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Sisters Organising for Themselves: An Exploration of Women-Only Unions in Japan and South Korea

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  • Kaye Broadbent

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As early as the 1890s women in a diverse range of countries organised their own unions, some of which continue to the present. Almost a century later, women-only unions have been (re)-created in Japan and South Korea. Was this coincidence or a union organising strategy development in North Asia? What does the existence, and the contemporary formation, of women-only unions in Japan and South Korea mean? This preliminary study seeks to explore women-only unions and highlights women actively creating their own organisations in order to improve working conditions and provide women with a voice separate from the existing ‘malestream’ union movement which has largely ignored their concerns.

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  • Kaye Broadbent, 2003. "Sisters Organising for Themselves: An Exploration of Women-Only Unions in Japan and South Korea," The Economic and Labour Relations Review, , vol. 14(1), pages 32-48, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:ecolab:v:14:y:2003:i:1:p:32-48
    DOI: 10.1177/103530460301400104
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