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Women Challenging Unions
Feminism, Democracy, and Militancy
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Edited by:
Linda Briskin
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English
Published/Copyright:
1993
About this book
All of the authors share a commitment to workplace militancy and a more democratic union movement, to women's resistance to the devaluation of their work, to their agency in the change-making process.
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Briskin Linda :
Linda Briskin teaches in the Division of Social Science, York University.
McDermott Patricia :Patricia McDermott teaches in the Division of Social Science, York University.
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Contents
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Foreword
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Acknowledgments
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Introduction: The Feminist Challenge to the Unions
1 - Part One. Women on Strike
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1. The Eaton’s Strike: We Wouldn’t Have Missed It for the World!
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2. Alberta Nurses and the ‘Illegal’ Strike of 1988
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3. Reflections on Life Stories: Women’s Bank Union Activism
62 - Part Two. The Politics of Gender within the Union Movement
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4. Union Women and Separate Organizing
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5. Trade Union Leadership: Sexism and Affirmative Action
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6. Women Working for Unions: Female Staff and the Politics of Transformation
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7. Black Women Speak Out: Racism and Unions
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8. Unionism and Feminism in the Canadian Auto Workers Union, 1961-1992
172 - Part Three. Unions and Women Workers
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9. Patterns of Unionization
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10. Collective Bargaining and Women’s Workplace Concerns
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11. The Gendered Dimension of Labour Law: Why Women Need Inclusive Unionism and Broader-based Bargaining
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12. Can a Disappearing Pie be Shared Equally?: Unions, Women, and Wage ‘Fairness’
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13. Unions and Women’s Occupational Health in Québec
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14. From the DEW Line: The Experience of Canadian Garment Workers
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15. Professions, Unions, or What?: Learning from Nurses
304 - Part Four. Studying Women and Unions
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16. A View from Outside the Whale: The Treatment of Women and Unions in Industrial Relations
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November 15, 1993
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9781442683563
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College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
