LABOR

Addresses

Labor and the World: J.F. Otero, 1197 [4FE]

Tragedy and Challenge of Drug Abuse in the Workplace: Richard L. Lesher, 14478 [14JN]

Tribute to A. Philip Randolph: Representative George Miller, 2483 [24FE]

Workplace 2000—Managing Change: John D. Ong, 18546 [14JY]

Amendments

Industry: notification of plant closings and mass layoffs (S. 2527), 15814-15816 [23JN], 15926, 15931, 15934, 15954 [24JN], 16016, 16025, 16026, 16028, 16040, 16041, 16043, 16055, 16057 [27JN], 16099, 16104, 16106-16108, 16114, 16115, 16118-16120, 16122, 16125, 16133, 16155-16167 [28JN], 16384, 16385 [29JN], 16677, 16682 [6JY]

Lal, Rajani: relief (H.R. 3917), 31508 [18OC]

Minimum wage: establish fair and equitable (H.R. 1834), 6788 [13AP], 11339 [17MY]

Minimum Wage Restoration Act: enact (S. 837), 23948, 23961 [15SE], 24204 [16SE], 24449, 24457 [19SE], 24481, 24547-24551, 24569, 24570-24573 [20SE], 24733, 24773, 24833-24846 [22SE], 25239, 25242 [23SE]

Analyses

Cost of H.R. 1834, Fair and Equtable Minimum Wage: CBO, 9897, 9898 [4MY]

Hiring Preference for Certain VA-Trained Individuals (S. 2394), 11026 [13MY]

Inter-American Convention on International Commercial Arbitration Implementation (S. 2204), 4700 [22MR]

Labor Contract Amendment to H.R. 4264, Dept. of Defense Authorization, 9708, 9718 [3MY]

Articles and editorials

Advocate for Labor, 8081 [21AP]

Better Than $3.35, $4.25 or Even $5.05, 31980 [19OC]

Black Workers Launch 3-Day General Strike in South Africa, 13871 [8JN]

Career-Improvement Tax Break Ends, 4995 [27AP]

Caring Workplace—Employers Who Address the Home and Health Concerns of Workers Find a Marked Improvement in Performance, Health and Morale, 27410 [3OC]

CBO's Unwelcome Cost Estimate Vanishes, 8566 [25AP]

Child Care Issue Emerges as Focus of Legislative Efforts, 2550 [25FE]

Chilling Merger Fever, 12041 [24MY]

Comparable Worth, 9908 [4MY]

Corporate Prenatal-Care Plans Multiply, Benefiting Both Mothers and Employers, 27408 [3OC]

Cottage Industries Battle To Stay In House, 30895 [14OC]

Crisis in Child Care, 6240 [31MR]

Day Care—Partnership for Families, 5243 [24MR]

Democrat's European Disease, 15764 [23JN]

Don't Raise That Minimum Wage, 9886 [4MY], 9893 [4MY]

Down and Out at Otis—Workers Facing Layoffs Ask ``Where Do We Go From Here?'', 17872 [13JY]

Eastern Idaho Employers Wary of Increases in Minimum Wage, 24773 [22SE]

Economist—Jobs Go if Pay Rises, 24491 [20SE]

Fair Protection for Workers, 16672 [6JY]

Fencing in Corporate Raiders, 12043 [24MY]

For Education, an Ally for Many Seasons, 3821 [14MR]

Gangbusters—Laws Should Get Tougher With Corporate Raiders, 12042 [24MY]

Glimpse of the ``Flex'' Future—At Steelcase, Offering Variable Hours, Pay, and Perks Benefits the Firm and Its Workers, 27409 [3OC]

Higher Minimum Wage Unfair to Small Business, 24771 [22SE]

Higher Wage May Not Help, 24771 [22SE]

Homework Rule Is Labor Insanity, 30896 [14OC]

How Will the Parental Leave Bill Affect School Districts?, 27408 [3OC]

Idaho Small-Business Owners Oppose Minimum Wage Hike, 24772 [22SE]

Issue for `88—America's Competitiveness, 1165 [4FE]

Japan Urges Veto of Trade Bill—Confident That Reagan Will Kill It, 12138 [24MY]

Job Poison, 12016 [23MY]

Laundered Data From CBO, 9898 [4MY]

Lay Off the Layoff, 12017 [23MY]

Let Business Make Its Own Rules on Leaves, 27410, 27411 [3OC]

Let's Restore the Minimum Wage, 3984 [15MR]

Mandated Uncompetitiveness, 27412 [3OC]

Matter of Simple Decency, 8112 [21AP]

Minimum Decency, 14486 [14JN]

Minimum Wage, 2746 [1MR], 9898 [4MY], 24770 [22SE]

Minimum Wage, a Better Way, 24734 [22SE], 24746 [22SE], 25292 [26SE], 31980 [19OC]

Minimum Wage, a Perverse Policy, 9891 [4MY], 24770 [22SE]

Minimum Wage, Maximum Cover-Up, 9899 [4MY]

Minimum Wage, Politics and Economics, 9894 [4MY]

Minimum Wage Hike Would Cost Jobs, 24492 [20SE]

Minimum Wage Hike Would Hurt Employers, Marginal Employees, 24771 [22SE]

Minimum Wage Hike Would Hurt Those It Seeks To Help, 9895 [4MY]

Minimum Wage Increase Is Dangerous Legislation, 24492 [20SE]

Minimum Wage Increase Unnecessary, 24491 [20SE]

Minimum Wage Kills Jobs, 24486 [20SE]

Minimum Wage Versus Training, 13615 [9JN]

Minimum Wage Will Cost Jobs, 24490 [20SE]

Minimum Wage—Good Intentions, Bad Idea, 24493 [20SE]

Minimum-Wage Bill Would Cost Carolinas 75,000 Jobs, 24490 [20SE]

Minimum-Wage Politicking—A Big Increase Will Mostly Raise Inflation and Joblessness Without Much Helping the Poor, 31980 [19OC]

Myth of the Minimum Wage, 17301 [7JY], 22764 [7SE]

Nicaraguan Police Arrest 30 in 2-Month-Old Strike, 10793 [12MY]

North Carolina Jobs Lost if a Proposal Becomes Law, 24490 [20SE]

Notice Where Notice Is Due, 11354 [17MY]

Notification of Plant Closings and Mass Layoffs, 16021 [27JN], 16688 [6JY]

Nuking Employee Benefits, 24342 [16SE]

Official Warns Against Raising Minimum Wage, 24491 [20SE]

Ortega Denounces ``Pseudo-Leaders'' of Labor, 10795 [12MY]

Other Side of Minimum Wage Argument, 9618 [29AP]

Outdated Rules on Working at Home Need Good Shove, 30896 [14OC]

Parental Leave Bill is Good Indication of Conservatism, Liberalism, 27413 [3OC]

Parental-Leave Policy Scares Company Away, 27411 [3OC]

People Don't Need Congressional Nannies, 27412 [3OC]

Petri Gaining Support for Tax Credit Changes, 9896 [4MY]

Plant Closing Litter, 13541 [7JN]

Plant Closings, 8618 [25AP], 10352, 10356 [10MY]

Plant Closings Quarrel Distorts a Modest Idea, 8733 [26AP]

Plant Closings—It Pays to Give Workers Advance Notice, 13446 [6JN]

Plant Supervisors Are Key Safety People, 23049 [8SE]

Plant-Closing Notifications, 16688 [6JY]

Plant-Closings Bill Worth Passing, 15766 [23JN]

Plant-Closings Quarrel Distorts a Modest Idea, 13545 [7JN]

Poland in 1988—Besieged Government, Besieged Opposition, 12225 [24MY]

Proposal to Boost Minimum Wage Has Overwhelming Public Support, 23946 [15SE]

Putting Emphasis on Plant Openings, 17441 [11JY]

Raising Minimum Wage Helps Poor Very Little, Professor Argues, 9892, 9895 [4MY]

Raising Minimum Wage May Hurt Those It Seeks To Help, 9896 [4MY]

Regulating Corporate Raiders, 12042 [24MY]

Right Minimum Wage, $0.00, 9886 [4MY], 18769 [26JY], 24773 [22SE]

Rules of Corporate Combat, 12041 [24MY]

Sandhog Amid the Ivy, 14312 [13JN]

Sandinista Police Batter, Arrest Dozens of Strikers, 10793 [12MY]

$67,500 Awarded in Punitive Damages to Beating Victim, 15935 [24JN]

Soothing Number, 16339 [29JN]

Sorting Out the Economics of a Higher Minimum Wage, 31981 [19OC]

Study Says Minimum Wage Increases Tied to Poverty, 9892, 9895 [4MY]

Takeovers—Measure Should Restore Stability, 12043 [24MY]

Taking Leave of Economic Sense, 27413 [3OC]

Taxes, by Any Other Name . . ., 27406 [3OC]

10 Bullets Fired at Transformer, 15935 [24JN]

3 Teamsters Seized in Hotel Fire Disaster, 15935 [24JN]

Town That Saved Itself, 4964 [27AP]

Veto That Would Keep Workers in the Dark, 8856 [26AP]

``Why Are They Trying to Take Our Freedom Away?'', 24493 [20SE]

Why Don't We Do Better by Younger Generation?, 28058 [4OC]

Will Home Work Ban End With Wage Deal?, 30895 [14OC]

Working Mother Is Now Norm, Study Shows, 33473 [21OC]

Bills and resolutions

Age Discrimination in Employment Act: amend (see S. 2856)

Agriculture: application of H-2A temporary worker program to all agricultural labor and services (see H.R. 4258)

———National Labor Relations Act coverage of agricultural employees (see S. 2812)

———exclude certain cash wages paid to seasonal laborers from coverage under certain insurance programs (see S. 2577)

Airports: Labor-Management Relations Act application to certain employees (see S. 2004)

Blind: anniversary of establishment of sheltered workshops (see H. Res. 433)

Chicago & Northwestern Transportation Co.: prevent strikes or lockout relative to labor dispute (see S.J. Res. 356, 374; H.J. Res. 624, 637)

Dept. of Defense: revise labor standards laws (see S. 2070)

Education and Training for a Competitive America Act: making correction (see H.R. 5408)

Employee Benefit Standards in Government Contracting Act: enact (see H.R. 5349)

Employee Health Benefit Improvement Act: enact (see H.R. 4951)

Employer Reversion Moratorium Act: enact (see S. 2284)

Employers: discourage from relocating overseas (see S. 2712)

Employment reductions: advance notification (see S. 2376)

Executive departments: labor dispute resolution (see H.R. 5101)

Fair Labor Standards Act: minimum wage and overtime requirements (see H.R. 3920)

Federal Contract Compliance and Workforce Development Act: enact (see H.R. 4903)

Federal Unemployment Tax Act: treatment of employees of educational institutions (see H.R. 4178)

Food stamp plan: eligibility of households that include a member on strike (see H.R. 5208)

Foreign trade: supplemental appropriations for readjustment allowances (see S. 2635)

Handicapped: anniversary of act providing for the Government to purchase goods and services from sheltered workshops (see H. Con. Res. 265)

Homeworks: permit certain (see S. 2901)

House of Representatives: extend certain Federal labor laws to certain employees (see H. Res. 527)

ICC: employee protection arrangements in certain railroad transactions (see H.R. 4713)

Inter-American Convention on International Commercial Arbitration: implementation (see S. 2204)

Investment: employee stock ownership plan (see H.R. 4184)

Law enforcement officers: guarantee right to organize and bargain collectively (see H.R. 4568)

Legislative Branch Employment Relations Board: establish (see H.R. 5060)

Merchant marine: extend coverage of certain Federal labor laws to foreign flagships (see H.R. 3994)

Merger and Acquisition Worker Notification Act: enact (see S. 2556)

Minimum wage: repeal (see S. 2512)

National Cleaning Professionals Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 632)

National Job Skills Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 333; H.J. Res. 585)

National Merit Shop Pride and Productivity Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 614)

National Recognition of the Accomplishments of Women in the Workforce Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 331)

National Right to Work Bill: enact (see S. 2817)

North Carolina: employment of 17-year-old school drivers (see H.R. 4051)

Pension Portability Act: enact (see S. 2343)

Plant closings and mass layoffs: notification (see S. 2507, 2527, 2528)

———notification (S. 2527), consideration (see H. Res. 491)

Plant-Opening and Jobs Creation Act: enact (see H.R. 4690)

Service Workers Protection Act: enact (see S. 2217)

Social Security: benefit incentives for individuals and employers who purchase long-term care insurance (see H.R. 3900)

———personal earnings and benefit statements (see S. 2684)

Taxation: credit for employers who pay the costs of employee assistance programs (see S. 2594)

———exclusion of employer subsidies for transportation (see S. 2023)

———treatment of collective bargaining agreements (see H.R. 4906)

Technology-Related Assistance for Individuals With Disabilities Act: enact (see H.R. 4904)

Trade Adjustment Assistance Program: prohibit use of certain regulations in administering (see S. 2536)

TVA: implement a reduction in force order applicable to employees (see S. 2585; H.R. 5055)

Unemployment: making available extended compensation benefits (see S. 2175)

Veterans: hiring preference for certain VA-trained individuals (see S. 2394)

———problem-resolution processes and job bank (see S. 2491)

Whistle blowing: strengthen protections available to private employees for disclosing information to protect the public health and safety (see H.R. 4305)

Work Incentive Demonstration Program: extend authority (see H.R. 4731)

Workers' Health Insurance Demonstration Act: enact (see S. 2027)

Youth: program for at-risk youths (see S. 2679)

Books

``Environmental and Occupational Exposures,'' William N. Rom, 4864 [23MR]

``State Against Blacks,'' Walter W. Williams, 15410 [21JN]

Chronologies

Corporate literacy class, 15412 [21JN]

Cloture motions

Minimum Wage Restoration Act: enact (S. 837), 24458 [19SE], 24482 [20SE], 25194 [23SE]

Plant closings and mass layoffs: notification (S. 2527), 16042 [27JN], 16120, 16121 [28JN], 16323 [29JN]

Definitions

Occupational health hazard, 4860 [23MR]

Population at risk of disease, 4863 [23MR]

Documents

Advance Notice of Plant Closings—Benefits Outweigh the Costs, Larry Mishel, 12136 [24MY]

International Labor Organization Conventions, 476 [1FE]

Explanations

Employment program for at-risk youths (S. 2679), 19949 [2AU]

Factsheets

Competitiveness Policy Council, 17674 [12JY]

Small Business Concerns With the Minimum Wage: National Federation of Independent Business, 9549 [29AP]

Hearings

Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coalition: Forum on Worker Dislocation in the Automotive Industry, 2534 [25FE]

Letters

Age Discrimination in Employment Act: Dept. of Labor, 28086 [4OC]

———Senator Metzenbaum, 28086 [4OC]

———Senators Metzenbaum, Quayle, and Melcher, 28087 [4OC]

———several Senators, 28087 [4OC]

Availability of jobs for the unemployed: Marion S. King, 25267 [23SE]

CBO cost estimate of H.R. 1834, fair minimum wage: James L. Blum, 9897, 9898 [4MY]

Chicago & Northwestern Transportation Co. strike: James H. Burnley IV, Sec. of Transportation, 20026 [3AU]

Hiring preference for certain VA-trained individuals: VA, 11026 [13MY]

Homemaker regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act, 24758 [22SE]

———President Reagan, 24758 [22SE]

Industrial homework: American Farm Bureau Federation, 30894 [14OC]

———Ann McLaughlin, Sec. of Labor, 30894 [14OC]

———National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors, 30894 [14OC]

———National Federation of Independent Business, 30894 [14OC]

———North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation, 24488, 24494 [20SE]

———Ohio Farm Bureau, 30894 [14OC]

———OMB, 30893 [14OC]

———Senator Helms, 30892 [14OC]

———U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 30894 [14OC]

International Labor Organization Conventions: Ann McLaughlin, Sec. of Labor, 477 [1FE]

Minimum Health Benefits for All Workers Act: CBO, 25296 [26SE]

Minimum wage, 9890 [4MY]

———Don Phelps, 24756 [22SE]

———Jack Doak, 10563 [11MY]

———James C. Miller III, 9889 [4MY]

———Nancy S. Barrett and Laurence R. Klein, 2790 [1MR]

———Nick Harroz, 24757 [22SE]

———Randall L. Salls, 24756 [22SE]

Plant closing and layoff notification: Alexander B. Trowbridge, 16339 [29JN]

———Dean Kleckner, 16339 [29JN]

———Senators Roth, Metzenbaum, and Kennedy, 16017 [27JN]

———several Members of Congress, 13446 [6JN]

Protection of LTV Steel Co.'s retiree health benefits: Dick Warden, 11931 [23MY]

———John Burry, Jr., Blue Cross and Blue Shield, 12699 [26MY]

———John J. Sheehan, 11931 [23MY]

———Robert M. McGlotten, 11931 [23MY]

Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act: U.S. Conference of Mayors, 8612 [25AP]

Trade Readjustment Assistance Program: several Senators, 17318 [8JY]

Worker rights provision in trade bill: James R. Williams, National Retail Merchants Association, 11533 [18MY]

———Representatives Pease and Conte and Senators Heinz and Harkin, 11533 [18MY]

Lists

Minimum Wage Restoration Act supporters, 2790 [1MR]

Memorials of legislature

California, 24714 [20SE]

Colorado, 1922 [22FE]

Illinois, 8371 [21AP]

Messages

Federal Labor Relations Authority Annual Report: President Reagan, 23949 [15SE]

Railroad Retirement Board Report: President Reagan, 32550 [21OC]

Motions

Plant closings and mass layoffs: notification (S. 2527), table Domenici amendment, 16113 [28JN]

Newsletters

New Plan Helps Families Make Ends Meet, Representative Nancy L. Johnson, 9896 [4MY]

Petitions

Latin American Confederation of Workers: Central Latinoamericana de Trabajadores Mar Del Plata, 13186 [1JN]

Minimum wage increase: Canton, OH, City Council, 32122 [20OC]

Poems

``Are You a Wrecker, or Are You a Builder?'', 8072 [20AP]

``Labor'', 7191 [19AP]

``Labor Day,'' John E. O'Malley, 25273 [23SE]

Polls of opinion

Handicapped unemployment: Harris Poll, 9786 [3MY]

Michigan: 15th District, 9983-9985 [5MY]

Remarks in House

Aeronautics: whistleblower protection for safety disclosures, 3308 [3MR]

Aged: treatment of claims for certain benefits (H.R. 2969), 1684 [17FE], 11928 [23MY], 11932 [24MY]-11933 [23MY], 13198 [1JN]

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers: anniversary, 10492 [11MY]

Calvert Distillery: tribute, 10877 [12MY]

CBO: report on minimum wage, 7088 [18AP]

Chicago & Northwestern Transportation Co.: prevent strikes or lockout relative to labor dispute (S.J. Res. 356), 20366-20370 [4AU]

———settlement of labor dispute with United Transportation Union (S.J. Res. 374), 23332-23335, 23345 [9SE], 26777 [29SE]

Collective bargaining: congressional intervention in rail labor disputes, 23334 [13SE]

Continental Airlines: employee union membership, 12104 [24MY]

Drug abuse: collective punishment in the workplace, 12105, 12106 [24MY]

———policies in the workplace, 14062 [9JN]

Economic conditions: jobless rate and low wages, 22397 [11AU]

Education and Training for a Competitive America Act: making correction (H.R. 5408), 27792, 27906 [3OC]

Employee Benefit Standards in Government Contracting Act: enact (H.R. 5349), 25266 [23SE]

Employee Health Benefit Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 4951), 6970 [11AU], 16520 [29JN]

Europe: flexible manufacturing networks, 24351 [16SE]

Executive departments: labor dispute resolution (H.R. 5101), 19249 [27JY]

Extended Unemployment Insurance Reform Act: enact (H.R. 2676), 3520 [8MR]

Federal Contract Compliance and Workforce Development Act: enact (H.R. 4903), 15905 [23JN]

Federal Unemployment Tax Act: treatment of employees of educational institutions (H.R. 4178), 4143 [16MR]

Government contractors: employee protection against reprisal for disclosures (H.R. 1716), 15961 [27JN]

Handicapped: anniversary of act providing for the Federal Government to purchase goods and services from sheltered workshops (H. Con. Res. 265), 4147 [16MR]

Inter-American Convention on International Commercial Arbitration: implementation (S. 2204), 32327 [20OC]

International Paper Co.: anniversary of strike, 14782 [16JN]

Investments: employee stock ownership plan (H.R. 4184), 4104 [16MR]

Job Enhancement for Families Act: improve economic incentives, 2506 [25FE]

Labor Day: observance, 22399 [11AU]

Labor disputes: unfair practices by employers during strikes (H.R. 4552), 10283 [10MY], 14782 [16JN]

Labor unions: deny crewmember status in cases of certain strikes and lockouts (H.R. 285), 4726-4732, 4735 [22MR], 7003 [14AP]

———promote education and training programs, 3821 [14MR]

Legislative Branch Employment Relations Board: establish (H.R. 5060), 18538 [14JY]

Literacy: work force, 32371 [20OC]

Martilla & Kiley, Inc.: results of survey on child care, 17567 [11JY]

Merchant marine: extend coverage of certain Federal labor laws to foreign flagships (H.R. 3994), 2481 [24FE]

Minimum wage, 20354 [3AU], 24351 [16SE]

———establish fair and equitable (H.R. 1834), 2790 [1MR], 3008 [2MR], 3574 [9MR], 4178 [17MR], 8438 [21AP], 9493 [28AP], 9549 [29AP], 9618 [29AP], 9804 [3MY], 9820, 9891, 9892, 9897 [4MY], 10004 [5MY], 10488 [11MY], 10581 [12MY], 11260 [17MY], 11375, 11376 [18MY], 11525 [18MY], 11776 [19MY], 26853 [29SE], 17300 [7JY]

———increase, 2745 [1MR], 3984 [15MR], 26033 [28SE], 26682 [29SE]

———reform, 4176 [17MR]

Minimum Wage Restoration Act: enact (S. 837), 2790 [1MR], 25364 [26SE], 27290 [30SE]

National Cleaning Professionals Recognition Day: designate (H.J. Res. 632), 20641 [4AU]

National Job Skills Week: designate (S.J. Res. 333), 24318 [16SE]

National Productivity Improvement Week: designate (S.J. Res. 223), 5884 [30MR]

National Retail Merchants Association: worker rights provision in trade bill, 11532 [18MY]

Nicaragua: arrest of opposition leaders, 9970 [5MY]

Occupational diseases: high-risk notification and prevention (H.R. 162), 3596-3598 [9MR]

OSHA: worker safety, 23028-23031 [8SE]

Pennsylvania State Civil Service Commission: tribute to eastern regional office, 10871 [12MY]

Philadelphia, PA: anniversary of Local 1856 of Carpenters and Joiners Union, 28275 [4OC]

Plant closing and mass layoffs: notification, 9819, 9820, 9822, 9824-9826 [4MY], 10351-10356 [10MY], 12231, 12233 [25MY]

———notification (S. 2527), 16411 [29JN], 17858 [13JY], 17876 13JY-17880 [13JY], 18524, 18526 [14JY], 18930 [26JY], 19800 [2AU]

———notification (S. 2527), consideration (H. Res. 491), 17848-17857 [13JY]

Plant-Opening and Jobs Creation Act: enact (H.R. 4690), 12283 [25MY]

Poland: economic and political reform, 9703 [3MY], 10179 [9MY], 12224 [24MY]

———tribute to workers, 10536-10538 [11MY]

Railroads: workers' safety dedication and determination, 14316 [14JN]

Reagan, President: decision not to veto S. 2527, 19800 [2AU]

Small Business Week: observance, 10000 [5MY]

Social Security: benefit incentives for individuals and employers who purchase long-term care insurance (H.R. 3900), 941 [3FE]

Spanish Americans: presence in the labor market (H. Res. 261), 14202 [13JN]

Technology-Related Assistance for Individuals With Disabilities Act: enact (H.R. 4904), 15909 [23JN], 17297 [7JY], 20930 [8AU]

Tobacco industry: economic impact, 32180 [20OC]

Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act: enact (H.R. 3), conference report, 8861 [26AP]

Wages: equal salaries for jobs with comparable worth to their organization, 9908 [4MY]

Whistle blowing: strengthen protections available to private employees for disclosing information to protect the public health and safety (H.R. 4305), 6233 [31MR]

Work Incentive Demonstration Program: extend authority (H.R. 4731), 13314 [2JN], 14199-14201 [13JN]

Remarks in Senate

Age Discrimination in Employment Act: amend (S. 2856), 28085-28090 [4OC]

Aged: treatment of claims for certain benefits (H.R. 2969), 12696-12700 [26MY], 12852 [27MY]

———treatment of claims for certain benefits (H.R. 2969), correction, 13049 [27MY]

Agriculture: assistance to low-income workers in drought emergency areas, 19335 [28JY]

———National Labor Relations Act coverage of employees (S. 2812), 24540 [20SE]

———exclude certain cash wages paid to seasonal laborers from coverage under certain insurance programs (S. 2577), 16142 [28JN]

Airline mergers: protection of labor, 17629 [12JY]

Chicago & Northwestern Transportation Co.: prevent strikes or lockout relative to labor dispute (S.J. Res. 356), 19910, 19950, 19960 [2AU], 20025 [3AU]

Dept. of Defense: revise labor standards laws (S. 2070), 1778 [18FE]

Drug abuse: workplace standards, 14478 [14JN], 30981 [14OC]

Economic indicators: possible recession, 29873 [12OC]

Education: abuses in Ohio proprietary schools, 12707 [26MY]

Employer Reversion Moratorium Act: enact (S. 2284), 6939 [14AP]

Employers: discourage from relocating overseas (S. 2712), 21598 [10AU]

Employment: Job Training Partnership Act, 1000 [4FE]

Employment reductions: advance notification (S. 2376), 10799 [12MY]

Entertainers: collective bargaining rights (S. 1346), 674 [2FE]

Europe: mandatory prior notice of plant closings, 12016 [23MY]

Fair Labor Standards Act: assure minimum health benefits for all U.S. workers (S. 1265), 7165 [18AP]

Families: child care for working women, 18092 [13JY]

Government contractors: employee protection against reprisal for disclosures (H.R. 1716), 19263 [28JY]

Illinois: recognize efforts of the Peoria District American Water Co., 1132 [4FE]

Income: statistics on personal per capita, 25712 [27SE]

Industrial homeworks: Dept. of Labor restrictions, 6196 [31MR]

———permit certain (S. 2901), 30891-30893, 30897 [14OC]

Insurance: health coverage for temporary employees, 31135 [14OC]

Inter-American Convention on International Commercial Arbitration: implementation (S. 2204), 4699 [22MR], 27094 [30SE], 32535 [21OC]

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers: anniversary, 9520 [29AP]

International Labor Organization Conventions: ratification, 473-481 [1FE]

———unanimous-consent agreement, 383 [28JA]

Labor disputes: use of permanent replacement workers during strikes, 5864 [30MR]

Labor unions: violence, 15934-15939 [24JN]

Merger and Acquisition Worker Notification Act: enact (S. 2556), 15568 [22JN]

Minimum wage, 19657 [29JY], 24795 [22SE], 32611 [21OC]

———establish fair and equitable (H.R. 1834), 14030 [9JN]

———repeal (S. 2512), 15410 [21JN]

———status for Puerto Rico, 4326 [17MR]

Minimum Wage Restoration Act: enact (S. 837), 14030 [9JN], 23942-23948 [15SE], 24158, 24159-24176, 24187-24197 [16SE], 24457 [19SE], 24481-24505 [20SE], 24733, 24752, 24762, 24764-24773, 24794, 24795 [22SE], 25189-25195, 25196-25202, 25210 [23SE], 25290-25300, 25305-25315 [26SE], 25628 [27SE], 26027 [28SE]

National Job Skills Week: designate (S.J. Res. 333), 13027 [27MY], 13776 [8JN]

———observance, 30830 [14OC]

National Productivity Improvement Week: designate (S.J. Res. 223), 1574 [17FE]

National Recognition of the Accomplishments of Women in the Workforce Week: designate (S.J. Res. 331), 13025 [27MY], 14305 [13JN]

National Right to Work Bill: enact (S. 2817), 24816 [22SE]

National Vocational Education Week: observance, 553 [1FE]

Pension Portability Act: enact (S. 2343), 9366 [28AP]

Plant closings and mass layoffs: notification (S. 2507), 14270 [13JN]

———notification (S. 2527), 15000 [16JN], 15513-15521, 15583 [22JN], 15760-15769, 15778-15796 [23JN], 15921-15939 [24JN], 16015, 16016, 16027, 16029, 16033-16043 [27JN], 16098-16133 [28JN], 16322-16326, 16338, 16340 [29JN], 16669, 16671-16693 [6JY], 17266 [7JY], 17441 [11JY]

———notification (S. 2528), 14983 [16JN]

———submission of future reports relative to notification, 16040 [27JN]

Poland: workers' rights, 13606 [7JN]

Public Health Service Act: assure minimum health benefits for all U.S. workers (S. 1265), 7165 [18AP]

Service Workers Protection Act: enact (S. 2217), 5312 [25MR]

Taxation: credit for employers who pay the costs of employee assistance programs (S. 2594), 16368 [29JN]

———exclusion of employer subsidies for transportation from gross income (S. 2023), 650-652 [2FE]

Trade Readjustment Program: funding, 19109 [27JY]

———funding (S. 2635), 18241 [13JY]

———prohibit use of certain regulations in administering (S. 2536), 15133 [17JN]

Unemployment: making available extended compensation benefits (S. 2175), 4055 [16MR], 17317 [8JY]

Veterans: hiring preference for certain VA-trained individuals (S. 2394), 11025 [13MY]

———problem-resolution processes and job bank (S. 2491), 14025 [9JN], 18647 [25JY]

Weirton Steel Co.: tribute, 4964 [27AP]

Work Incentive Demonstration Program: extend authority (H.R. 4731), 15228 [20JN], 16062 [27JN], 16097 [28JN]

Workers' Health Insurance Demonstration Act: enact (S. 2027), 659-661 [2FE]

Youth: program for at-risk youths (S. 2679), 19947 [2AU]

———unemployment, 3953 [15MR]

Reports

Advance Notification of Plant Closing and Mass Layoffs Provisions of S. 2527, 16123, 16127-16130 [28JN]

———Task Force on Plant Closings, 8491 [22AP]

Competitiveness Assessment: Council on Competitiveness, 5545 [29MR]

Health Consequences of Involuntary Smoking: C. Everett Koop, Surgeon General, 4862 [23MR]

Increasing the Minimum Wage—A Risky Way to Reduce Poverty: Ronald B. Mincy, 19657 [29JY]

Plant Closing Provisions Promote Economic Growth, 10353 [10MY]

Shareholders and Public Oppose Hostile Takeovers, 1459 [16FE]

Tobacco Smoking: OTA, 4862 [23MR]

Reports filed

Collective Bargaining in the Building and Construction Industry: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 492) (S. Rept. 100-314), 6444 [12AP]

Enhancing Competitiveness of Domestic Industry (H.R. 4848), Consideration: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 491) (H. Rept. 100-767), 17780, 17811 [12JY]

Inter-American Convention on International Commercial Arbitration: Committee on Foreign Relations (S. 2204), 25685 [27SE]

Limit Use of Lie Detector Examinations by Employers Involved in Interstate Commerce: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 1904) (S. Rept. 100-284), 1377 [16FE]

Minimum Wage Restoration Act: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 837) (S. Rept. 100-430), 18760 [26JY]

National Productivity Improvement Week (S.J. Res. 223): Committee on the Judiciary, 1377 [16FE]

Notification of Plant Closings and Mass Layoffs (S. 2527), Consideration: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 491) (H. Rept. 100-767), 17780, 17811 [12JY]

OSHA Policies of Inspection Based on Safety Records in the Meatpacking Industry: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 100-542), 5947 [30MR]

Revise Standard for Coverage Under Davis-Bacon Act: Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 2216) (H. Rept. 100-504), 1249 [9FE]

Technology-Related Assistance for Individuals With Disabilities Act: Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 4904) (H. Rept. 100-819), 20521 [4AU]

Statements

Employee Stock Ownership Plans: Employee Benefit Research Institute, 1922 [22FE]

———Randy Barber, 1922 [22FE]

National Productivity Improvement Week: Representative John Lewis, 5884 [30MR]

Plant Closings and Mass Layoffs: Committee for Economic Development, 17871 [13JY]

———Stan Lundine, 17864 [13JY]

Retiree Benefit Protection Act: John Burry, Jr., 11933 [24MY]

Tobacco Smoking: Senator Metzenbaum, 4864 [23MR]

Tort Claims in the Workers' Compensation System: Victor E. Schwartz, 4845 [23MR]

Veteran's Employment, Training, and Counseling Amendments: Committees on Veterans' Affairs, 9457-9466 [28AP]

Worker Notification of Plant Closings and Layoffs: William E. Brock III, 15779 [23JN]

Studies

Cost Analysis for Mandatory Notice of Plant Closings and Mass Layoffs: Robert R. Nathan Associates, Inc., 16673 [6JY]

Turnaround in Family Income, 1977-87: Christopher Frenze, 25629-25630 [27SE]

Wages of American Workers in the 1980's: Senate Committee on the Budget, 25308 [26SE]

Summaries

Dept. of Labor Problem-Resolution Processes and Job Bank for Veterans (S. 2491), 14026 [9JN]

Employee Benefit Standards in Government Contracting Act (H.R. 5349), 25266 [23SE]

Employee Health Benefit Improvement Act (H.R. 4951), 16521 [29JN]

Medical Screening Estimates for Worker Notification: Centers for Disease Control, 4864 [23MR]

Merger and Acquisition Worker Notification Act (S. 2556), 15570 [22JN]

Minimum Wage, Economic Impact, 9894 [4MY]

Minimum Wage, Impact on Poverty, 9894 [4MY]

Minimum Wage Demography, 9893 [4MY]

Minimum Wage—The Issue Is Skills, 9894 [4MY]

Tables

Employment loss in selected congressional districts due to passage of minimum wage legislation, 9821 [4MY]

Male civilian labor force participation ratio by race, age, 24169 [16SE]

Notification of plant closing: GAO, 15762 [23JN]

Working mothers, 14249 [13JN]

Testimonies

Chrysler Corp. Plant Shutdown: Ed Steagall, United Auto Workers Local 72, Kenosha, WI, 2534 [25FE]

———Representative Aspin, 2536 [25FE]

———Roger Bybee, Racine (WI) Labor News, 2536 [25FE]

Employee Educational Assistance Renewal: Abraham Ribicoff, 4994 [27AP]

———Judith Eaton, 4993 [27AP]

Veterans' Employment Services: Robert E. David, 9455 [28AP]

Texts of

H.R. 2969, Retiree Benefits Bankruptcy Protection Act, 11928, 11929 [23MY], 12696 [26MY]

H.R. 4184, employee stock ownership plan, 4105 [16MR]

S. 837, Minimum Wage Restoration Act, 23942 [15SE]

S. 2027, Workers' Health Insurance Demonstration Act, 661 [2FE]

S. 2175, unemployment extended compensation benefits availability, 4056 [16MR]

S. 2204, implement Inter-American Convention on International Commercial Arbitration, 4699 [22MR], 27093 [30SE], 32327 [20OC], 32535 [21OC]

S. 2217, Service Workers Protection Act, 5313 [25MR]

S. 2284, Employer Reversion Moratorium Act, 6940 [14AP]

S. 2343, Pension Portability Act, 9366-9372 [28AP]

S. 2376, advance notification of major employment reductions, 10800 [12MY]

S. 2394, hiring preference for certain VA-trained individuals, 11025 [13MY]

S. 2491, problem-resolution processes and job bank for veterans, 14025 [9JN]

S. 2527, notification of plant closings and mass layoffs, 16691 [6JY], 17878 [13JY]

S. 2556, Merger and Acquisition Worker Notification Act, 15569-15570 [22JN]

S. 2577, exclude certain cash wages paid to seasonal agricultural laborers from coverage under certain insurance programs, 16143 [28JN]

S. 2594, credit against tax for employers who pay the costs of employee assistance programs, 16368 [29JN]

S. 2679, employment program for at-risk youths, 19947-19949 [2AU]

S. 2684, Social Security's personal earnings and benefit statements, 20590 [4AU]

S.J. Res. 223, National Productivity Improvement Week, 1574 [17FE], 5884 [30MR]

S.J. Res. 331, National Recognition of the Accomplishments of Women in the Workforce Week, 14306 [13JN]

S.J. Res. 333, National Job Skills Week, 13027 [27MY], 18814 [26JY], 24318 [16SE]

S.J. Res. 356, prevent strikes or lockouts relative to labor dispute of Chicago & Northwestern Transportation Co., 19911 [2AU]

S.J. Res. 374, settlement of labor dispute between Chicago & Northwestern Transportation Co. and United Transportation Union, 23345 [9SE]