1st Edition

Work, Women and the Labour Market

Edited By Jackie West Copyright 1982
202 Pages
by Routledge

202 Pages
by Routledge

202 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1982, Work, Women and the Labour Market presents through original articles a coherent overall picture of women’s employment in contemporary British capitalism. For the first time it brings together concrete studies which show graphically how women’s unequal position at work is shaped by the capital-labour relation and by women’s place as housewives and mothers. The... Read more

Acknowledgements, Notes on Contributors, Introduction, 1. Sex and Skill in the Organisation of the Clothing Industry, 2. ‘If It’s Only Women It Doesn’t Matter So Much’, 3. Contemporary Clerical Work: A Case Study of Local Government, 4. New Technology and Women’s Office Work, 5. Contemporary Clothing ‘Sweatshops’, Asian Female Labour and Collective Organisation, 6. Migrant Women and Wage Labour: The Case of West Indian Women in Britain, 7. Standing on the Edge: Working Class Housewives and the World of Work, 8. The ‘Understanding’ Employer, 9. A Woman’s Place is in Her Union, Glossary, Bibliography, Index

Biography

Jackie West