Women United
Between the Lines (Verlag)
9781771136839 (ISBN)
Based on the firsthand stories of dozens of women leaders in the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW), Women United examines what workplaces were like for women, how they became involved in the union, and the challenges women faced, sometimes at great personal cost. From struggles for representation in their union to their fight for affirmative action and childcare, and work against gender-based violence and harassment, Peggy Nash and Julie White show how these feminist activists were joined in struggle not only by their union sisters, but also by their sisters from the broader women’s movement, who learned from them about the importance of women’s workplace rights. Nash and White document the decades-long struggles of generations of women activists in the CAW, who, despite their few numbers, managed to build a better, more inclusive union. A testament to the union’s motto that "fighting back makes a difference," Women United makes an important contribution to feminist, labour, and social history.
Peggy Nash is the executive director of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. She was the former senior negotiator in the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW), where she had the privilege of working with many groundbreaking union women from the 1980s to 2011. She led the CAW’s Women’s Department for many years and initiated innovative leadership programs. She was the first labour woman to lead national auto bargaining. Nash later became an NDP Member of Parliament, a lecturer in politics at Toronto Metropolitan University, and an author. Nash was named to the Order of Canada for her work in the union and was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Laws from Brock University. She lives in Toronto, Ontario. Julie White is the former long-time Director of the CAW-Unifor Women’s Department. She held many leadership positions in her local union including becoming the first woman president of CAW Local 27. She was elected to the union’s National Executive Board and was later appointed Director of the CAW Women’s Department. In this role, White was responsible for the union’s equity campaigns, education, mobilization, and workplace advocacy. She advocated for reproductive rights, childcare, the need for gun control legislation, and other measures to end gender-based violence. She lives in London, Ontario.
Preface
Prologue:
The Win—A Woman as President
PART
I: How Women of the UAW/CAW Made It Their Union
Chapter
One: UAW, A Woman’s Place Is in the Union, 1935–1978
Chapter
Two: Union Women Winning Victories, 1978–1985
Chapter
Three: CAW Mergers Building a Sisterhood, 1985–1995
Chapter
Four: Tragedy and Transformation, 1990–1995
Chapter
Five: Women on the March, 1995–2000
PART
II: CAW Women Diversifying Their Union
Chapter
Six: Contradictory Progress, 2000–2014
Chapter
Seven: The Privilege and the Price of Change
Epilogue:
The Future Looks Feminist, Lana Payne, President
Afterword:
Advice for New Activists
Biographies
of Interviewees
Notes
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 11.11.2025 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Ontario |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
| Themenwelt | Recht / Steuern ► Arbeits- / Sozialrecht ► Arbeitsrecht |
| Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie | |
| Wirtschaft | |
| ISBN-13 | 9781771136839 / 9781771136839 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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