Mail & Female: Women and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers
Resource type
Author/contributor
- White, Julie (Author)
Title
Mail & Female: Women and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers
Abstract
In Mail & Female, Julie White chronicles and analyzes changes at the Post Office during the thirty years prior to the merger between the Canadian Union of Postal Workers and the Letter Carriers Union of Canada in January 1989. She focuses on CUPW activities and changes during a period which saw both inside workers and postal managers move from thinking of Post Office jobs as men's work to jobs no longer characterized in gender-specific terms. Mail & Female: Women and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers is an original contribution to women's and labour studies in Canada. CUPW changed from refusing women membership in the union in the late 1950s to its present position where its collective agreement is regarded as one of the most progressive for women. This book documents and analyzes these changes. --Publisher's description
Place
Toronto
Publisher
Thompson Educational
Date
1990
# of Pages
v, 213 pages: illustrations
Language
English
ISBN
978-1-55077-008-7
Accessed
5/18/25, 9:35 PM
Extra
OCLC: 29357073
Notes
Contents: Women's work in the post office and the union's reaction -- Union changes after 1965 -- The 1970s context -- The coder disputes 1972-1974 -- Bargaining equality for part-time workers -- Bargaining restrictions on part-time work -- The post office in the 1980s -- Paid maternity leave -- Women's issues inside the union -- Conclusion.
Citation
White, J. (1990). Mail & Female: Women and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers. Thompson Educational. http://thompsonbooks.com/higher-ed/backlist/mail-and-female/
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