Collective bargaining and the promotion of equality: the case of the United Kingdom

Dickens L.

ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization

Abstract: Examines successful cases of equality bargaining. The particular sites selected are: a retail bank with 27,000 employees, 63 per cent female; a food supermarket chain with almost 66,000 employees, 74 per cent female; non industrial civil service with 51 per cent female employees, and a city council employing around 2,700 people in the non- manual grades, 52 per cent female.

Keywords: women workers; collective bargaining; equal employment opportunity.; legal aspect; womens rights; labour market; management attitude; trade union attitude.; recruitment; conditions of employment; promotion; job sharing.; statistical table; travailleuses; négociation collective; égalité des chances dans l'emploi; trabajadoras; negociación colectiva; igualdad de oportunidades en el empleo; aspect juridique; droits de la femme; marché du travail; attitude patronale; attitude syndicale; recrutement; conditions d'emploi; promotion; tableau statistique; aspecto jurídico; derechos de la mujer; mercado de trabajo; actitud de la dirección; actitud sindical; contratación; condiciones de empleo; ascenso; cuadros estadísticos (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 88 pages
Date: 1993
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