transnational alliances between women and labor
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Franzway, Suzanne
- Creator
- Fonow, Mary Margaret
- Publish Year
- 2011
- Shelfmark
- WER 1M 2011 - B
- Thesaurus
- betaalde arbeid, vakbonden, feminisme, globalisering, inkomen, kinderopvang, zorgarbeid, diversiteit
- Description
- In this examination of the intersections of feminism, labor politics, and global studies, the authors reveal the ways in which women across the world are transforming labor unions in the contemporary era. Situating specific case studies within broad feminist topics, Franzway and Fonow concentrate on union feminists mobilizing at multiple sites, issues of wages and equity, child care campaigns, work-life balance, and queer organizing, demonstrating how unions around the world are broadening their focuses from contractual details to empowerment and family and feminist issues. By connecting the diversity of women's experiences around the world both inside and outside the home and highlighting the innovative ways women workers attain their common goals,