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Shaping Union and Gender Identities: A Case Study of Women‐Only Trade Union Courses

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  • Gill Kirton
  • Geraldine Healy

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In the context of efforts to revitalize unions and the acknowledged need to widen participation within trade unions, this paper argues that women‐only trade union education acts as a vehicle for increasing women's participation and for improving their experiences of unions. Drawing on a qualitative research study of women‐only courses in two large male‐dominated British trade unions, the findings indicate that such courses provide the conditions for women to question, reinforce or transform their social identities and thereby can lead to greater union identification and participation.

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  • Gill Kirton & Geraldine Healy, 2004. "Shaping Union and Gender Identities: A Case Study of Women‐Only Trade Union Courses," British Journal of Industrial Relations, London School of Economics, vol. 42(2), pages 303-323, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:brjirl:v:42:y:2004:i:2:p:303-323
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8543.2004.00316.x
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    1. Cécile Guillaume, 2018. "Women's Participation in a Radical Trade Union Movement That Claims to be Feminist," British Journal of Industrial Relations, London School of Economics, vol. 56(3), pages 556-578, September.
    2. Gill Kirton, 2006. "Alternative and parallel career paths for women: the case of trade union participation," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 20(1), pages 47-65, March.
    3. Lorenzo Frangi & Tingting Zhang, 2022. "Global union federations on affiliates’ websites: Forces shaping unions’ global organisational identity," British Journal of Industrial Relations, London School of Economics, vol. 60(2), pages 444-466, June.

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