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Women's activism in unions has increased dramatically in the last decade, creating a sense of renewed vitality and excitement in the trade union movement. Union Sisters is a attempt to document the struggles and victories of the movement of union women as well as to provide some direction to women and unions as they fight to defend the interests of working people. --Introduction, Contents: Acknowledgments -- Introduction / Linda Briskin and Lynda Yanz -- Part 1: Background. Women at Work in Canada / Lynda Yanz and David Smith -- Women and Unions in Canada: A Statistical Overview / Linda Briskin -- No Proper Deal: Women Workers and the Canadian Labour Movement, 1870-1940 / Ruth Frager. Part 2: Union issues. Out of the Ghettos: Affirmative Action and Unions / Jackie Larkin -- "Action Positive" in the Quebec Trade Union Movement / Hélène David, translated by Daina Green -- Under Attack: Women, Unions and Microtechnology / Marion Pollock -- Part-time Work and Unions / Julie White -- Sexual Harassment: An Issue for Unions / Susan Attenborough -- Coercion or Male Culture: A New Look at Co-worker Harassment / Debbie Field -- Lesbians and Gays in the Union Movement / Susan Genge -- The Right to Strike / Judy Darcy and Catherine Lauzon -- Bargaining for Equality / Jane Adams and Julie Griffin. Part 3: The Challenge of the Unorganized. Why Are So Many Women Unorganized? / Laurell Ritchie -- Triple Oppression: Immigrant Women in the Labour Force / Alejandra Cumsille, Carolyn Egan, Gladys Klestorny, and Maria Terese Larrain -- Domestic Workers: The Experience in B.C. / Rachel Epstein -- Organizing Freelancers in the Arts / Joanne Kates and Jane Springer. Part 4: Inside Unions. Women's Challenge to Organized Labour / Linda Briskin -- Working, Mothering and Militancy: Women in the CNTU [Confederation of National Trade Unions (Quebec)] / Nancy Guberman -- Women's Committees: The Quebec Experience / Françoise David, translated by Daina Green -- The Dilemma Facing Women's Committees / Debbie Field. Part 5: The Power of Alliances. Free Universal Day Care: The OFL Takes a Stand / Susan Colley -- Wives Supporting the Strike / Arja Lane -- From Ladies' Auxiliaries to Wives' Committees / Meg Luxton -- Trade Union Women and the NDP / Janis Sarra -- Building Links: Labour and the Women's Movement /Carolyn Egan and Lynda Yanz. Part 6: Resources. Women, Work and Unions: A Cineography / Dinah Forbes  -- Trade Union Resources on Women /  Linda Briskin -- Women and Unions: A Selected Bibliography / Lynda Yanz.

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