Women, Work and Trade Unions

by Munro,Anne

• ISBN13: 9780720123289
• ISBN10: 0720123283
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-11-02
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This study focuses on women in cleaning and catering jobs with the National Health Service to investigate working class women and the ways in which their interests are developed, articulated, and represented by trade unions. Munro (sociology, University College, Northampton, UK) argues that unions maintain a bias that excludes women by not placing importance on issues specific to women workers, such as child care. She also inquires into the development of racialized gender roles, specifically how the types of work result in interests which are differentiated by race and gender.

Author Biography

Anne Munro is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at University College Northhampton.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	viii
List of Tables	ix
List of Abbreviations	x
Introduction	1	(11)
Part I: The Context
Women in Trade Unions	12	(11)
Divisions in the Labour Market and Trade Unionism	23	(15)
Hospital Work and Trade Unions	38	(27)
Part II: Women's Ancillary Work
The Organization of Women's Ancillary Work: Catering and Cleaning	65	(29)
Gender and Divisions in the Workplace	94	(20)
Race and Division in the Workplace	114	(15)
Part III: Ancillary Workers' Trade Unions
Workplace Unionism	129	(28)
Representation in Local Union Structures	157	(21)
Participation in Local Union Structures	178	(18)
Assessment	196	(8)
Bibliography	204	(14)
Index	218