Gender, union leadership and collective bargaining: Brazil and South Africa

Sue Ledwith and Janet Munakamwe
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Sue Ledwith: Ruskin College, UK
Janet Munakamwe: University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

The Economic and Labour Relations Review, 2015, vol. 26, issue 3, 411-429

Abstract: Links between gender politics and leadership in trade unions and how these impact collective bargaining gender agendas are explored in this study of trade unionism in Brazil and South Africa. What the International Trade Union Confederation and others refer to as ‘unexplained’ gender pay gaps are discussed in relation to the absence of women in the collective bargaining process. This examination draws on research in both countries and concludes that gender leadership gaps and gender pay gaps are related.

Keywords: Brazil; collective bargaining; gender; leadership; pay gaps; South Africa; unions; women’s representation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J32 J51 J71 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1177/1035304615596316

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