Bargaining for Equality. A Guide to Legal and Collective Bargaining Solutions for Workplace Problems that Particularly Affect Women.

Autor/inn/en	Popkin, Mary; Ross, Diane
Titel	Bargaining for Equality. A Guide to Legal and Collective Bargaining Solutions for Workplace Problems that Particularly Affect Women.
Quelle	(1980), (144 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Affirmative Action; Civil Rights Legislation; Collective Bargaining; Employed Women; Employment Practices; Employment Problems; Equal Opportunities (Jobs); Federal Legislation; Flexible Working Hours; Labor Legislation; Nontraditional Occupations; Sex Discrimination; State Legislation; Unions + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Private law; Bürgerliches Recht; Tarifverhandlung; 'Female employment; Women''s employment'; Frauenbeschäftigung; Berufspraxis; Beschäftigungssituation; Equal opportunity; Equal opportunities; Job; Jobs; Chancengleichheit; Beruf; Bundesrecht; Flexible scheduling; Flexible Arbeitszeit; Labor law; Arbeitsrecht; Non-traditional occupations; Alternatives Berufsfeld; Sex; Discrimination; Geschlecht; Diskriminierung; Landesrecht
Abstract	This is a guide to legal and collective bargaining solutions for workplace problems that particularly affect women. The first section of the guide presents a survey of legal remedies for discrimination including information on: (1) Title VII; (2) Equal Pay Act; (3) Executive Order 11246; (4) Age Discrimination in Employment Act; and (5) State Fair Employment Practice laws. In section two topics covered include: (1) organizing a union; (2) duplicating the law in union contracts; (3) mandatory baroaining subjects; and (4) use of current contracts to fiqht discrimination. The third section discusses women's dual roles, touching on: (1) maternity benefits and rights of pregnant workers; (2) child care; (3) overtime work; (4) flexible work hours; and (5) part time work and job sharinq. Section four discusses: (1) affirmative action; (2) hiring and promoting women into nontraditional jobs; (3) on the job training and employer paid education; (4) low seniority of newly hired and promoted women; (5) wages; and (6) pensions. The fifth section reviews methods of attacking sexist practices in the workplace, especially sexual harrassment. In the final section techniques for helping unions to fight for women are outlined. A list of resources and a glossary are appended. (APM)
Anmerkungen	Women's Labor Project, PO Box 6250, San Francisco, CA 94101 ($4.50; postage and handling $0.75).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01