Women United : Stories of Women's Struggles for Equality in the Canadian Auto Workers Union

Nash, Peggy/ White, Julie

Between the Lines（2026/02発売）

Between the Lines（2026/02発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 272 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781771136839

Full Description

Based on the firsthand stories of dozens of women leaders in the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW), Women United examines what workplaces were like for women, how they became involved in the union, and the challenges women faced, sometimes at great personal cost. From struggles for representation in their union to their fight for affirmative action and childcare, and work against gender-based violence and harassment, Peggy Nash and Julie White show how these feminist activists were joined in struggle not only by their union sisters, but also by their sisters from the broader women's movement, who learned from them about the importance of women's workplace rights. Nash and White document the decades-long struggles of generations of women activists in the CAW, who, despite their few numbers, managed to build a better, more inclusive union. A testament to the union's motto that "fighting back makes a difference," Women United makes an important contribution to feminist, labour, and social history.

Contents

Preface


Prologue:
The Win—A Woman as President


PART
I: How Women of the UAW/CAW Made It Their Union


Chapter
One: UAW, A Woman's Place Is in the Union, 1935-1978


Chapter
Two: Union Women Winning Victories, 1978-1985


Chapter
Three: CAW Mergers Building a Sisterhood, 1985-1995


Chapter
Four: Tragedy and Transformation, 1990-1995


Chapter
Five: Women on the March, 1995-2000


PART
II: CAW Women Diversifying Their Union


Chapter
Six: Contradictory Progress, 2000-2014


Chapter
Seven: The Privilege and the Price of Change


Epilogue:
The Future Looks Feminist, Lana Payne, President


Afterword:
Advice for New Activists


Biographies
of Interviewees


Notes


Index