2. Foreign Labor Trends. Search the Foreign Labor Statistics home page of the Bureau of Labor Statistics to find the following information:

Hourly compensation costs in U.S. dollars for production workers in manufacturing in 2005 for the United States, France, Canada, Mexico, and Ireland.

How did the employment rate in Canada compare with the rate in the United States in July 2007?

Using LABORSTA Internet, the service from the ILO Bureau of Statistics, compare statistics on strikes and lockouts in 2006 for two countries of your choice.