An outline of training requirements for the following members of rural workers' organizations is presented: ordinary member, voluntary branch and regional officers, voluntary national officer, full-time regional field official, full-time national official, officials with experience in the organization, and officials appointed for their…

Discusses how unions with strong leadership training can help workers with their problems and describes the education needs of union members. Describes typical union policies for workers' education, as well as essential features of a workers' education program. Covers curriculum development and long-range planning. (CH)

Discusses the development and function of the University and College Labor Education Association in the United States, workers' education in Japan, the 25th birthday of the Central Board of Workers' Education in India, and the general conference of the International Federation of Workers' Educational Associations in Paris. (JOW)

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

Democratization should be considered in terms of equal representation of women and men in government as well as in the relevant bodies and decision-making organs of society. Trade unions should be perceived and assessed in relation to the participation of women within their structures and the reflection of women's concerns in their policies and…

Women now comprise 30 percent of trade union membership worldwide. The International Labour Organisation's Workers' Education Branch is attempting to improve the status of women workers and increase their participation in union activities and labor education. (SK)

Develops a set of ideas and practices acquired from experience in organizing trade union education sessions. The method is based on observations that lecturing has not proved highly efficient, although traditional approaches--lecture, reading, discussion--are not totally rejected. (JOW)

The Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union (ICWU), active from 1919-1930, was one of South Africa's first trade unions for Black and Colored workers and the ICWU and its leaders were prominent throughout the 1920s. This article attempts to outline and analyze the history of ICWU. (JOW)

Discusses societal pressures, including the need for child care, that have resulted in the increased participation of women in the labor force. Outlines steps to increase women's participation in the labor movement and lists positive actions that some unions have already taken. (CH)

Results of the meeting in Cairo, April-May 1972. (SP)

Unions are increasingly embarking on education and training programs in occupational health and safety for workers and their representatives. The importance of such programs is stressed by the author. Discusses occupational dangers and how worker education programs can contribute to reducing these dangers. (CT)

Discusses Fabianism, the essence of which was the rejection of laissez-faire, which apportioned the products of labor in inverse proportion to the products of labor involved. Also discusses "The Fabian Essays," which expressed its doctrine that each citizen has an equal claim in the common good in respect of his or her equal needs. (JOW)

Discusses the need for training programs to deal with solving the problems labor unions will face as a result of changing demographics in the labor force. Provides a model for developing a carefully prepared, realistic case study based on an actual situation. (JOW)

Presents extracts from a record of the general strike in 1917 of the Union General de Trabajadores de Espana (UGT), the General Workers' Union of Spain. (SK)