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Introduction: The Feminist Challenge to the Unions
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Linda Briskin
and Patricia McDermott
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Foreword vii
- Acknowledgments xiii
- Introduction: The Feminist Challenge to the Unions 1
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Part One. Women on Strike
- 1. The Eaton’s Strike: We Wouldn’t Have Missed It for the World! 23
- 2. Alberta Nurses and the ‘Illegal’ Strike of 1988 44
- 3. Reflections on Life Stories: Women’s Bank Union Activism 62
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Part Two. The Politics of Gender within the Union Movement
- 4. Union Women and Separate Organizing 89
- 5. Trade Union Leadership: Sexism and Affirmative Action 109
- 6. Women Working for Unions: Female Staff and the Politics of Transformation 137
- 7. Black Women Speak Out: Racism and Unions 157
- 8. Unionism and Feminism in the Canadian Auto Workers Union, 1961-1992 172
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Part Three. Unions and Women Workers
- 9. Patterns of Unionization 191
- 10. Collective Bargaining and Women’s Workplace Concerns 207
- 11. The Gendered Dimension of Labour Law: Why Women Need Inclusive Unionism and Broader-based Bargaining 231
- 12. Can a Disappearing Pie be Shared Equally?: Unions, Women, and Wage ‘Fairness’ 249
- 13. Unions and Women’s Occupational Health in Québec 266
- 14. From the DEW Line: The Experience of Canadian Garment Workers 284
- 15. Professions, Unions, or What?: Learning from Nurses 304
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Part Four. Studying Women and Unions
- 16. A View from Outside the Whale: The Treatment of Women and Unions in Industrial Relations 325
- Authors 343
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Foreword vii
- Acknowledgments xiii
- Introduction: The Feminist Challenge to the Unions 1
-
Part One. Women on Strike
- 1. The Eaton’s Strike: We Wouldn’t Have Missed It for the World! 23
- 2. Alberta Nurses and the ‘Illegal’ Strike of 1988 44
- 3. Reflections on Life Stories: Women’s Bank Union Activism 62
-
Part Two. The Politics of Gender within the Union Movement
- 4. Union Women and Separate Organizing 89
- 5. Trade Union Leadership: Sexism and Affirmative Action 109
- 6. Women Working for Unions: Female Staff and the Politics of Transformation 137
- 7. Black Women Speak Out: Racism and Unions 157
- 8. Unionism and Feminism in the Canadian Auto Workers Union, 1961-1992 172
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Part Three. Unions and Women Workers
- 9. Patterns of Unionization 191
- 10. Collective Bargaining and Women’s Workplace Concerns 207
- 11. The Gendered Dimension of Labour Law: Why Women Need Inclusive Unionism and Broader-based Bargaining 231
- 12. Can a Disappearing Pie be Shared Equally?: Unions, Women, and Wage ‘Fairness’ 249
- 13. Unions and Women’s Occupational Health in Québec 266
- 14. From the DEW Line: The Experience of Canadian Garment Workers 284
- 15. Professions, Unions, or What?: Learning from Nurses 304
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Part Four. Studying Women and Unions
- 16. A View from Outside the Whale: The Treatment of Women and Unions in Industrial Relations 325
- Authors 343