Women, Work and Trade Unions
, by Munro,AnneNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780720123289 | 0720123283
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 11/2/1999
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.