We Cant Eat Prestige

Explodes the popular belief that women white-collar workers tend to reject unionization and accept a passive role in the workplace. The author tells this story from the perspective of both Harvard administrators and union organizers. With access to its meetings, leaders, and files, he examines the culture of a female-led union from the inside.

Zusammenfassung

On the contrary, the women workers of Harvard University created a powerful and unique union - one that emphasizes their own values and priorities as working women and rejects unwanted aspects of traditional unionism. This book explodes the belief that women white-collar workers tend to reject unionization and accept a passive role in workplace.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: John Hoerr
• Verlag: Temple University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 01.05.1997
• EAN: 9781566395359
• ISBN: 978-1-56639-535-9
• Seiten: 280
• Abmessung: 160 mm x 243 mm x 26 mm
• Gewicht: 617 g
• Serien: Labor And Social Change; Labor and Social Change; Labor & Social Change
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Pädagogik > Bildungswesen; Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Gewerkschaften