small ....(Wall Street Journal, page A5).
>
> __Day care before age 3 doesn't hinder children's mental development
> or weaken their emotional bond with mothers, suggests a landmark
> federal study.  Family and temperament developmental keys ....(USA
> Today, page 1A).
>
> A front-page Wall Street Journal article says that many say "no" to
> managerial jobs, citing the stress of handling bosses and subordinates
> and ending up in the middle ....
>
> The 1997 edition of "Union Membership and Earnings Data Book:
> Compilations from the Current Population Survey" has just been
> published by BNA PLUS ....The new edition includes tables relaying
> current and historical figures covering state and metropolitan areas,
> public and private sector workers, manufacturing and nonmanufacturing,
> and detailed industries and occupations.  BNA PLUS also has published
> an updated reference book on labor and employment information.  "The
> 1997 Source Book on Collective Bargaining: Wages, Hours and Benefits,
> and Other Contract Issues" provides workforce and workplace data on
> economic statistics, major 1996 labor law rulings, surveys, studies,
> major 1997 contract expirations, negotiated wage increases, employee
> benefit costs, CPI tables, innovative contract provisions, and
> employer bargaining objectives ....
>