Women and Trade Unions in France

The Tobacco and Hat Industries, 1890–1914

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Sandra Salin

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Trade Unions Past, Present and Future

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Based on the thorough examination of French archival sources, this book examines in detail two industries in which women formed the majority of the workforce in France between 1890 and 1914. The choice of the tobacco and hat industries is particularly relevant in the sense that the tobacco industry, unlike the hat industry, was a state monopoly in which women were in the majority and held meaningful responsibilities in unions at a time when women were generally in the minority and under-represented in the labour movement. The main aim of this comparison is to assess and qualify differences between both industries in terms of workforce and work organisation, trade unions’ attitudes to women and women’s membership and participation in order to get a better understanding of the factors that could have had an impact on female workers’ attitude towards trade unions. By making women’s presence more visible, therefore more apprehensible, this book contributes to a better understanding of the way in which women perceived themselves, and were perceived, as workers, women, union members and militants in French trade union history prior to 1914.

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Sandra Salin teaches French language and French studies at Newcastle University. She is particularly interested in language teaching and learning as well as the history of the labour movement in France, with a particular focus on women’s role and status in this movement.

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August 18th, 2014

Author

Sandra Salin

Audience

Professional & Vocational

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New edition

Pages

400

Series

Trade Unions Past, Present and Future

Dimensions

150x225x25

ISBN-13

9783034317382

Product ID

22776718

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