Women challenging unions : feminism, democracy and militancy / edited by Linda Briskin and Patricia McDermott.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Briskin, Linda, 1949- editor.

McDermott, Patricia, editor.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women labor union members--Canada--Congresses.

Women labor union members.

Canada.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (361 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Annotation A collection of original papers that presents a vision of a reinvigorated labor movement that would actively seek the full participation of women and other traditionally excluded groups, and that would willingly incorporate a feminist agenda. This vision challenges union complicity in the gendered segmentation of the labor market; union support for traditionalist ideologies about women's work, breadwinners, and male-headed families; union resistance to broader-based bargaining; and the marginalization of women inside unions. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

Contents:

Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction

The Feminist Challenge to the Unions

Part One: Women on Strike

1 The Eaton's Strike: We Wouldn't Have Missed It for the World!

2 Alberta Nurses and the 'Illegal' Strike of 1988

3 Reflections on Life Stories: Women's Bank Union Activism

Part Two: The Politics of Gender within the Union Movement

4 Union Women and Separate Organizing

5 Trade Union Leadership: Sexism and Affirmative Action

6 Women Working for Unions: Female Staff and the Politics of Transformation

7 Black Women Speak Out: Racism and Unions8 Unionism and Feminism in the Canadian Auto Workers Union, 1961-1992

Part Three: Unions and Women Workers

9 Patterns of Unionization

10 Collective Bargaining and Women's Workplace Concerns

11 The Gendered Dimension of Labour Law: Why Women Need Inclusive Unionism and Broader-Based Bargaining

12 Can a Disappearing Pie be Shared Equally?: Unions, Women, and Wage 'Fairness'

13 Unions and Women's Occupational Health in Québec

14 From the DEW Line: The Experience of Canadian Garment Workers

15 Professions, Unions, or What?: Learning from Nurses

Part Four: Studying Women and Unions

16 A View from Outside the Whale: The Treatment of Women and Unions in Industrial Relations

Authors

Notes:

[Papers from] "the seminar series on Women and Unions: Industrial Relations, Collective Bargaining and Union Militancy, "--Page [xiii].

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4875-9643-X

1-4426-8356-2

OCLC:

923068575