Articles about labor education in the world are presented. Articles include the Danish trade unions and development education; the trade union school at Orenas and workers' education in Sweden; an industrial undertaking in Colombia made into a cooperative by its own workers; and women's trade union committees in China. (CT)

This collection of articles on technological change discusses female workers displaced by automation in Canada and Japan; robotics in German automobile manufacturing; union concerns about technology in Europe and Japan; privacy of personal data in Sweden; small business legislation in the United States; and productivity improvement in textile and…

This report briefly describes child care facilities and policies in Sweden, Israel, and France. The report represents the impressions of 24 labor union women who visited these countries in an attempt to formulate a policy for government supported comprehensive child care in the United States. The labor union representatives were participants in a…

Based on a three-month visit by the author in mid-1987, this paper examines the experience of women in technical and vocational education in England, Sweden, and the Federal Republic of Germany. The observations are often compared to women's experience in Australia. Following an overview, the report summarizes general approaches to vocational…

Women of many nations, particularly the industrialized countries, are achieving greater opportunity and equality in the working world. The rate at which women are joining the work force has confounded all predictions and created unexpected difficulties in securing equal pay and access to jobs and training. The most direct discrimination, separate…