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July 1988

A view of labor ministries in other nations

Morris Weisz

Differing political and economic climates have shaped a variety of agencies to deal with labor issues in industrial, developing, and Communist countries. This article looks at labor agencies in various economic and political settings and compares them with the U.S. Labor Department.

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