This eight-page tabloid-style report presents an overview of past and present working conditions in the United States as a whole and in Hawaii in particular, with emphasis on women and on lower-level workers. The seven articles in the paper cover the following topics: "A Brief History of Labor in Hawaii" (William J. Puette); "The Nineteenth Century American Work Force" (Edward Beechert); "Women in the Labor Force in America and in Hawaii" (Joyce N. Chinen); "The Work Ethic in Early America" (Cedric Cowing); "Inequality and Discrimination in the Work Place" (Kenneth Kipnis); "Comparable Worth/Pay Equity" (Andrienne Valdez); the "The Confucian Work Ethic" (Daniel W. Y. Kwok). The material is illustrated with historical photographs and line drawings. (KC)