Guillaume Organizing Women

Gender Equality Policies in French and British Trade Unions
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-5292-1371-3
Verlag: Bristol University Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 212 Seiten

Reihe: Understanding Work and Employment Relations

This book explores the representation of women and their interests in the world of work across four trade unions in France and the UK.

Drawing on case studies of the careers of 100 activists and a longitudinal study of the trade unions' struggle for equal pay in the UK, it unveils the social, organizational, and political conditions that contribute to the reproduction of gender inequalities or, on the contrary, allow the promotion of equality.

Guillaume’s nuanced evaluation is a call to redefine the role of trade unions in the delivering of gender equality, contributing to broader debates on the effectiveness of equality policies and the enforcement of equality legislation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Guillaume, Cécile

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Wirtschaftssoziologie, Arbeitssoziologie, Organisationssoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Gewerkschaften, Industrielle Beziehungen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Personalwesen, Human Resource Management

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Introduction

2 Unions’ Representation Of Women and Their Interests In the Workplace

3 The Gendered Making Of Union Careers

4 Legal Mobilizations By Unions to Defend Equal Pay In Great Britain

5 Conclusion: Lessons for Future (Comparative) Research

Über Autor(innen)

Guillaume, Cécile
Cécile Guillaume is Reader in Employment Relations at Surrey Business School. She has written widely on gender equality in the trade union context and led numerous research projects investigating how trade unions have mobilized legal or non legal repertoires of action to advance gender equality in the workplace.