The makeup of the working age population has changed substantially in only a few years.
But the makeup of the Gulf Coast work force -- heavy on warehouse employees and blackjack dealers, light on bankers and factory workers -- has already complicated relief efforts and appears likely to worsen Hurricane Katrina's economic damage.
The assumption that the makeup of the coding work force reflects a pure meritocracy runs deep among many Silicon Valley men; for them, sociobiology offers a way to explain things, particularly for the type who prefers to believe that sexism in the workplace is not a big deal, or even doubts it really exists.
C1 Katrina's Impact on Jobs The makeup of the Gulf Coast work force hit by Hurricane Katrina -- heavy on warehouse employees and blackjack dealers, light on bankers and factory workers -- has already complicated relief efforts and appears likely to aggravate Hurricane Katrina's economic damage.
Some assert the union's chances are improved by changes in the makeup of the mill's work force, which now includes more young and minority workers who do not remember the Cannon family era nor share in the old loyalties.
Mr. Siminoff, 50, was previously head of diversity at Apple, which has also been criticized for the makeup of its work force, and he is a co-founder of the Leadership Committee at Out Leadership, a lesbian, gay and transgender advocacy organization.
Staffing agency officials say employers are often reluctant to acknowledge that they use temporary workers because they consider the makeup of their work force to be proprietary information.
Nocera didn't reveal the makeup of the new catalyst, as the work is not yet published, and he is in the process of patenting it.
The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr., the civil rights leader, has drawn attention to the issue by regularly attending shareholder meetings in Silicon Valley and has encouraged companies to release reports on the demographic makeup of their work forces and leadership teams.
The Harvard theoretical physicist, an authority on both the study of the minute, such as the building blocks of matter, and the massive, like the makeup of the universe, has written works that help to demystify the worlds of cosmology and particle physics.
