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International Study Circles
International Study Circles (ISC) are a new development in workers education. By combining traditional study circles and the Internet it has been possible to develop a unique form of international workers education. Find out more here.

The NUGFW is involved in the developing the current ISC on ...

Migrant Workers in the Global Economy

Other International Study Circles have covered:

The Women and the Global Food Industry

Asia Project

Tackling Trans-nationals - 1. Pilot project

Tackling Trans-nationals - 2. Pilot project

Workers education in the Caribbean

Workers’ Education is the quarterly publication of the International Federation of Workers’ Education Associations (IFWEA). Recent issues have covered trade union in the Caribbean ...

International Study Circles and regional integration in the Caribbean
A key concern of the delegates at an IFWEA Caribbean regional seminar was the impact of regional integration on the trade union movement. In this article, Dave Smith, Organisation Officer of the National Union of Government and Federated Workers (Trinidad & Tobago), analyses regional integration and how International Study Circles can help develop a trade union response.

Trade union education in the Caribbean
In this interview with the editor of Workers Education, , Lilieth Harris from the Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions, discusses trade union issues in the Caribbean.

Workers’ Education in the Caribbean: Key Issues and Challenges
Countries in the Caribbean have felt the brutal effects of IMF/World Bank structural adjustment policies. In this context, Ulric Sealy, the Principal of the Barbados Workers’ Union Labour College, argues that workers’ education is an essential tool to develop leadership and skills thereby strengthening trade union capacity.

IFWEA
International Federation of Workers Education Associations

IFWEA - Latin America
Programa Laboral de Desarrollo (PLADES)

Labor Development Program (PLADES)

IFWEA - Europe
EURO-WEA