LABOR LEADERSHIP

DEMOCRATICALLY ORIENTED LABOR ORGANIZATIONS AND MEMBERS WILL BENEFIT FROM PROJECT. AIFLD LABOR LEADERSHIP COURSES ARE COMBINED WITH CLOSE FOLLOW-UP AND EVALUATION TO GENERATE A CORPS OF QUALIFIED MANAGERS AND LEADERS FOR SELECTED UNIONS (RAILWAYS, FARMERS, AIRLINES, BANKS, TEACHERS) IN RURAL AND INDUSTRIAL SECTORS. PROGRAM INCLUDES; 1. SPECIAL COURSES FOR CERTAIN INDUSTRIAL TRADE UNIONS; 2. SCHOLARSHIPS FOR ESPECIALLY QUALIFIED UNION LEADERS TO RECIEVE ADVANCED TRAINING; 3. INTRODUCTION OF A COOPERATIVE PROGRAM FOR SELECTED UNIONS, INCLUDING TRAINING OF COOP ORGANIZERS AND ADMINISRACTORS; 4. INTRODUCTION OF A UNION-FINANCED PROGRAM OF SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, PRIMARILY FOR RURAL WORKERS. USAID PROVIDES PARTICIPANT TRAINING IN LABOR STATISTICS, MANPOWER, VOCATIONAL TRAINING, INDUSTRIAL SAFETY TO MINISTRY OF LABOR (MOL). UNIONS SUPPLY IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS, AND MOL, INSTRUCTORS AND COORDINATORS FOR SEMINARS, CONFERENCES, INTERNSHIPS. PROJECT SHOULD RESULT IN SOUND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, IMPROVEMENT IN COLLECTIVE BARGAINING PRACTICES, INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF UNIONS ON SELF-SUPPORTING FINANCIAL BASIS. UNIONS WILL STRENGTHEN ORGANIZATIONS WITH LEADERSHIP AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING FROM AIFLD. FEDERATIONS, AIDED BY MOL, CONCENTRATE RESOURCES ON COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, LEGAL PROTECTIONAND UNDERSTANDING OF LABOR CODES, STRIKE FUNDS, LOCAL TRAINING PROGRAMS. AIFLD AND USAID SUPPORT CREDIT AND CONSUMER COOPS FOR UNION WORKERS, FEDERATION LABOR CENTERS, ADULT EDUCATION CLASSES. RURAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM IN 3 SELECTED DEPARTMENTS HELPS REVIVE DORMANT RURAL UNIONS, WHILE NATIONAL-LEVEL TRAINING AIMS AT STRENGTHENING DUES COLLECTION, COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, UNION MANAGEMENT. PROJECT CONSOLIDATED INTO LATIN AMERICA REGIONAL PROJECT 598010109 IN 1973