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Record Nr.

UNINA9910155243903321

Autore

Hamilton Mary Agnes <1884-1966., >

Titolo

Woman at work : a brief introduction to trade unionism for women / / Mary Agnes Hamilton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2017

ISBN

1-351-98622-8

1-315-27182-6

1-351-98623-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (199 pages)

Collana

Routledge library editions: women and business ; ; volume 10

Disciplina

331.880942

Soggetti

Labor unions - Great Britain

Women - Employment - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1941 by George Routledge and Sons, Limited.

Nota di contenuto

I. Background of fact -- II. ABC of trade unionism -- III. Organisation as it is to-day -- IV. The Women's Trade Union League -- V. The fight for trade boards -- VI. 1914 -- VII. Post-war -- VIII. A brief survey of certain major employments -- IX. Payment -- X. Some problems -- XI. And now?

Sommario/riassunto

This book, first published in 1941, is concerned to relate the argument for Trade Unionism to the needs of women who work, whether in their homes or outside them. It is, in part, a historical analysis of the inter-war years, and it also prefigures the changes to women's working conditions brought about by the two World Wars. War necessitated the mass employment of women, and Trade Union action had greatly improved the position of the woman war-worker of 1941 compared to a quarter century previously. This invaluable book examines that Trade Union action.