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A History of Organized Labor in Panama and Central America
Author(s): Robert J. Alexander (Author)
- Publisher: Praeger (UK)
- Publication Date: 30 July 2008
- Language: English
- Print length: 320 pages
- ISBN-10: 0275977404
- ISBN-13: 9780275977405
Book Description
This volume is a pioneering study of the history of organized labor in the Central American republics. It traces the history in the various countries from the early nineteenth century to the end of the twentieth century. It also discusses why they appeared, what organizational and ideological tendencies characterized the movement in these countries, the role of collective bargaining, the economic influence of organized labor, as well as the relations of the movement in the individual countries with one another and with the broader labor movement outside of the countries involved in this volume.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“… [Alexander] derives much material in this book from personal involvement with Serafino Romualdi, an Italian anti-fascist, who acted as an anticommunist agent for the American Federation of Labor throughout Latin America. Along with Jay Lovestone, a former socialist turned anticommunist, Romualdi worked closely with the US State Department and the AFL to destabilize liberal Latin American governments and support friendly labor movements.” —Choice
About the Author
ROBERT J. ALEXANDER is Professor Emeritus of Economics and Political Science, Rutgers University. He was a member of John F. Kennedy’s Task Force on Latin America where the Alliance for Progress was developed, and he is a former consultant to the American Federation of Labor and the AFL-CIO on Latin American and Caribbean organized labor. One of the country’s most respected scholars of Latin American politics and economic affairs, Professor Alexander is the author or editor of forty-five earlier books, most of them focusing on Latin America and the Caribbean, including The Bolivian National Revolution, the first English-language study of that upheaval, and the history of labor and radical movements.
