The Most Difficult Revolution : : Women and Trade Unions / / Val R. Lorwin, Alice Hanson Cook, Arlene K. Daniels.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Cook, Alice Hanson,; Daniels, Arlene K.,; Lorwin, Val R.,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019]; ©1992
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (312 p.)

Over half the women in the United States are now employed outside the home, and the proportions are comparable in many European countries. Yet nowhere has this revolution in the composition of the labor force been followed by the triumph of a more difficult revolution—the struggle for full equality in the rights and roles of women. Building upon research begun by the late Val R. Lorwin and Alice H. Cook, Cook and Arlene Kaplan Daniels survey recent efforts of trade unions in Germany, Austria, Sweden, and Great Britain to ensure equal opportunity in the workplace. In identifying the successes and setbacks of the European experience, the authors consider the implications for change in the agendas of American unions. Cook and Daniels show how unions in the countries studied have promoted women's equality through the channels of internal policy, collective bargaining, and political influence. They provide rich cross-cultural comparisons of patterns of government involvement, the extent of women's participation in the unions, education of women for union leadership, access to vocational training, pay equity, the conditions of part-time work, and workplace health and safety concerns. The Most Difficult Revolution will be a vital resource for comparatists in the fields of women's studies, labor studies, political science, anthropology, sociology, and economics.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction and Setting -- PART I. UNIONS, GOVERNMENT, AND INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES: LAW AND POLICY -- CHAPTER ONE. Government Policies on Work and Home Lives of Women -- CHAPTER TWO. Women in Union Structures -- PART II. Union Functions -- CHAPTER THREE. Collective Bargaining -- CHAPTER FOUR. Union Education -- PART III. Union Issues -- CHAPTER FIVE. Pay Equity -- CHAPTER SIX. Vocational Training and Labor Market Policies -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Part-time Work -- CHAPTER EIGHT. Health and Safety in the Workplace -- CONCLUSION. Amelioration of the Work and Family Conflicts -- Abbreviations -- References -- Index