04950pam 2200745 a 450 991049586700332120230829001253.00-520-35467-20-520-91083-40-585-31315-610.1525/9780520354678(CKB)111004366704246MAHL91B6679DCLC9037561B(MH)002112958-4(SSID)ssj0000110699(PQKBManifestationID)12018562(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000110699(PQKBWorkID)10074628(PQKB)10889400(DE-B1597)647928(DE-B1597)9780520354678(EXLCZ)9911100436670424619900426d1991 ub 0engur|||||||||||txtccrBetween feminism and labor the significance of the comparable worth movement /Linda M. Blum[electronic resource]Berkeley University of California Pressc19911 online resource (x, 249 p. )Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-520-07032-1 0-520-07259-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-242) and index.1.Justice You Can Bank On1 --2.National Gender Polities: Affirmative Action, the Feminist Movement, and Comparable Worth20 --3."Tough Politics": The Comparable Worth Movement in San Jose54 --4."No Fingerprints": The Comparable Worth Movement in Contra Costa County92 --5.Constrained Choices: Women's Interest in Women's Work131 --6.Limits of the Comparable Worth Movement160 --7.Radical Possibilities of a Class and Gender Movement183 --Appendix A.Overview of Women's Position in the Labor Force203 --Appendix B.San Jose Interview and Documentary Material207 --Appendix C.Contra Costa County Interview and Documentary Material212.Equal pay for equal work has long been a forceful slogan of the feminist and labor movements. Now, however, as the American economy depends more and more on "women's work," it has become clear that this objective does not benefit the majority of women, who are employed in sex-segregated jobs. In Between Feminism and Labor, Linda M. Blum examines the movement for comparable worth, or equal pay for comparable work, as a strategy to raise wages for the "pink-collar" jobs that are most frequently occupied by women. She explores the larger political implications of the movement and provides the first study of pay equity to focus directly on the mobilization of the female work force at the grass-roots level.Through two case studies of local comparable worth movements—in San Jose and Contra Costa County, California—Blum probes several important issues. She asks whether comparable worth can contribute to the formation of active labor-feminist alliances, and after a nuanced, intelligent analysis of the complexities and contradictions of comparable worth, endorses its radical potential to improve women's wages and forge links between gender- and class-based politics.Between Feminism and Labor also situates comparable worth in the context of the limitations of affirmative action, a strategy seeking to move women into male jobs as opposed to raising the value of women's work. It is the first study to contrast these two strategies and to place them within the theoretical and political debates over the validation of gender difference versus the requirement of gender neutrality. As such, the book should stimulate debate among those concerned with the future of the feminist movement, as well as those interested in the future of organized labor and progressive politics in America.Pay equityCaliforniaCase studiesPay equityUnited StatesFeminismUnited StatesPay equityCase studiesCaliforniaPay equityUnited StatesFeminismUnited StatesBusiness & EconomicsHILCCLabor & Workers' EconomicsHILCCCase studies.fastPay equityCase studies.Pay equityFeminismPay equityCase studiesPay equityFeminismBusiness & EconomicsLabor & Workers' Economics331.2/153/0973Blum Linda M1234131DLCDLCHLSBOOK9910495867003321Between feminism and labor2866658UNINAThis Record contains information from the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others the Library of Congress