The Multinational Monitor
 
March 1980 - Volume 1 - Number 2
 
Multinationals and Development 

C O N T E N T S

Features

Labor Battles Hazard Export
- by Herman Rebhan
A leading trade unionist examines the global fight against the export of hazardous industries to developing countries.

Bitter Wages: Women in East Asia's Semiconductor Plants
- by Rachel Grossman
The plight of women in East Asia's semiconductor industry: low pay, dangerous working conditions, and management manipulation.

Multinationals, Development, and Democracy
- an interview with Henry Geyelin.
The President of the Council of the Americas, a prominent spokesman for U.S. business, discusses foreign investment in Latin America with Multinational Monitor.

Coal Trade Means Shipbuilders' Goldmine
- by James Ridgeway
In his first monthly column, James Ridgeway examines the switch from oil to coal as a source of energy, and its implications for international shipping.

Nicaragua: The Unfolding Scene
- by Charles Roberts
A special expanded section explores the future of foreign investment in post-Somoza Nicaragua.

Global Sightings

Marcos' Economic Plan

Mexican Tax Scandal Heats Up

Bristol-Myers' 'Third World' Cancer Cure

Hazards on the High Seas

Europe's Subsidy War

Departments

Resources
- reviews of books, reports, and publications

Letters to the Editor