Describes a children's library outreach project employing neighborhood youth which is funded by grants from the Summer Canada Student Employment Program. Grant application procedures, budget preparation and justification, job performance expectations, finances, content of the "Read to Lead" program, and project evaluation are noted. (EJS)

Post-program labor force experiences of farmworkers receiving nonagricultural employment and training services from the CETA Title III farmworker program in 1975 were studied. Available from Farmworker Data Network, 7905 W. 44th, Wheat Ridge, Colorado 80033 ($12.00). (SB)

Although the incidence of contingent work--jobs that are structured to be short term or temporary--declined between 1995 and 1997, it continues to be more common among women, youth, students, part-time workers, and in the construction and services industries. Contingent workers are also found in both high- and low-skilled occupations. (Author/JOW)

This publication gives examples of employment programs for experienced workers taken from the National Older Workers Information System (NOWIS), a computerized system of information on more than 140 experienced worker employment programs in public and private sector organizations. (Maintained by the Business Partnerships Program of the American…

A cost-benefit study was conducted to determine the economic viability of continuing to offer training sessions for seafood processors through the College of the Mainland in Texas. Data for the study were collected from both primary and secondary sources, including the college and local company participating in the program, federal and state…

THE MIGRANT MINISTRY, A UNITED CHURCH EFFORT TO SERVE SEASONAL AGRICULTURAL MIGRANTS, PRODUCED THIS BOOKLET FOR THE PURPOSE OF OFFERING SUGGESTIONS TO PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN HELPING MIGRANTS. WHILE MOST OF THESE SUGGESTIONS CAN BE CARRIED OUT IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER BY ANY GROUP OF CONCERNED CITIZENS, IT WAS WRITTEN WITH CHURCH PEOPLE…

Guidelines for advisory councils in centers and counties where Seasonally Employed Agricultural Workers' Programs are operated are suggested in this document. Objectives, membership, meetings, officers, functions, program development, council members' purposes, and inservice programs are covered. A constitution and by-laws for advisory councils…

Nearly 4.3 million workers held two jobs or more at the same time in May 1973, representing 5.1 percent of employed persons. After a 1972 decline, 1973 saw an increase of 500,000 more moonlighters. Four-fifths of all moonlighters were men. The difference between the multiple job-holding rates of Negro and of white workers was not statistically…

Alerts researchers to the potential value and limitations of the gross flow data published in the Department of Labor's Current Population Survey (CPS). Reports on research which used CPS data to analyze patterns of teenage unemployment and labor force participation. (PR)

This bulletin contains information, culled from the March 1985 Current Population Survey (CPS) and the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), on the employment problems faced by American workers in 1984 and the impact of these problems on the economic status of their families and households. The following employment problems are…

Toronto high school students were surveyed to determine some of their desires and experiences concerning work. (This report is the first of three on a study of Toronto secondary school students' attitudes toward work and unemployment.) Of 34,270 questionnaires sent, 29,499 usable responses were received, or 86% of the enrolled students. The data…

For many teachers, moonlighting is an economic necessity. Dedication to their students and a love of teaching inspire many teachers to remain in the field, but they have difficulty making ends meet. Statistics show that moonlighting is more prevalent within teaching than any in other profession. (SM)

This manual was written as a guide for state migrant education recruiters who need to be familiar with the nature of seasonal and temporary work performed by Louisiana's migrating agricultural workers and fishing industry laborers. It is intended to teach recruiters about the agricultural and fishing activities necessary for raising and harvesting…

This booklet is a guide to the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (also known as the Wage-Hour Law) which apply to minors employed in agriculture. The content is as follows: coverage of the child labor provisions regarding agricultural employment, minimum age standards for employment in agriculture, school hours and employment in…

MIGRANT WORKERS ARE NEITHER PART OF ANY COMMUNITY THEY VISIT NOR DO THEY REMAIN TOGETHER LONG ENOUGH ON THE ROAD TO FORM THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES. THERE EXISTS A TOTAL LACK OF ADEQUATE SERVICES AVAILABLE TO THESE PEOPLE WHILE ENROUTE NORTHWARD FROM HOME BASES IN SOUTH CALIFORNIA, FLORIDA, AND SOUTH TEXAS. THE PROPOSED SOLUTION SUGGESTS THAT SIX…