（本刊讯）１２月９日，由首都经济贸易大学劳动经济学院、美国密执安大学和中国劳动关系研究会联合主办的“劳动争议调解与仲裁国际研讨会”在京召开。会议围绕中国劳动争议仲裁的现状和发展、美国工会的发展、文化传统与法律文化差异在劳动争议处理制度中的体现、美国劳动争 (The Journal) On December 9, “International Seminar on Mediation and Arbitration of Labor Disputes” jointly organized by the School of Labor Economics of Capital University of Economics and Business, the University of Michigan and the China Labor Relations Research Institute was held in Beijing. The conference focused on the status quo and development of labor dispute arbitration in China, the development of trade unions in the United States, the differences between cultural traditions and legal cultures in the labor dispute handling system,