Год выпуска: 0 Автор: Linda M. Blum Издательство: Страниц: 0 ISBN: 0520072596
Описание
"Equal pay for equal work" has long been a forceful slogan of the feminist and labor movements. Now, however, as the American economy depends more and more on "women's work," it has become clear that this objective does not benefit the majority of women, who are employed in sex-segregated jobs. In Between Feminism and Labor, Linda M. Blum examines the movement for comparable worth, or equal pay for comparable work, as a strategy to raise wages for the "pink-collar" jobs that are most frequently occupied by women. She explores the larger political implications of the movement and provides the first study of pay equity to focus directly on the mobilization of the female work force at the grass-roots level. Through two case studies of local comparable worth movementsin San Jose and Contra Costa County, CaliforniaBlum probes several important issues. She asks whether comparable worth can contribute to the formation of active labor- feminist alliances, and after a nuanced,...
