Describes a military apprenticeship program developed by the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training, U.S. Department of Labor, to match military occupation specialties with comparable civilian trades, translate military work experience standards into civilian terms, and certify this training for veterans' employers. (MF)

The Administrator of the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training (BAT), U.S. Department of Labor, presents an overview of the Federal government's role in apprentice training, Federal apprenticeship legislation and programs, labor standards and their administration, and the 40 years of BAT, established in 1937 by the National Apprenticeship Act. (MF)

There is no unemployment in mainland China, where the government uses work to control the lives of one-fourth of the world's population. From his 1978 trip, the author describes impressions of Chinese life and work in a still underdeveloped and largely unindustrialized country. (MF)