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

• Pubblicazione: London, : Routledge, 2002
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: xv, 320 p
• Disciplina: 331.478
• Soggetto topico: Women labor union members; Women employees - Labor unions; Labor unions; Diversity in the workplace
• Altri autori: ColganFiona LedwithSue
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Gender, diversity, and trade unions
• ISBN: 1-134-58208-0; 0-415-23021-7; 1-134-58209-9; 1-280-15716-X; 0-203-16575-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809899603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge research in employment relations ; ; 6.