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Gender and Leadership in Unions (Paperback)
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Gender and Leadership in Unions (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Research in Employment Relations
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Reflecting the increased attention to gender and women in the field
of employment relations, there is now a growing international
literature on women and trade unions. The interest in women as
trade unionists arises partly from the fact that women comprise 40
percent of trade union membership in the USA and over 50 percent in
the UK. Further, despite considerable overall union membership
decline in both the UK and USA, more women than men are joining
unions in both countries. Recognition of the importance of women to
the survival and revival of trade union movements has in many cases
produced an unprecedented commitment to equality and inclusion at
the highest level. Yet the challenge is to ensure that this
commitment is translated to action and improves the experience of
women in their union and in their workplace. Gender and Leadership
in Trade Unions explores and evaluates the similarities and
differences in equality strategies pursued by unions in the US and
the UK. It assesses the conditions experienced by women union
members and how these impact on their leadership, both potential
and actual. Women have made gains in both countries within union
leadership and decision-making structures, however, climbing the
ladder to leadership positions remains far from a smooth process.
In the trade union context, women face multiple barriers that
resonate with the barriers facing aspiring women leaders in other
organizational contexts, including the gendered division of
domestic work; the organization and nature of women's work; the
organization and nature of trade union work and the masculine
culture of trade unions. The discussion of women trade union
leaders is situated more broadly within debates on governance,
leadership and democracy within social justice activism.
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