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Latin Women
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negotiate with communist labor unions only on matters specifically relating to workers’ issues, on the welfare of the workers. We try very hard not to get involved on political issues with the communists.*’
Mrs. Zambrano is personally concerned with using the union movement to raise women’s positions in society in Ecuador, in addition to improving the country’s general standard of living. “Our main objective will be to teach women to be more independent as far as work is concerned,” she said. There’s a stigma attached to women involved in union activities, she commented. “We want them to stop worrying about being judged... There’s nothing wrong with being an active union participant,” Mrs. Zambrano maintained.
She reported that she planned to work towards organizing educational centers to teach women job skills along with labor laws and their individual rights and that she hoped to bring
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