History of Organized Labor in Panama and Central America

Robert J. Alexander is Professor Emeritus of Economics and Political Science, Rutgers University, where he taught for fifty-five years. He is the author of many books including several for Praeger and Greenwood.

• Preface Introduction 1. Organized Labor in Panama 2. Costa Rican Organized LaborPart I 3. Costa Rican Organized LaborPart II 4. Organized Labor in Nicaragua 5. Organized Labor in Honduras before 1957 6. Organized Labor in Honduras after 1957 7. Organized Labor in El Salvador until 1957 8. Salvadoran Organized Labor after 1967 9. Guatemalan Organized Labor before June 1954 10. Guatemalan Organized Labor after June 1954 Bibliography

"… [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