Organising and Representing Women
The historical case of the Female Confectioners Union
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4347741 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cathy Brigden (0000-0003-0242-7430, MIT University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 43-59 |
| Publication date | 2014-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Women s History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0961-2025 • E-ISSN: 1747-583X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09612025.2013.846112 |
| OpenAlex | W1983037128 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
How women workers’ interests should be represented and advanced by unions underpins debates about the merits of separate organising. This study of an Australian women's union, the Female Confectioners Union, shows how separate organising created union space and voice for female confectionery workers. Set against this was inter-organisational conflict that developed between the union and the existing male-dominated union, in which separate organising became a contested strategy. For the Female Confectioners Union, this conflict not only reinforced the necessity of separate organising to ensure that the interests of women workers remained a central union concern but also what form the separate organising should take
Non union · Political economy · Political science · Sociology · Computer Science · Labor Movements and Unions · Medicine
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |