Women, work, and inequality : the challenge of equal pay in a deregulated labour market / edited by Jeanne Gregory, Rosemary Sales, Ariane Hegewisch.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gregory, Jeanne.

Sales, Rosemary, 1947-

Hegewisch, Ariane, 1958-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pay equity.

Equal pay for equal work.

Sex discrimination in employment.

Sex discrimination against women.

Physical Description:

xiv, 220 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 1999.

Summary:

Analyzes the effects of globalization and labor market deregulation on gender inequality, and strategies to redress inequalities in pay and conditions of employment.

Contents:

Part I Labour Market Inequalities: International Perspectives 25

2 Then and Now: Equal Pay in European Union Politics / Catherine Hoskyns 27

3 Global Feminization and Flexible Labour Markets: Gendered Discourse in the Opposition to Pay Equity Reform / Deborah Figart, Ellen Mutari 44

4 Pay Equity: Hard Work Down Under / Martha Coleman 58

5 Globalization, Feminization and Pay Inequalities in London and the UK / Irene Bruegel 73

Part II Race, Migration and Employment 95

6 Immigration, Ethnicity and Exclusion: Implications of European Integration / Rosemary Sales, Jeanne Gregory 97

7 Just Like One of the Family? Gender, Ethnicity and Migrant Status among Filipino Domestic Workers in Rome / Cecilia Tacoli 115

8 South Asian Women Homeworkers in East London / Kalwant Bhopal 129

Part III Evaluating Equal Pay Law 139

9 Pay Equity: Lessons from Ontario, Canada / Patricia McDermott 141

10 Negative (Pay) Equity

An Analysis of Some (Side-) Effects of The Equal Pay Act / Sue Hastings 153

11 Independent Experts in Equal Pay / Alan Arthurs 168

Part IV The Strategic Use of Equal Pay Law 181

12 Public Sector Reforms in a Changing Economic and Political Climate: Lessons from Michigan / Peggy Kahn, Deborah Figart 183

13 Strategic Litigation in Pursuit of Pay Equality / Robin Allen, Gay Moon 196

14 Union Strategies in Pursuit of Pay Equity: the Role of UNISON / Virginia Branney, Marisa Howes, Ariane Hegewisch 208.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

031222141X :

OCLC:

40298538