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Organizing Women

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This book explores the representation of women and their interests in the world of work across four trade unions in France and the UK. Drawing on case studies of the careers of 100 activists and a...
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  • 14 January 2022
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This book explores the representation of women and their interests in the world of work across four trade unions in France and the UK.

Drawing on case studies of the careers of 100 activists and a longitudinal study of the trade unions' struggle for equal pay in the UK, it unveils the social, organizational, and political conditions that contribute to the reproduction of gender inequalities or, on the contrary, allow the promotion of equality.

Guillaume’s nuanced evaluation is a call to redefine the role of trade unions in the delivering of gender equality, contributing to broader debates on the effectiveness of equality policies and the enforcement of equality legislation.

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Price: $127.95
Pages: 212
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Imprint: Bristol University Press
Series: Understanding Work and Employment Relations
Publication Date: 14 January 2022
ISBN: 9781529213690
Format: Hardcover
BISACs: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, Trade unions, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Women in Business, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations, Sociology: work and labour
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Cécile Guillaume is Reader in Employment Relations at Surrey Business School. She has written widely on gender equality in the trade union context and led numerous research projects investigating how trade unions have mobilized legal or non legal repertoires of action to advance gender equality in the workplace.

1 Introduction

2 Unions’ Representation Of Women and Their Interests In the Workplace

3 The Gendered Making Of Union Careers

4 Legal Mobilizations By Unions to Defend Equal Pay In Great Britain

5 Conclusion: Lessons for Future (Comparative) Research