Women in Trade unions organzing the unorganized

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• Preface = ⅴ
• Abbreviations used in the text = xii
• Part I: Introduction
• 1. A comparative survey / Swasti Mitter = 3
• Why women? = 3
• Common elements of the unorganized sector = 5
• Why trade unionism? = 6
• Linking with cooperative structures = 7
• Women's unions or women in unions? = 8
• Organizing domestic workers: The role of women's movements = 9
• Mobilizing the self-employed = 11
• The case of rural and plantation workers = 12
• A case of failure: The Mauritius export processing zone = 13
• The developed world: Distant early warning = 14
• Part II: Organizing women domestic workers
• 2. The Union of Women Domestic Employees, Recife, Brazil / Marie Anderfuhren = 17
• Employment in Brazil's North-East region = 17
• Domestic workers in Brazil = 17
• The struggle to organize domestic workers in Brazil = 18
• Recognition of domestic workers' rights = 20
• The Union of Women Domestic Employees = 21
• Structure = 21
• Financing = 21
• Membership = 22
• Union activities and services = 23
• Workers'education = 23
• Counselling for members and dispute resolution = 24
• Vocational training = 24
• Leisure activities = 24
• Interregional activities = 25
• Other activities = 25
• Building links = 25
• Relations with the national centre (CUT) = 25
• Relations with the feminist movement = 27
• Relations with other movements = 29
• Relations with the State = 29
• Relations with employers = 30
• Box: An outstanding personality in the struggle of domestic employees: Lenira Carvalho = 31
• Bibliography = 31
• 3. Unions and domestic workers in Mexico City / Ruth Joffre Lazarini ; Olivia Martinez = 33
• Introduction = 33
• General characteristics of the domestic service sector = 33
• Early history of organizing = 35
• Box: Domestic servants of Cautla: An early attempt to organize = 37
• More recent organizing attempts = 36
• National Association of Domestic Workers = 37
• Domestic Servants' Centre = 38
• Young Catholic Workers (JOC) = 39
• Collective for Solidarity Action with Domestic Workers (CASED) = 39
• Christian Union of Young Domestic Workers = 39
• Organizing today = 40
• The ATABAL Collective = 40
• "La Esperanza" = 42
• 4. The Namibia Domestic and Allied Workers' Union / Magano Nangombe = 45
• The socio-economic conditions of women domestic workers = 45
• The founding of the NDAWU = 45
• The NDAWU today = 46
• Organizing and workers education = 47
• Financing and income-generating activities = 47
• 5. Migrant women as domestic worbers / Margaret Hosmer Martens = 49
• A traditional alternative for young women jobseekers = 49
• Findings of a survey on Filipino women in Italy = 50
• Obstacles to hiring migrant domestic workers = 51
• Moves to organize migrant domestic workers = 51
• Recognition for migrant domestic workers = 52
• Conclusions to Part II / Margaret Hosmer Martens = 55
• The incentive to organize = 55
• The support for organizing = 55
• Relations with me trade union movement = 56
• Other issues for organizing domestic workers = 56
• The future = 57
• Part III: Organizing homeworkers in the informal sector
• Introduction to Part III / Jane Tate = 61
• Historical background = 61
• Reasons for an increase in home work = 62
• The trade union response = 63
• Home work: Legal or illegal? = 64
• 6. Australia / Jane Tate = 67
• Background = 67
• The outworkers = 68
• Union strategy = 69
• The law = 69
• The union campaign = 70
• Results = 72
• 7. Canada / Jane Tate = 75
• Background = 75
• The homeworkers = 77
• Union strategy = 77
• Conference: "From the'double day to the endless day" = 80
• Wider issues = 81
• Conclusion = 82
• 8. The Netherlands / Jane Tate = 83
• Background = 83
• Who are the homeworkers? = 84
• Home work and the law = 85
• Union strategy = 85
• Home Work Support Centres = 86
• Results = 88
• Conclusions to Part III / Jane Tate = 89
• Bibliography = 93
• Part IV: Organizing women in the rural sector
• Introduction to Part IV / Margaret Hosmer Martens = 97
• 9. Workers' education for vomen members of rural workers' organizations in Africa / Kathini Maloba-Caines = 99
• Background = 99
• Workers' education assistance to rural women workers = 99
• Project objectives = 100
• Implementation of the programme = 100
• The curriculum = 101
• Formation of women's committees = 101
• Socio-economic activities = 102
• Civic responsibilities for women = 102
• Drama as an important medium for rural workers' education = 103
• Achievements = 104
• Participation in the national labour movement = 104
• Regional and international cross-cultural experiences = 104
• Conclusion = 104
• 10. Workers' education for women members of rural workers' organizations in Asia / Neena Hari-Correa = 107
• Conditions of rural women workers in Asia = 107
• Workers' education assistance to rural women workers = 108
• Project design = 108
• The strategy for training women = 109
• Socio-economic activities = 110
• Developing audiovisual materials = 111
• Cross-cultural learning = 111
• Conclusion = 112
• Annex: Countries and organizations participating in the project = 114
• 11. Workers' education for women members of rural workers' organizations in Central America and the Dominican Republic / Maritza Delgado Gonz$$\acute a$$lez = 115
• Socio-economic background = 115
• The women's situation = 116
• Membership of RWOs = 117
• Women's structures within the RWOs = 117
• Workers' education assistance for rural women workers = 118
• The first phase of the project and its methodology = 118
• The second phase of the project = 120
• Actions taken to meet the needs of women members = 120
• Relations with the national confederations = 121
• Achievements of the RWOs = 122
• Conclusion = 122
• Annex: Countries and organizations participating in the project = 124
• Part V: Organizing self-employed and informal sector women workers
• 12. Experience in organizing women in the informal sector in India / Margaret Hosmer Martens = 127
• 13. The Working Women's Forum: A case study of leadership development in India / Claire L. Bangasser = 131
• The history of the Working Women's Forum = 131
• Objectives = 132
• A holistic approach = 132
• A psychological contract = 133
• Structure = 133
• Membership today = 134
• Obtaining a loan = 135
• A high repayment rate = 136
• Box: Portrait of a member = 137
• Leadership training = 138
• Developing their own training programme = 138
• An indigenous group process = 139
• Training objective: Self-awareness = 140
• The Forum leader = 140
• "Networking in sisterhood" = 141
• Conclusion = 142
• Bibliography = 143
• 14. Trade unions and workers in the informal sector in Burkina Faso / Mamounata Ciss$$\acute e$$) = 145
• Background = 145
• The informal sector in Burkina Faso = 146
• The trade union and its members = 148
• Intervention by the ONSL in the informal sector = 149
• The market women's association = 149
• The Cissin-Natenga Women's Association = 149
• Box: Portrait of a member = 151
• Conclusion = 152
• 15. Trade unions and women workers in the rural and informal sectors in C$$\hat o$$te d'Ivoire-The case of SYNAFSI / Mahan Gohe Basile = 155
• The informal sector in C$$\hat o$$te d'lvoire = 155
• Trade union background = 156
• The emergence of SYNAFSI = 156
• Registering women's cooperatives = 156
• Prior misfortunes leave women suspicious = 157
• Dues structure = 157
• Leadership = 157
• Socio-economic activities = 158
• Training activities = 158
• Potential drawbacks to joining = 159
• The national confederation, DIGNITE = 159
• Relations with the authorities = 160
• 16. The informal sector in an industrialized country: Textile and garment workers in northern Italy / Vicky Franzinetti = 161
• Background = 161
• The informal sector in the Biella area = 162
• Union access to the informal sector = 163
• The union: FILTEA = 164
• The process of unionization = 164
• Group discussions with FILTEA members working in cottage industries = 165
• Box: Interviews with members = 167
• Summary = 168
• Part VI: Organizing women workers in export processing zones
• Introduction to Part VI / Margaret Hosmer Martens = 173
• 17. Women in trade unions in the Mauritius export processing zones / Dev Luckmun = 175
• Background = 175
• The social impact and the effects of industrialization on women workers = 176
• Trade unions in the EPZs = 179
• Recruitment methods = 180
• Constraints = 181
• Conclusion = 184
• 18. Organizing experiences in export processing zones in other countries / Margaret Hosmer Martens = 185
• Introduction = 185
• The Bataan EPZ in the Philippines = 185
• The Penang EPZ in Malaysia = 186
• The Dominican Republic = 186
• Building mutual support = 187
• Building links with women in the community = 187
• Building links with other unions = 187
• Jamaica = 188
• Community-based organizing = 188
• Sri Lanka = 189
• Community-based support = 190
• Resistance on the job = 191
• Building alliances with other groups = 192
• Conclusions to Part VI / Margaret Hosmer Martens = 193
• The incentive and support for organizing = 193
• The impact on society of EPZs = 193
• Other issues for organizing = 195
• Part VII: Conclusion
• 19. Lessons for organizing the unorganized / Margaret Hosmer Martens = 199
• Empowerment and organizing = 199
• Organizing the inaccessible = 200
• Trade unions as the instigator of organizing = 201
• A holistic approach = 201
• Are trade unions ready for women from unorganized sectors? = 202
• Actions for the future = 202
• 20. Final remarks / Swasti Mitter) = 203