03298nam 2200661 a 450 991082175270332120240418135259.01-74219-431-11-74219-102-91-74219-100-2(CKB)1000000000693130(EBL)410437(OCoLC)476232844(SSID)ssj0000186948(PQKBManifestationID)11166780(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000186948(PQKBWorkID)10252948(PQKB)11668927(MiAaPQ)EBC410437(Au-PeEL)EBL410437(CaPaEBR)ebr10273696(EXLCZ)99100000000069313020010824d2001 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrKath Williams the unions and the fight for equal pay /Zelda D'Aprano1st ed.North Melbourne Spinifex Press20011 online resource (322 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-306-09967-6 1-876756-02-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [278]-285) and index.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 retire10 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; IndexOne 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.Women labor union membersAustraliaBiographyWomen labor union membersAustraliaHistoryEqual pay for equal workAustraliaHistoryLabor unionsAustraliaHistoryWomen labor union membersWomen labor union membersHistory.Equal pay for equal workHistory.Labor unionsHistory.305.4092331.478092331.478092D'Aprano Zelda1928-1688167MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821752703321Kath Williams4062177UNINA