Power and Pay
The Union and Equal Pay at B.C. Electric/Hydro
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7327733 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gillian Creese (Trent University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Pages | 225-225 |
| Publication date | 1993-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Labour / Le Travail (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0700-3862 • E-ISSN: 1911-4842 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/25143732 |
| OpenAlex | W1565334518 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
This paper examines the struggle for pay for women in a large office union composed of female clerical and male technical and manual workers. The Office and Technical Employees' Union pursued equal pay for job evaluation for over 30 years from 1949 to 1981, while the employer, B.C. Electric/Hydro, systematically restructured unequal pay. At the same time, union negotiating practices and priorities also reinforced the gendered hierarchy in the workplace, and pay for women remained a sectoral 'women's issue' rather than a core general union issue. Resumes Cet article examine la lutte pour l'egalite salariale des femmes dans le grand bureau d'un syndicat ou l'on retrouvait un personnel bureau feminin et des travailleurs techniques et manuels masculins. Pendant plus 30 ans, 1949 a 1981, le Office and Technical Employee's Unions a poursuivi un objectif de salaire egal pour un travail valeur egale pendant que l'employeur, la B.C.Electric/Hydro restructurait systematiquement l'inegalite salariale. Au cours la meme periode, les pratiques et les priorites negociation du syndicat renforcaient la hierarchie au travail selon les sexes et l'egalite salariale pour les femmes demeurait une preoccupation sectorielle femmes plutot qu'une question syndicale fond
Business · Economics · Electric power · Physics · Power (physics · Thermodynamics · Labor Movements and Unions
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,06 |
| Citation span | 1995 - 1996 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |