Physical Description: Cartons 2-5, Box 1
Scope and Content Note
Files of "Al" - who is likley Al Weintrub, editor of the CALDN newsletter and managing editor of The Labor Report on Central
America. Some materials were sorted and filed by subject; others were labeled miscellaneous, or were not foldered. The records
are related to trade union activities, and workers rights and human rights (and violations thereof) in Central America, particularly
in El Salvador and Nicaragua. There are materials on women and farm workers.
Types of material include working files on unions and individual trade unionists (with notes and drafts); reports; information
packets; convention proceedings and resolutions on Central America; news clippings (original and photocopies); and published
materials, such as monographs and serials.
Organizations represented include: the AFL-CIO, Americas Watch, the American Institute for Free Labor Development (AIFLD),
ASTTEL Union (La Asociación Salvadoreña de Trabajadores de Telecomunicaciones, El Salvador), the Salvadoran Labor Defense
Network, the Labor Network on Central America, the Canadian Labour Congress, the Institute for Latin American Studies, Amnesty
International, the American Federation of Teachers, and the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists. Also includes issues of Barricada
Internacional - the international biweekly of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (1987-1991).