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Under the bus : how working women are being run over / / Caroline Fredrickson



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Autore: Fredrickson Caroline Visualizza persona
Titolo: Under the bus : how working women are being run over / / Caroline Fredrickson Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, New York ; ; London, [England] : , : The New Press, , 2015
©2015
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 p.)
Disciplina: 331.40973
Soggetto topico: Sex discrimination in employment - United States
Women - United States - Employment
Household employees - United States
Part-time employees - United States
Classificazione: BUS038000SOC028000POL004000
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di contenuto: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 THE TEST OF OUR PROGRESS; 2 THE WAGES OF DISCRIMINATION; 3 PUNCHING THE CLOCK; 4 THE WI LD WEST; 5 BYE-BYE, BABY; 6 DID MARY POPPINS HAVE KIDS?; 7 LEANING TOGETHER; NOTES; INDEX
Sommario/riassunto: Most Americans think that our country has done quite a lot to protect women and ensure gender equity in the workplace. After all, we have banned discrimination against women, required equal pay for equal work, and adopted family-leave legislation. But the fact is that we have a two-tiered system, where some working women have a full panoply of rights while others have few or none at all. We allow blatant discrimination by small employers. Domestic workers are cut out of our wage and overtime laws. Part-time workers, disproportionately women, are denied basic benefits. Laws are written through
Titolo autorizzato: Under the bus  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-62097-080-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910808368803321
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