women and brotherhood in the electrical industry
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Moccio, Francine A.
- Publish Year
- 2009
- Shelfmark
- VS 53 2009
- Thesaurus
- industrie, ambachts-, industrie- en transportberoepen, vrouwen in mannenberoepen, vakbonden, gelijke behandeling, etniciteit, gender, sociale klasse, Verenigde Staten, 20e eeuw
- Description
- In this book Moccio brings to life forty years of public policy reform and advocacy that have failed to eliminate restricted opportunities for women in highly paid, skilled blue-collar jobs. Breaking barriers into a male-only occupation and trade, women electricians have found career opportunities in nontraditional work. Yet their efforts to achieve gender equality have also collided with the prejudice and fraternal values of brotherhood and factors that have ultimately derailed women's full inclusion. By drawing instructive comparisons of women’s entrance into the electricians’ trade and its union with those of black and other minority men, Moccio’s in-depth case study brings new insights into the ways in which divisions at work along the lines of race, gender, and economic background enhance and/or inhibit inclusion.