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D'Aprano Zelda <1928-> |
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Titolo |
Kath Williams [[electronic resource] ] : the unions and the fight for equal pay / / Zelda D'Aprano |
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North Melbourne, : Spinifex Press, 2001 |
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ISBN |
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1-74219-431-1 |
1-74219-102-9 |
1-74219-100-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (322 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Women labor union members - Australia |
Women labor union members - Australia - History |
Equal pay for equal work - Australia - History |
Labor unions - Australia - History |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [278]-285) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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One of Australia's most important activists for women's rights, Kath Williams was a trade unionist and a communist before taking on the |
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