Front Cover -- Women's Activism Behind the Screens: Trade Unions and Gender Inequality in the British Film and Television Industries -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- List of Figures -- Lsit of Acronyms -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Women's labour history -- Industrial relations scholarship -- Methodology -- Archival sources -- Oral history -- Chapter overview -- 1 Women and the ACT, 1933-59 -- The establishment and formative years of the ACT -- 'Proper safeguards' during the Second World War -- Post-war debates on ACT membership -- Conclusion
2 Catalysts for Change, 1960-75 -- 1960-68: the 'roots' of later militancy? -- 1968-73: the New Left and the women's liberation movement -- 1973: three motions on gender discrimination -- 1973-75: the investigation into patterns of discrimination -- Appointing the researcher -- The logistics of the investigation -- Maternity leave and the provision of training programmes -- Conclusion -- 3 'Regrettably Up-to-Date', 1975-81 -- The Patterns report and the 1975 Annual Conference -- Rank-and-file apathy -- The hostility of male union officials
The Committee on Equality's detachment from the formal union structure -- Single-issue campaigns -- Training courses for women workers -- Childcare facilities -- Abortion rights -- Informal activity -- The ACTT's 1980 Annual Conference -- The ACTT's first Women's Conference -- Conclusion -- 4 Remarkable Political Gains? The 1980s -- ACTT in the era of Thatcherism -- Women's structural gains in the ACTT -- A full-time Equality Officer in the ACTT's Head Office -- Equality representatives on the shop floor -- Annual women's conferences -- Publications
Continuity in the relationship between women and the ACTT -- Conclusion -- 5 Women and BECTU, 1991-2017 -- 1990s: a kind of quiet time -- 2000s: recruitment and retention -- 2000s: the Black Members' Sub-Committee -- 2010: the first woman president -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- References -- Index -- Back Cover
Summary
Frances C. Galt explores the role of trade unions and women's activism in the British film and television industries in this important contribution to debates around gender inequality
