Dear friends: As you may know, the Instituto Laboral de Educacion Sindical (Labor Studies Institute) of Puerto Rico has been editing and publishing an E-MAIL DIRECTORY OF LABOR ORGANIZATIONS IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN. The first edition was published in april 1996 and the second one in october 1996. We are now in the process of updating the DIRECTORY for its third edition, which is due for publication in april. For this reason, we are calling upon all labor organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as solidarity organizations in the United States, Canada and Europe to send the names and e-mail addresses of labor organizations you may have contact with to any one of the following addresses: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Besides the name and address of the organization, you can include a brief description of its work, its priorities, etc. It must be remembered that the DIRECTORY is not limitted to unions and federations, we also include labor institutes, political organizations, environmental groups, women's groups and other organizations that serve the interests of the working class. We also include some organizations in Canada, the United States and Europe we believe may be important for our work. If you did not receive the second edition, you can get a fully hyperlinked english version of the directory at: http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/lib/bookshelf/dirs/LAmerican_Unions/ If you want a fully hyperlinked version in spanish, you can get one at: http://www.caribe.net/br/dirlab.htm If you do not have web access, please e-mail us and we will gladly send you a copy. In solidarity, Carlos Quiros-Mendez Instituto Laboral de Educacion Sindical PUERTO RICO
