Women's activism behind the screens : trade unions and gender inequality in the British film and television industries /

Frances C. Galt explores the role of trade unions and women's activism in the British film and television industries in this important contribution to debates around gender inequality.

書目詳細資料
主要作者: Galt, Frances (Author)
格式: Licensed eBooks
語言:英语
出版: Bristol : Bristol University Press 2020.
在線閱讀:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv19cwb22
書本目錄:
  • Front Cover
  • Women's Activism Behind the Screens: Trade Unions and Gender Inequality in the British Film and Television Industries
  • Copyright information
  • Table of contents
  • List of Figures
  • Lsit of Acronyms
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Women's labour history
  • Industrial relations scholarship
  • Methodology
  • Archival sources
  • Oral history
  • Chapter overview
  • 1 Women and the ACT, 1933-59
  • The establishment and formative years of the ACT
  • 'Proper safeguards' during the Second World War
  • Post-war debates on ACT membership
  • Conclusion
  • 2 Catalysts for Change, 1960-75
  • 1960-68: the 'roots' of later militancy?
  • 1968-73: the New Left and the women's liberation movement
  • 1973: three motions on gender discrimination
  • 1973-75: the investigation into patterns of discrimination
  • Appointing the researcher
  • The logistics of the investigation
  • Maternity leave and the provision of training programmes
  • Conclusion
  • 3 'Regrettably Up-to-Date', 1975-81
  • The Patterns report and the 1975 Annual Conference
  • Rank-and-file apathy
  • The hostility of male union officials
  • The Committee on Equality's detachment from the formal union structure
  • Single-issue campaigns
  • Training courses for women workers
  • Childcare facilities
  • Abortion rights
  • Informal activity
  • The ACTT's 1980 Annual Conference
  • The ACTT's first Women's Conference
  • Conclusion
  • 4 Remarkable Political Gains? The 1980s
  • ACTT in the era of Thatcherism
  • Women's structural gains in the ACTT
  • A full-time Equality Officer in the ACTT's Head Office
  • Equality representatives on the shop floor
  • Annual women's conferences
  • Publications
  • Continuity in the relationship between women and the ACTT
  • Conclusion
  • 5 Women and BECTU, 1991-2017
  • 1990s: a kind of quiet time
  • 2000s: recruitment and retention
  • 2000s: the Black Members' Sub-Committee
  • 2010: the first woman president
  • Conclusion
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Index
  • Back Cover

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