Год выпуска: 2005 Автор: Dana Frank Издательство: Страниц: 128 ISBN: 0896087557
Описание
"I want to learn how to defend myself from whoever tries to oppress me, whether it's my husband, my union, or my boss."-a bananera Women banana workers-bananeras-are waging a powerful revolution by making gender equity central in Latin American labor organizing. Their successes disrupt the popular image of the Latin American woman worker as a passive bystander and broadly re-imagine the possibilities of international labor solidarity. Over the past 20 years, bananeras have organized themselves and gained increasing control over their unions, their workplaces, and their lives. Highly accessible and narrative in style, Bananeras: Women Transforming the Banana Unions of Latin America recounts the history and growth of this vital movement. Starting in 1985 with one union in La Lima, Honduras, and expanding domestically through the late 1990s, experienced activists successfully reached out to younger women with a message of empowerment. In a compelling example of...
