Labor Relations Week Index-Summary

YOUTH EMPLOYMENT

– AFL-CIO report finds younger workers under age 35 worse off economically than in 1999, 1433
– Child labor

– Economic outlook, AFL-CIO Sec'y-Treas. urges young workers to shape labor movement's agenda, conference, 1665
– Green jobs, GAO urges DOL to clarify definition and standard for measuring work readiness of youth, 1566
– Green school construction

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 2187

– Seasonal summer workers, nearly half of employers will not hire or plan to hire fewer workers in 2009, report, 540
– 21-year-olds, college education effect on job offers, BLS report, 178
– WIA youth, adult and dislocated worker programs, ETA announces state allotments from ARRA, 482; OIG report finds ETA lacks process and software to validate adult and dislocated worker data, 1698