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1 online resource (xix, 284 pages) |
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Book collections on Project MUSE
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Preface / Walter G. Davis -- Foreword / Lois S. Gray -- Part I. Designing programs -- Labor education and women workers : an historical perspective / Joyce L. Kornbluh and Lyn Goldfarb -- Promoting and recruiting : reaching the target audience / Frieda Shoeberg Rozen -- The short course / Rochelle Semel -- Conferences : the one-day model / Joyce L. Kornbluh and Hy Kornbluh -- Training rank and file leaders : a case study / Marjorie B. Rachlin -- Credit programs for working women / Katherine Schrier -- Residential schools / Barbara M. Wertheimer -- Evaluating programs for working adults / Maria-Luz D. Samper and Stanley Rosen -- Part II. Methods and techniques -- Discussion method / Marjorie B. Rachlin -- Case studies : how to develop and use them / Gloria Busman -- Using oral history in the classroom / Alice M. Hoffman -- Games and other exercises / Anne H. Nelson -- Part III. Subjects and materials -- Labor history through field trips / William Adelman -- Training women for political action / Donna Mobley -- Grievance handling for women stewards / Ida Torres -- Occupational health and safety for women workers : some teaching models / Janet Bertinuson and Andrea M. Hricko -- Education for affirmative action : two union approaches / Gloria T. Johnson and Odessa Komer -- How to choose and use materials in education for women workers / James Wallihan -- Subjects and materials : how to handle controversy / Connie Kopelov -- Part IV. Funding programs -- How foundations view funding proposals on working women / Susan Vail Berresford -- Funding worker education through tuition refund plans / Mimi Abramovitz -- Part V. The larger view -- Labor education and women workers : an international comparison / Alice H. Cook and Roberta Till-Retz -- A summary discussion / Lawrence Rogin -- Appendix and index -- A resource on resources / James Wallihan |
| Summary |
Labor Education for Women Workers was published in 1981, a year that marked a significant shift in labor-movement history. This essential text raised awareness of the importance of creating space for women workers to have solid labor education and filled a major gap in the literature on labor education with an accessible yet scholarly guide. This happened to be the first year of Ronald Reagan's first term as president. His administration broke the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization strike and signaled the beginnings of an ensuing backlash against progressive social movements and a shift towards regressive policies, forcing the labor movement to go on the defensive. Similar to 1981, Labor Education's reissue comes during yet another a tumultuous shift in the nation's landscape. Following the election of Donald Trump, on Inauguration Day, women of color called for and led the largest global women's march in history. Just before the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the Janus v. American Federation of State, Municipal, and County Employees case, women workers and trade unionists took to the streets for the National Working People's Day of Action to protest a ruling that would severely restrict the ability of public-sector unions to collect dues from union members. Needless to say, when more than half of the states have Right to Work laws, the labor movement is still in a defensive position. New generations bring about new forms of resistance and organizing, but there is no substitute for coming together in women-only spaces to share expertise and challenges and to strategize targeted methods for improving worker-justice organizations and the world of work for women. Barbara Wertheimer provided us with a foundational that can support and sustain the resistance in this moment |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-280) and index |
| Notes |
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Women labor union members -- Training of -- United States
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Labor unions -- Officials and employees -- Training of -- United States
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Shop stewards -- Training of -- United States
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Industrial relations -- Study and teaching -- United States
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EDUCATION -- General.
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Industrial relations -- Study and teaching
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Labor unions -- Officials and employees -- Training of
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Shop stewards -- Training of
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Werkende vrouwen.
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Vakbeweging.
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United States
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Wertheimer, Barbara M
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| LC no. |
80015720 |
| ISBN |
9781439918043 |
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143991804X |
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