LEADER 04018nam 2200637 450 001 9910466020703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-5017-0689-6 010 $a1-5017-0636-5 024 7 $a10.7591/9781501706363 035 $a(CKB)3710000000824225 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001599537 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4635091 035 $a(OCoLC)956482295 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse54723 035 $a(DE-B1597)478721 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781501706363 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4635091 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11246577 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL951890 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000824225 100 $a20160304d2016 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aOur unions, our selves $ethe rise of feminist labor unions in Japan /$fAnne Zacharias-Walsh 210 1$aIthaca :$cILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource 300 $aPreviously issued in print: 2016. 311 $a1-5017-0305-6 311 $a1-5017-0304-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aA union of one's own -- A tale of two activists -- Women's Union Tokyo in practice -- First, we drink tea -- Under the microscope -- Crisis of difference -- Made in Japan -- A movement transformed. 330 $aIn Our Unions, Our Selves, Anne Zacharias-Walsh provides an in-depth look at the rise of women-only unions in Japan, an organizational analysis of the challenges these new unions face in practice, and a firsthand account of the ambitious, occasionally contentious, and ultimately successful international solidarity project that helped to spark a new feminist labor movement.In the early 1990s, as part of a larger wave of union reform efforts in Japan, women began creating their own women-only labor unions to confront long-standing gender inequality in the workplace and in traditional enterprise unions. These new unions soon discovered that the demand for individual assistance and help at the bargaining table dramatically exceeded the rate at which the unions could recruit and train members to meet that demand. Within just a few years, women-only unions were proving to be both the most effective option women had for addressing problems on the job and in serious danger of dying out because of their inability to grow their organizational capacity.Zacharias-Walsh met up with Japanese women's unions at a critical moment in their struggle to survive. Recognizing the benefits of a cross-national dialogue, they teamed up to host a multiyear international exchange project that brought together U.S. and Japanese activists and scholars to investigate the links between organizational structure and the day-to-day problems nontraditional unions face, and to develop Japan-specific participatory labor education as a way to organize and empower new generations of members. They also gained valuable insights into the fine art of building and maintaining the kinds of collaborative, cross border relationships that are essential to today's social justice movements, from global efforts to save the environment to the Fight for $15 and Black Lives Matter. 606 $aWomen labor union members$zJapan 606 $aWomen in the labor movement$zJapan 606 $aSex discrimination in employment$zJapan 606 $aSex role in the work environment$zJapan 606 $aFeminism$zJapan 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWomen labor union members 615 0$aWomen in the labor movement 615 0$aSex discrimination in employment 615 0$aSex role in the work environment 615 0$aFeminism 676 $a331.88082/0952 700 $aZacharias-Walsh$b Anne$01039250 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910466020703321 996 $aOur unions, our selves$92461340 997 $aUNINA