Gender Equity or Masculine Privilege? Union Strategies and Economic Restructuring in a White Collar Union

Bibliographic Data

ID3009178
AuthorsGillian Creese (corresponding author)
Year1995
Volume20
Issue2
Pages143
Publication date1995-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Canadian Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0318-6431 • E-ISSN: 1710-1123
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/3341003
OpenAlexW2472500670
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited8

The Canadian labour movement has undergone dramatic change in the last two decades with the decline of traditional unionized industries and the feminization of membership. Specific women's issues have been added to collective bargaining agendas and women have made inroads into leadership positions, yet traditional union practices still reflect a masculine viewpoint that disadvantages women members. This paper examines the experience of one white collar union struggling for employment security in a period of economic restructuring. Regardless of a growing commitment to gender equity issues during the 1980s, pursuit of traditional approaches to job security disadvantaged many women members

Collar · Economics · Gender equity · Labour economics · Political science · Restructuring · Sociology · White privilege · Canadian Identity and History · Gender Studies · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Organizational Downsizing and Restructuring · Finance

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