Labour's Dilemma : : The Gender Politics of Auto Workers in Canada, 1937-79 / / Pamela Sugiman.

The growth of the United Auto Workers in Canada dramatically improved the lives of thousands of workers. Not only did it achieve impressive bargaining gains, but the UAW was regarded as one of the most democratic and socially progressive of the major industrial unions in North America. However, work...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
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Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (294 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION: Contradictions, Dilemmas, and the Politics of Gender
  • 1. A Gendered Setting: The Southern Ontario Auto Industry and the UAW Canadian Region
  • 2. The Gender Politics of Men in the UAW (1937–1945)
  • 3. Femininity and Friendship on the Shop Floor (1937–1949)
  • 4. Becoming 'Union-Wise' (1950–1963)
  • 5. "That Wall's Comin' Down!': Industrial Restructuring and UAW Women's Struggle for Gender Equality (1964–1970)
  • 6. Social Change in a Complex Milieu (1970–1979)
  • NOTES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX
  • PICTURE CREDITS