Gives history of the export-oriented industrialization strategy in St. Lucia. Paints portrait of female production workers focusing on age, ethnic origin, residence, education, and household composition. Provides employment data for a typical St. Lucian electronics worker discussing work experience, recruitment, transportation, training, tenure, and wages. Examines health and safety conditions on the job; problems faced by women workers; the solutions as they see them; worker attitudes to management and trade unions, and worker aspirations. Outlines roles of women as they relate to the home, the labour force, the family budget and family planning. Makes recommendations relating to the development strategy and to worker welfare.

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