Work, Women and the Labour Market

First published in 1982, this title presents a coherent overall picture of women's employment in contemporary British capitalism. For the first time it brings together concrete studies which show how women's unequal position at work is shaped by the capital-labour relation and by women's place as housewives and mothers.

Acknowledgements, Notes on Contributors, Introduction, 1. Sex and Skill in the Organisation of the Clothing Industry, 2. 'If It's Only Women It Doesn't Matter So Much', 3. Contemporary Clerical Work: A Case Study of Local Government, 4. New Technology and Women's Office Work, 5. Contemporary Clothing 'Sweatshops', Asian Female Labour and Collective Organisation, 6. Migrant Women and Wage Labour: The Case of West Indian Women in Britain, 7. Standing on the Edge: Working Class Housewives and the World of Work, 8. The 'Understanding' Employer, 9. A Woman's Place is in Her Union, Glossary, Bibliography, Index