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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809899603321

Titolo

Gender, diversity and trade unions : international perspectives / / edited by Fiona Colgan and Sue Ledwith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Routledge, 2002

ISBN

1-134-58208-0

0-415-23021-7

1-134-58209-9

1-280-15716-X

0-203-16575-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xv, 320 p

Collana

Routledge research in employment relations ; ; 6

Altri autori (Persone)

ColganFiona

LedwithSue

Disciplina

331.478

Soggetti

Women labor union members

Women employees - Labor unions

Labor unions

Diversity in the workplace

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

chapter 1 Tackling gender, diversity and trade union democracy -- A worldwide project? / Sue Ledwith -- chapter References -- chapter 2 The equity project in Canadian unions -- Confronting the challenge of restructuring and globalisation / Linda Briskin -- chapter Notes -- chapter 3 Sweden's LO -- Learning to embrace the differences within? / Rianne Mahon -- chapter 4 Trade unions, segmentation and diversity -- The organising dilemmas in Malaysia / Patricia Todd -- part 5 Trade unions and women's autonomy -- Organisational strategies of women workers in India / Rohini Hensman -- chapter Research methods -- chapter Fragmented unions, fragmented bargaining -- chapter The Chhattisgarh Mines Shramik Sangh (CMSS) and Mahila Mukti Morcha (MMM) -- chapter 6 From unintended to undecided feminism? -- Italian labour's changing and singular ambiguities / Bianca Beccalli -- chapter Women in the trade unions: an ambiguous relation -- chapter Widening equal opportunities to minority groups -- chapter 7 Changing gender



relations in German trade unions -- From Workers Patriarchy to gender democracy? / Sigrid Koch-Baumgarten -- chapter 8 Gender, diversity and mobilisation in UK trade unions / Fiona Colgan -- chapter Case studies: the GPMU and UNISON -- part 9 Professional and highly quali?ed women in two contrasting trade unions / Geraldine Healy -- chapter Professional commitment and union orientation -- part Conclusions -- chapter Notes -- part 10 Women in the labour movement -- Perceptions of gender democracy in South African trade unions / Malehoko Tshoaedi -- chapter Methodology -- chapter Role of women in the formation of unions -- chapter 11 On the edge of equality? -- Working women and the US labour movement / Dorothy Sue Cobble -- chapter Women and wages -- chapter 12 Organised labour, sexual diversity and union activism in Canada / Gerald Hunt -- chapter 13 Sexual politics in (Australian) labour movements / Suzanne Franzway -- chapter Framing the strategies: sameness or difference -- chapter 14 Masculinities and emotion work in trade unions / Claire Williams -- chapter The challenge of women and feminism.

Sommario/riassunto

The pressures of globalization and diversity are increasingly requiring organizations to rethink their priorities and methods. In this collection, leading researchers examine the debates and developments on gender, diversity and democracy in trade unions in eleven countries. Offering an authoritative basis for comparative analysis, this book is essential reading for researchers, teachers, trade unionists and students of industrial relations and equal opportunities, along with all those concerned with ensuring that modern organizations reflect and represent the needs and concerns of a diverse workforce.