My recollection of Pazos’ views on Cuba and economic development will focus on two relatively unknown pieces of his work: a book on employment and poverty in the Dominican Republic and the lecture he delivered in Washington in December 1990 to the Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy. Some reference will also be […]
The Situation of Cuban Workers During the “Special Period in Peacetime”
The purpose of this article is twofold: 1) to examine the extent to which Cuban workers experienced adversity and hardship during the years ensuing the collapse of the Soviet Union; and 2) to ascertain whether economic crisis and deterioration of conditions of work and life are likely to bring about the downfall of a totalitarian […]
Legal Changes in the Area of Labor Relations
I. The Present System Any discussions of the labor law and labor relations problems that may arise in Castro’s Cuba, should begin by defining the nature of the existing industrial relations systems. Unitl two years ago, that definition was a relatively simple one: the Cuban system was a prime example, or perhaps as I have […]