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Revolutionaries, Superwomen or Ordinary Members: The Participation of Women in Trade Unions

Christine A N Horton (ESRC postgraduate Collaboration Award in Social Sciences at the Department of Sociology, University College, Cardiff.)

Equal Opportunities International

ISSN: 0261-0159

Article publication date: 1 March 1986

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Abstract

Women constitute over 50 per cent of NALGO membership but are still under‐represented at all levels within the union. Previous explanations of trade union activism have ignored gender differences in union participation. They have not taken the impact of the sexual division of labour within the home and workplace into account. Many unions have failed to recognise the effect this has had on the ability of women to participate fully in the union's organisation. If women are to participate fully their domestic commitments must be taken into account. The union's expectations of its lay officers need to be examined.

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Horton, C.A.N. (1986), "Revolutionaries, Superwomen or Ordinary Members: The Participation of Women in Trade Unions", Equal Opportunities International, Vol. 5 No. 3, pp. 12-13. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb010452

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MCB UP Ltd

Copyright © 1986, MCB UP Limited

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