The Sex of Class. Women Transforming American Labor.
Dorothy Sue . Ed(S): Cobble
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Description for The Sex of Class. Women Transforming American Labor.
Paperback. Editor(s): Cobble, Dorothy Sue. Num Pages: 352 pages, 24. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; KCF; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
Women now comprise the majority of the working class. Yet this fundamental transformation has gone largely unnoticed. This book is about how the sex of workers matters in understanding the jobs they do, the problems they face at work, and the new labor movements they are creating in the United States and globally. In The Sex of Class, twenty prominent scholars, labor leaders, and policy analysts look at the implication of this "sexual revolution" for labor policy and practice.
In clear, crisp prose, The Sex of Class introduces readers to some of the most vibrant and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780801489433
SKU
V9780801489433
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Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Dorothy Sue . Ed(S): Cobble
Dorothy Sue Cobble is Professor of Labor Studies, History, and Women's/Gender Studies at Rutgers University. She is the author of The Other Women's Movement: Workplace Justice and Social Rights in Modern America and Dishing it Out: Waitresses and Their Unions in the Twentieth Century, and the editor of Women and Unions, Forging a Partnership, also from Cornell.
Reviews for The Sex of Class. Women Transforming American Labor.
Cobble has edited an insightful volume that extends our understanding of how American unions are responding to the increased presence of women in the workforce. Several chapters discuss how to implement flexible grievance and work systems to better serve women's needs to balance home demands with work and how to organize groups that were not thought of as ripe for ... Read more