SELECTED INFORMATION ON THE U.S. WORKFORCE

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, figures as of July 1999. 1/ Bernan U.S. Labor Statistics 1999 Edition: part-time, independent contractors, on-call workers, temporary help agency workers, workers provided by contract firms.

TOTAL HOURLY COMPENSATION COMPARISON
FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS IN MANUFACTURING 1999

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Between 1900 and 1914, the largest free migration of people on the face of the earth took place when 13 million Europeans, mostly from Eastern Europe and Italy, migrated to the United States. Over the last 30 years, (to 1996) 19 million people, mostly from Third World countries, migrated to the U.S. The INS estimates that in October 1996, another 5 million undocumented workers were living in the country. This influx has caused the foreign-born share of the population to increase from 4.8 percent in 1979 to 9.3 percent by 1996. It is projected that by the end of this decade 10 percent of the population will be foreign-born. This migration of people has substantially changed the makeup of the U.S. work force.