Discusses the labor movement in Latin America from its beginnings at the end of the nineteenth century to the present. (JOW)

Presents a biographical sketch of Samuel Gompers, founder of the American Federation of Labor. (CH)

The labor movement in New Zealand was heavily influenced by British unions and migration policies. Other factors were union opposition to further immigration and the treatment of the Maori people. (SK)

Inhumane working conditions led to a strike of Japanese silk spinners and formation of a union. Company repression provoked public opinion, resulting in acceptance of worker demands for recognition of human rights in the workplace. (SK)

Workers' organizations have to organize their efforts to study working and living conditions of employees in commerce and offices according to their own country's need. In Africa, the first regional seminar for improving the training of union officials and workers' education instructors attracted 20 participants to discuss topics of common…

Outlines objectives and conclusions of a 1977 seminar for trade union officials and other specialists in labor relations on Europe and the trade unions in the next decade. Continuing economic problems and increasing economic interdependence between societies call for international labor cooperation in employment planning. (MF)

The Secretary-General of the Organization of African Trade Union Unity gives a broad overview of workers' education activities conducted by that union, describes the activities, and discusses how the activities differ in concept and content from such activities in other parts of the world. (CT)

The author discusses a number of important factors having a bearing on the new requirements of workers' education. They include the expansion of workers' interests and trade unions' responsibilities, the expansion of collective bargaining, a movement toward effective tripartism, and the incorporation of rural workers into unions. (CT)