International Labor Organizations and Organized Labor in Latin America and the Caribbean: A History Contributor(s): Alexander, Robert J. (Author), Parker, Eldon (Author) |
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ISBN: 0275977390 ISBN-13: 9780275977399 Publisher: Praeger OUR PRICE: $74.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2009 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | International - General - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations - Business & Economics | Labor |
Dewey: 331.880 |
LCCN: 2009024768 |
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.4" W x 9.3" (1.45 lbs) 332 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: With a career that covers over a half century, Robert J. Alexander is perhaps our foremost authority on Latin American history and politics. In International Labor Organizations and Organized Labor in Latin America and the Caribbean: A History, Alexander explores one of the most fascinating and often overlooked aspects of the Latin American labor scene he has so meticulously chronicled: the relationships between labor unions within specific nations, region wide organizations, and organized labor around the world. Alexander has written many of the cornerstone works on labor movements within the nations of Latin America, and this is his first volume to focus on the impact of international unions on Latin American labor issues. Coverage includes the AFL-offshoot Pan American Federation of Labor and the CIA-backed AIFLD; the role of the Russian Union, Profintern; European-based unions like the anti-Communist/anti-Fascist Postal Telegraph and Telephone International; and intraregional organizations like the Confederacion de Trabajadores de America Latina (CTAL)--the first attempt to form a multinational labor organization exclusively for the region. |