kj[Accessibility Information]

Related BLS programs | Related articles

July, 1988, Vol. 111, No. 7

A view of labor ministries
in other nations

Morris Weisz

The U.S. Department of Labor, now marking its 75th anniversary, has counterparts in more than 150 countries. But the scope and nature of these labor ministries differ substantially from those of the U.S. agency that was established in 1913. This article looks at labor agencies in various economic and political settings and compares them with the U.S. Labor Department.

This excerpt is from an article published in the July 1988 issue of the Monthly Labor Review. The full text of the article is available in Adobe Acrobat's Portable Document Format (PDF). See How to view a PDF file for more information.

Read abstract  Download full article in PDF (492K)

Related BLS programs

None

Related Monthly Labor Review articles

None