Report reviewing political development, economic policy and labour policy in Venezuela - discusses politics, economic development (incl. Infrastructure, trade, foreign investment, income distribution, labour force, labour market, etc.), Comments on labour legislation relating to working conditions, wages, social security, cooperatives, collective bargaining, and the right to strike, and describes the trade union set-up, incl. Affiliations with international trade unions, etc. Bibliography pp. 247 to 252, map and statistical tables.