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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454258903321

Autore

D'Aprano Zelda <1928->

Titolo

Kath Williams [[electronic resource] ] : the unions and the fight for equal pay / / Zelda D'Aprano

Pubbl/distr/stampa

North Melbourne, : Spinifex Press, 2001

ISBN

1-74219-431-1

1-74219-102-9

1-74219-100-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (322 p.)

Disciplina

305.4092

331.478092

Soggetti

Women labor union members - Australia

Women labor union members - Australia - History

Equal pay for equal work - Australia - History

Labor unions - Australia - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [278]-285) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Abbreviations; Preface; Editorial note; 1 Cath the housewife/mother becomes Kath the activist; 2 An early history of women and unionism; 3 Women's postwar moves on equal pay and the ACTU; 4 Decisions on equal pay, 1891 to 1955; 5 The fight for equal pay, 1956 to 1959; 6 1960 to 1962, the fight escalates; 7 Kath resigns from the Communist Party of Australia; 8 1963 to 1964, the ACTU and equal pay; 9 1965 to 1967: the ACTU gears up for action as Kath begins to retire

10 The ACTU changes policy: from urging legislation to preparing a claim for equal pay11 The equal pay case of 1969; 12 Equal pay for work of equal value; 13 Kath and male structures; 14 Women, work and the fight for pay justice; Appendix 1 Noteworthy decisions on pay; Appendix 2 The Victorian Working Women's Centre; Interviews; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

One of Australia's most important activists for women's rights, Kath Williams was a trade unionist and a communist before taking on the



mantle of feminist after World War II. With a trade unionist ex-husband who was elected to Federal Politics opposing her left wing campaigns, Kath emerged as a feisty and quietly determined woman. Her campaign of conviction was the major force behind the country's achievement of equal pay for women.