“If there were an election today, Netanyahu would win. Yet, his standing in the polls is also a reflection of the weakness of Ehud Olmert, the current prime minister - who stands at 2 percent in a recent poll - and the enduring weaknesses of the Labor Party.” IfsTodayWinningPartyReflectionPercentWeaknessStandingLaborElectionEndureCurrentsMinistersPrimePrime MinisterPolls Author:Dennis A. Ross
“Nearly one billion women and men, a third of the world's workforce, are either unemployed or unable to earn enough to keep themselves out of extreme poverty. There are 100 million new entrants into the labour market each year. Up to 90 percent in some regions are in the informal economy. 180 million kids are engaged in the worst forms of child labour. Put it all together and it is not only morally unacceptable, but politically dangerous” MenWorldYearsChildrenEnoughKidsTogetherFormPovertyMillionsEconomyWorstDangerousPercentMen And WomenLaborThirdsExtremesBillionsEngagedLabourRegionsUnemployedWorkforceExtreme PovertyChild LabourDecent Work Author:Juan Somavia
“Converting a classic batch-and-queue production system to continuous flow with effective pull by the customer will double labor productivity all the way through the system (for direct, managerial, and technical workers, from raw materials to delivered product) while cutting production throughput times by 90 percent and reducing inventories in the system by 90 percent as well.” WayWellsCuttingMaterialsProductsPercentFlowLaborDirectWorkersProductionsCustomersProductivityClassicReducingRaw MaterialsConvertingInventoryQueues Author:James P. Womack
“Of the total creative effort represented in a finished work, 75 percent or more of a writer's labor goes into designing the story designing story tests the maturity and insight of the writer, his knowledge of society, nature, and the human heart. Story demands both vivid imagination and powerful analytic thought.” HumansHeartStoriesImaginationPowerfulEffortCreativeDesignDemandPercentLaborTestsInsightFinishedMaturityHuman HeartVividAnalyticsFinished WorkVivid Imagination Author:Robert McKee
“Women well understood how to restrict birth through timing of sexual intercourse, herbs and abortifacients. I suspect the focus on men's control of women as the means of reproduction came later, in the last five percent or so of human history, with the idea of children as property and labor. One needed to have as many as possible, never mind about women's health or mobility or brainpower. Women's freedom was restricted in order to make sure of the paternity and ownership of children.” MenMindHumansWellsMeanChildrenIdeasLastsOrderFiveFocusBirthNeededPercentUnderstoodLaborPropertySuspectsOwnershipTimingHuman HistoryIntercourseHerbsReproductionMobilityWomen's Health Author:Gloria Steinem
“Extended families have never been the norm in America; the highest figure for extended-family households ever recorded in Americanhistory is 20 percent. Contrary to the popular myth that industrialization destroyed "traditional" extended families, this high point occurred between 1850 and 1885, during the most intensive period of early industrialization. Many of these extended families, and most "producing" families of the time, depended on the labor of children; they were held together by dire necessity and sometimes by brute force.” ChildrenSometimesTogetherAmericaForceFiguresPeriodsHighestPercentLaborMythContraryTraditionalDestroyedHouseholdNormBrutesBrute ForceIndustrializationExtended FamilyHigh Points Book:The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap Source: The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap
“When you have a country that can boast that more than 95 percent of its eligible workforce is employed and pumping money back into economy, that's exceptionally good news, especially as we prepare to observe Labor Day.” CountryEconomyNewsPercentLaborEmployedGood NewsBoastWorkforceLabor Day Author:J. D. Hayworth
“We also ought to recognize that unpaid labor falls predominantly to women. The other thing I would do in countries like the U.S. is to show more men, even in TV ads, doing household work. Only two percent of ads show men doing chores, and yet we know they actually do several hours of it in real life. Those images affect young boys and girls.” KnowsMenTwoRealCountryShowsYoungFallGirlHoursBoysTvsOughtPercentLaborReal LifeAdsHouseholdShow MeChoresBoy And Girl Author:Melinda Gates
“Look at Germany where 20 percent of the labor force is in manufacturing compared to about 8 percent in the United States. Germany pays a lot more conscious attention at the level of the federal government to attracting and keeping manufacturers in Germany. So this is something that other countries do that the United States has not historically done.” LooksCountryStatesDoneGovernmentForceLevelsUnitedPayAttentionUnited StatesPercentConsciousLaborGermanyOther CountriesFederal GovernmentManufacturingLabor Force Author:Edward Alden
“The UKIP voter is 60 percent male, 40 percent female. Is 65 percent older than 55 and 35 percent younger than 55. It's not hard to work out. Some have been Labor. Some have been Tories. The most difficult thing is previous voting intention, because they're coming from across the board.” Has BeensHardDifficultPercentFemaleLaborIntentionMalesWork OutBoardsVotingVotersDifficult ThingsUkip Author:Nigel Farage
“It is no exaggeration to say that rising inequality has driven many of the 99 percent into a financial ditch. It also helped spawn the housing bubble that gave us the financial crisis of 2008, the lingering effects of which have forced many OWS protesters to try to launch their careers in by far the most inhospitable labor market we've seen since the Great Depression. Even those recent graduates who manage to find jobs will suffer a lifelong penalty in reduced wages.” TryingJobsSufferingCareersEffectsPercentLaborCrisisFinancialDrivenManageInequalityRisingGraduatesBubblesPenaltiesWagesHousingLifelongExaggerationGreat DepressionFinancial CrisisLingeringSpawnHousing Bubble Author:Robert H. Frank