In the 1970s, women in Toronto created the Waitresses Action Committee to protest the introduction of a “differential” or lower minimum wage for wait staff serving alcohol. Their campaign was part of their broader feminist critique of women’s exploitation and the gendered and sexualized nature of waitressing. Influenced by their origins in the Wages for Housework campaign, they stressed the linkages between women’s unpaid work in the home and the workplace. Their campaign eschewed worksite organizing for an occupational mobilization outside of the established unions; they used petitions, publicity, and alliances with sympathizers to try to stop the rollback in their wages. They were successful in mobilizing support but not in altering the g...
Following the recommendations of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women in 1970, feminist activ...
I provide an account of young women’s activism in the (Canadian) National Union of Students from the...
The Women's Political Association and Peace Army responded to the Wharf Labourers' strike ...
In the 1970s, women in Toronto created the Waitresses Action Committee to protest the introduction o...
This thesis examines the Service, Office, and Retail Workers’ Union of Canada (SORWUC), an independe...
This evening session focused on the global campaign Wages for Housework. This transversal movement h...
This paper examines the activism of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Mine Mill and Smelter Workers Union ...
L'objet de cette thèse consiste à appréhender les impacts du mouvement social sur la division sexuée...
This book draws upon original research into women's workplace protest to deliver a new account of wo...
In 1978, over 200 textile workers affiliated with Local 560 of the Canadian Textile and Chemical Uni...
In 1991 a new labour relations regime was introduced which overturned a 100 year old pattern of 'his...
International audienceThe labor market was, until the1970', sexed and legally. Different professions...
Ce travail entend contribuer à la compréhension de la constitution d'acteurs et de sujets sociaux au...
Michel de Certeau\u27s theory of everyday practices aligns with the objectives of this paper, as it ...
Cette thèse porte sur les ouvrières en France des années 1968 au très contemporain. Elle s’appuie pr...
Following the recommendations of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women in 1970, feminist activ...
I provide an account of young women’s activism in the (Canadian) National Union of Students from the...
The Women's Political Association and Peace Army responded to the Wharf Labourers' strike ...
In the 1970s, women in Toronto created the Waitresses Action Committee to protest the introduction o...
This thesis examines the Service, Office, and Retail Workers’ Union of Canada (SORWUC), an independe...
This evening session focused on the global campaign Wages for Housework. This transversal movement h...
This paper examines the activism of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Mine Mill and Smelter Workers Union ...
L'objet de cette thèse consiste à appréhender les impacts du mouvement social sur la division sexuée...
This book draws upon original research into women's workplace protest to deliver a new account of wo...
In 1978, over 200 textile workers affiliated with Local 560 of the Canadian Textile and Chemical Uni...
In 1991 a new labour relations regime was introduced which overturned a 100 year old pattern of 'his...
International audienceThe labor market was, until the1970', sexed and legally. Different professions...
Ce travail entend contribuer à la compréhension de la constitution d'acteurs et de sujets sociaux au...
Michel de Certeau\u27s theory of everyday practices aligns with the objectives of this paper, as it ...
Cette thèse porte sur les ouvrières en France des années 1968 au très contemporain. Elle s’appuie pr...
Following the recommendations of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women in 1970, feminist activ...
I provide an account of young women’s activism in the (Canadian) National Union of Students from the...
The Women's Political Association and Peace Army responded to the Wharf Labourers' strike ...