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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Results67 Connexions Library2 Connexions Directory of Groups & Websites 2 Sources Experts & Spokespersons 6 Sources Library 14 From the Connexions Archives Connexions LibraryArt and Sexual Politics: Why Have There No Great Women Artists? Hess, Thomas B.; Baker, Elizabeth C. Book 1973 Examines cultural and ideological biases about female artists Brotherhood Economics: Women and Co-operatives in Nova Scotia Neal, Rusty Book 1998 Documents the goal of equality for women in the workplace, education, economic development, social work and co-operatives and the activism of five women. Canadian Information Sharing Service: Volume 1, Number 5 - January 1977 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1977 Canadian Information Sharing Service: Volume 1, Number 6 - March 1977 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1977 Canadian Information Sharing Service: Volume 2, Number 1 - May 1977 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1977 Canadian Information Sharing Service: Volume 2, Number 3 - September 1977 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1977 Canadian Information Sharing Service: Volume 3, Number 3 - June 1978 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1978 Canadian Women at Work: Their Situation, Their Union Status, and the Influence of the Public Sector Book 1989 The Captive Labour Force on Non-English Speaking Immigrant Women Article 1980 An article focusing on the 'invisible work' that non-English speaking immigrant women, in particular, have done and continue to do. The Chinese Working Women's Network: Against The Current vol. 113 Ngai, Pun; Ming, Yang Lie Article 2004 There is no doubt that China is growing rapidly in importance in the global economy. China has now surpassed the United States as the largest destination in the world for foreign investment. While man... Common Sense for Hard Times: The Power of the Powerless to Cope with Everyday life and Transform Society in The Nineteen Seventies  Brecher, Jeremy; Costello, Tim Book 1976 Presents a vision of society as it is and as it could be. Putting the problems of contemporary daily life in historical perspective, it reveals that they have their roots in the way our society is org... The Communistic Societies of the United States Nordhoff, Charles Book 1875 Describes a dozen Utopian societies. Connexions: Volume 4, Number 2 - March 1979 - Native Rights/Les Droits des Autochtones Serial Publication (Periodical) 1979 Connexions: Volume 6, Number 2 - April 1981 - Urban Core/Milieu Urbain Serial Publication (Periodical) 1981 Connexions: Volume 6, Number 4 - November 1981 - Unorganized Workers/Travailleurs Non-Organises Serial Publication (Periodical) 1981 Connexions: Volume 7, Number 3 - July 1982 - Prairie Region/Region des Prairies Serial Publication (Periodical) 1982 Connexions: Volume 8, Number 2 - Summer 1983 - Toward a New Economy Serial Publication (Periodical) 1983 Connexions: Volume 9, Number 1 - Spring 1984 - Energy - A Digest of Resources and Groups for Social Change Serial Publication (Periodical) 1984 Connexions: Volume 10, Number 1 - Spring 1986 - The Arts and Social Change Serial Publication (Periodical) 1986 Connexions: Volume 11, Number 1 - Spring 1987 - A Digest of Resources and Groups for Social Change Serial Publication (Periodical) 1987 Connexions: Volume 11, Number 2 - Winter 1988 - A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1988 Connexions Digest: Issue 51 - May 1990 - A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1990 Connexions Digest: Issue 52 - August 1990 - A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1990 Connexions Library: Women's Issues Focus Website Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on women. The Exploitation Explosion Article 1991 Female workers in developing countries are undervalued and underpaid. The Export of Philippine Women Aguilar, Delia D. Article 1997 Principles of social justice are clearly not served by applauding a system that prides itself in an increased GNP at the same time that it farms out its women to be servants of the world. HERstory: Jeritan Ho Wing Yin, Cecilia (Director) Film/Video 2009 A story of Indonesian female migrant workers who left their homes to work as domestic helpers in Macao, China, a community consisting of mainly Chinese as well as a city of casinos and entertainment p... An Injury to All: The Decline of American Unionism Moody, Kim Book The author, a union organizer and activist, details the decline of the American union movement. Invisible Force: Women Workers in Pakistan Gazdar, Aisha (Director) Film/Video 2007 Millions of women workers in Pakistan remain unaccounted for in official figures. Even those who are in the formal workforce face problems like lower wages for the same work as men and sexual harrasme... Not Automatic: Women and the Left in the Forging of the Auto Workers' Union Dollinger, Sol; Dollinger, Genora Johnson Book This story of the birth and infancy of the United Auto Workers, told by two participants, shows how the gains workers made were neither easy nor inevitable - not automatic - but required strategic and... Out of Africa: A Migrant's Story: New Internationalist June 2005 - #379 Serial Publication (Periodical) 2005 An issue on the story of a nurse's return back to Kenya and the reason why she has worked so far away from home. Also, a discussion on a widespread crisis in international healthcare and the human co... Part-time Paradox: Connecting Gender, Work and Family Duffy, Ann; Pupo, Norene Book 1992 Tthe authors discuss whether the over-representation of women in part-time labour is exploitive or liberating. They present interviews and original research to describe the ways in which alternative w... A People's History of the World: From the Stone Age to the New Millennium Harman, Chris Book 1999 Harman describes the shape and course of human history as a narrative of ordinary people forming and re-forming complex societies in pursuit of common human goals. Raising the Workers' Flag: The Workers' Unity League of Canada, 1930-1936 Endicott, Stephen L. Book 2012 A history of the Workers' Unity League, the Canadian affiliate of the Communist Red International of Labour Unions. Seven News Serial Publication (Periodical) 1970 Seven News (7 News) was a community newspaper published in the area of Toronto east of downtown which at the time was known as Ward 7. Seven News was published from 1970 to 1985. Seven News is no long... The Socialist Register 1966: Volume 3: A Survey of Movements & Ideas Miliband, Ralph; Saville, John (eds.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 1966 Solidaire No. 6: April 1974 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1974 On women and the class struggel in Quebec, with articles on Perspectives on the Women's Movement, and Women in the Workplace. A Troublemaker's Handbook: How to Fight Back Where You Work -- And Win! La Botz, Dan Book 1991 An organizing manual for workers dealing with both major issues and everyday problems in the workplace. Union Woman Article 1979 Organized Working Women (OWW) provides resources and information for women in the labour movement. When the UAW Was Young: Against The Current vol. 131 Feeley, Dianne Article 2007 An interview with Erwin and Estar Baur. The Winter of our Discontent: Experiences Organizing Nursing Homes Burcher, Betty; Donner, Lissa Article 1973 An account by two nursing home workers describing their jobs and their successful efforts to organize unions at their workplaces.
Published in Issue #2 (1973) on the New Tendency newsletter. Woman's Consciousness, Man's World Rowbotham, Sheila Book 1973 The cultural and economic liberation of women is inseparable from the creation of a society in which all people no longer have their lives stolen from them, and in which the conditions of their produc... Women and Global Capitalism: Against The Current vol. 85 Dujon, Veronica Article 2000 Women are affected in unique ways by current forms of global economic integration. Their experiences, concerns and needs must be a central part of the groundwork for understanding and transforming thi... Women at Work: Ontario 1850-1930 Acton, Janice; Goldsmith, Penny; Shepard, Bonnie Book 1974 Wmen at Work attempts to explore the realities of Canadian women's experiences, and proposes a framework which begins to answer why the double exploitation of women as mothers and workers has persiste... Women at Work in Nova Scotia Article 1977 A pamphlet that examines the struggles and realities of working women in Nova Scotia. Women Workers In The Home Book 1981 The Vancouver Status of Women has put together a special "speaking package." Women Working: Issue #6 Article 1976 Examination of many of the issues facing women in the working world. Women's Labour Leagues (Canada): Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Article Women's Labour Leagues emerged in Canada prior to WWI. Their purpose was to defend the struggles of women workers and support the labour movement. Women's work devalued Ramirez, Judith Article 1981 An examination of the global failure to recognize the value of women's work. Working for The Man Angry Language Brigade Article 2014 The author describes her brief experience at a now infamous language school in London, where she encountered blatant sexism. Connexions Directory of Groups & WebsitesChild Care Advocacy Association of Canada Advocate for accessible, affordable, high quality, comprehensive, not for profit child care for every Canadian. Workers' Health and Safety Centre The Workers Centre is playing a significant role in transforming workplace health and safety in Ontario. Our training programs and support services equip workers with the knowledge and skills to ident... Sources Experts & SpokespersonsSources LibraryThe casual sexism of being a female journalist Ward, Rachel 2015 One or two prejudicial remarks might not mean much but add several hundred together and it can weigh down your confidence. Women in journalism can attest to this fact. Ethics and Gender: Equality in the newsroom, Brussels Declaration Sources News Release 2009 Brussels Declaraton on Ethics and Gender: Equality in the newsroom. European Labour History Network - Working Group on Feminist Labour History 2013 The founding meeting of the ELHN took place at the International Institute of Social History (IISH) on 12 October 2013. The forty scholars who gathered in Amsterdam, belonging to research institutions... Launch of Middle East Gender Study Marks International Women's Day Sources News Release 2010 Women journalists representing 15 journalists# unions of the International Federation of Journalists from across the Arab World and Middle East gathered in Al Manama-Bahrain to mark International Wome... Norway lets fathers do their share Paternity leave law has helped to create a quiet revolution in childcare Chemin, Anne 2011 In Norway, twelve weeks of the forty six weeks of paid parental leave is reserved for the father. If he chooses not to take the leave the time and money is forfeit. The legislation is designed to prom... Review: Memoirs of An Underground Woman White, Rachel 1999 UNDERGROUND WOMAN. My Four Years as a New York City Subway Conductor, by Marian Swerdlow. Temple University Press, 1998; $18.95 paper.
From the Connexions ArchivesAgainst the Current Serial Publication (Periodical) 1986 Bi-monthly magazine oriented toward movements for social and economic justice; radical, socialist and feminist in orientation. Cleaners' Action Newsletter Periodical profile published 1979 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1979 Cleaner's Action is a monthly newspaper published in Portuguese, English and Spanish. Committee for the Advancement of the Rights of Domestic Workers Organization profile published 1981 Organization 1981 The Committee for the Advancement of the Rights of Domestic Workers (CARDWO) is a recently-formed group of Filipino domestic workers and their supporters. Immigration Committee - World Conference on Religion for Peace (WRCP) Organization profile published 1980 Organization 1980 Intercede: International Coalition To End Domestics Exploitation Organization profile published 1981 Organization 1981 The International Coalition to End Domestics' Exploitation (INTERCEDE) was created in May, 1980, a joint effort of four groups: Employment Services for Women, Housewives Initiative, Labour Rights for ... The Newsletter Periodical profile Serial Publication (Periodical) 1973 Newsletter published in 1973 and 1974 by the New Tendency, a loose collaboration of independent leftists primarily based in Toronto, Windsor, Winnipeg, and Kitchener-Waterloo. Articles dealt with work... Women And Unions - Special Issue Of Resources For Feminist Research/Documentation Sur La Recherche Feministe. - Periodical profile published 1981 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1981 Resources for Feminist Research (formerly the Canadian Newsletter of Research on Women) is an interdisciplinary, international periodical of research on women and sex roles. Women Workers in the Home Organization profile published 1981 Organization 1981 The Vancouver Status of Women has put together a special "speaking package". The topics of this package include: Women's Legal Rights, Wages For Housework (film & discussion), Lesbian Motherhood And H... Women Working With Immigrant Women (WWIW) Organization profile published 1981 Organization 1981 Women Working With Immigrant Women (WWIW) is an umbrella organization composed of 22 agencies that work specifically with immigrant women. |
