Making Globalization Work for Women: The Role of Social Rights and Trade Union Leadership

by Michal Schwartz

Book Overview

Making Globalization Work for Women explores the potential for trade unions to defend the socioeconomic rights of women in a global context. Looking at labor policies and interviews with people in unions and nongovernmental organizations, the essays diagnose the problems faced by women workers across the world and assess the progress that unions in various countries have made in responding to those problems. Some concerns addressed include the masculine...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 143843961X
• ISBN13: 9781438439617
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.1"