LEADER 04950pam 2200745 a 450 001 9910495867003321 005 20230829001253.0 010 $a0-520-35467-2 010 $a0-520-91083-4 010 $a0-585-31315-6 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520354678 035 $a(CKB)111004366704246 035 1 $aMAHL91B6679 035 1 $zDCLC9037561B 035 $a(MH)002112958-4 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000110699 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12018562 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000110699 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10074628 035 $a(PQKB)10889400 035 $a(DE-B1597)647928 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520354678 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111004366704246 100 $a19900426d1991 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBetween feminism and labor $ethe significance of the comparable worth movement /$fLinda M. Blum$b[electronic resource] 210 0 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc1991 215 $a1 online resource (x, 249 p. ) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-520-07032-1 311 $a0-520-07259-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 219-242) and index. 327 $g1.$tJustice You Can Bank On$g1 --$g2.$tNational Gender Polities: Affirmative Action, the Feminist Movement, and Comparable Worth$g20 --$g3.$t"Tough Politics": The Comparable Worth Movement in San Jose$g54 --$g4.$t"No Fingerprints": The Comparable Worth Movement in Contra Costa County$g92 --$g5.$tConstrained Choices: Women's Interest in Women's Work$g131 --$g6.$tLimits of the Comparable Worth Movement$g160 --$g7.$tRadical Possibilities of a Class and Gender Movement$g183 --$gAppendix A.$tOverview of Women's Position in the Labor Force$g203 --$gAppendix B.$tSan Jose Interview and Documentary Material$g207 --$gAppendix C.$tContra Costa County Interview and Documentary Material$g212. 330 $aEqual 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. 606 $aPay equity$zCalifornia$xCase studies 606 $aPay equity$zUnited States 606 $aFeminism$zUnited States 606 $aPay equity$xCase studies$zCalifornia 606 $aPay equity$zUnited States 606 $aFeminism$zUnited States 606 $aBusiness & Economics$2HILCC 606 $aLabor & Workers' Economics$2HILCC 608 $aCase studies.$2fast 615 0$aPay equity$xCase studies. 615 0$aPay equity 615 0$aFeminism 615 0$aPay equity$xCase studies 615 0$aPay equity 615 0$aFeminism 615 7$aBusiness & Economics 615 7$aLabor & Workers' Economics 676 $a331.2/153/0973 700 $aBlum$b Linda M$01234131 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bHLS 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910495867003321 996 $aBetween feminism and labor$92866658 997 $aUNINA 999 $aThis 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