Discusses women's participation in trade unions and specific policies in Canada, United Kingdom, USSR, India, United States, and New Zealand. (JOW)

Although difficult struggles remain ahead, women today are the key to labor organizing, bargaining, and political action. If unions are to thrive, their program must include issues that women care about such as equal pay, child care, and social policy. (JOW)

Democratization should be considered in terms of equal representation of women and men in government as well as in the relevant bodies and decision-making organs of society. Trade unions should be perceived and assessed in relation to the participation of women within their structures and the reflection of women's concerns in their policies and…

Women now comprise 30 percent of trade union membership worldwide. The International Labour Organisation's Workers' Education Branch is attempting to improve the status of women workers and increase their participation in union activities and labor education. (SK)

In this article, the author focuses on the women of the National Union of Women Teachers (NUWT) who were a particularly important group of professional women workers, whose politics illuminated themes which were current in the feminist history-writing of the 1980s and 1990s. What the author found particularly striking about the feminist teachers…

Includes "Labor History, Industrial Relations, and the Crisis of American Labor" (Brody); "Reckoning with Company Unions: The Case of Thompson Products, 1934-1964" (Jacoby); "Managers and Nonunion Workers in the Rubber Industry: Union Avoidance Strategies in the 1930s" (Nelson); and "'Light Manufacturing': The…

The role of women throughout the world is the topic of several articles: their political power in Europe, the role of rural women in political life, sexual violence in Italy and Scandinavia, sex discrimination in Britain, unions and working women, women in Algerian culture, sexual harassment in Canada, and women in Switzerland. (CT)

Discusses the current position of women in society and indicates that, although progress has been made, many do not enjoy the fruits of the economic development to which they have contributed. (JOW)

Based on an analysis of oral history interviews, this paper examines the events and consciousness surrounding a 1979 strike initiated by 53 female office employees of the Wisconsin Education Association (WEA) Insurance Trust. Faced with sex-discriminatory working conditions, the women at the Trust responded by initiating a strike. For many of the…

A study examined the factors influencing the participation in the labor market of 150 women with young children, including their aims, training needs, and constraints. Their self-perceived employment needs were related to the policies and practices of employers and trade unions. (JOW)

Women who were selected for the Congressional Fellowship Program from 1961 through 1975 were studied in order to determine the characteristics of female federal bureaucrats. Successful female bureaucrats were found to closely resemble their male counterparts, an exception being that the former are more likely to support unionization. (GC)

Linkage between students, the Chinatown community in Boston (Massachusetts), and labor solidarity are examined. The focus is on students as supporters of Chinese immigrant workers displaced by the closing of a large garment factory. Aided by the students and the Chinese Progressive Association, the workers organized themselves and won their…

The author discusses a number of important factors having a bearing on the new requirements of workers' education. They include the expansion of workers' interests and trade unions' responsibilities, the expansion of collective bargaining, a movement toward effective tripartism, and the incorporation of rural workers into unions. (CT)

Examines how the status of Dominican women in the United States improves as a consequence of waged employment. Considers the ideological forces which root women in the household and discourage collective struggles in the workplace and suggests that the middle-class aspirations of Dominican families are in contradiction to their children's future…

Reviews the use of female workers by multinational companies in Asian countries, examining issues of sex stereotyping, impact on values and behavior, and barriers to women's political participation. Suggests research, education, and mobilization processes to improve the status and opportunities of these women. (SK)