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1 online resource |
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Routledge research in employment relations ; 30 |
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Routledge research in employment relations ; 30.
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| Contents |
1. introduction / Geraldine Healy and Gill Kirton -- 2. Gender, work and unionism in comparative context / Gill Kirton [and others] -- 3. Gender, union democracy and leadership / Gill Kirton and Geraldine Healy -- 4. Women union leaders : influences, routes, barriers and enablements / Geraldine Healy and Risa Lieberwitz -- 5. Power, empowerment and women's leadership discourses / Gill Kirton and Risa Lieberwitz -- 6. Tales from the top : senior women union leaders / Sally Alvarez, Risa Lieberwitz and Gill Kirton -- 7. Women working towards union transformation / Geraldine Healy and Mary Gatta -- 8. A woman's place : women's separate organizing in unions / Heather McKay and Gill Kirton -- 9. Developing women leaders in a globalized context / Gill Kirton and Mary Gatta -- 10. Conclusions : challenges from inside and outside the union / Geraldine Healy and Gill Kirton |
| Summary |
Reflecting the increased attention to gender and women in the field of employment relations, there is now a growing international literature on women and trade unions. The interest in women as trade unionists arises partly from the fact that women comprise 40 percent of trade union membership in the USA and over 50 percent in the UK. Further, despite considerable overall union membership decline in both the UK and USA, more women than men are joining unions in both countries. Recognition of the importance of women to the survival and revival of trade union movements has in many cases produc |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-282) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Women labor union members -- Great Britain
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Women labor union members -- United States.
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Women labor leaders -- Great Britain
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Women labor leaders -- United States.
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Labor unions -- Great Britain
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Labor unions -- United States.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
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Labor unions
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Women labor leaders
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Women labor union members
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Great Britain
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Healy, Geraldine (Geraldine Mary)
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| ISBN |
1136154582 |
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9781136154584 |
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9780203078402 |
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0203078403 |
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9781283994279 |
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1283994275 |
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9781136154539 |
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1136154531 |
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9781136154577 |
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1136154574 |
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9781138118577 |
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1138118575 |
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