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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.