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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED204424 AUTHOR: Popkin, Mary; Ross, Diane
TITLE: Bargaining for Equality. A Guide to Legal and
Collective Bargaining Solutions for Workplace Problems that
Particularly Affect Women.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1980
NOTE: 144 p.; Prepared through the Women's Labor Project.
AVAILABILITY: Women's Labor Project, PO Box 6250, San
Francisco, CA 94101 ($4.50; postage and handling $0.75).
ABSTRACT: This is a guide to legal and collective bargaining
solutions for workplace problems that particularly affect
women. The first section of the guide presents a survey of
legal remedies for discrimination including information on:
(1) Title VII; (2) Equal Pay Act; (3) Executive Order 11246;
(4) Age Discrimination in Employment Act; and (5) State Fair
Employment Practice laws. In section two topics covered
include: (1) organizing a union; (2) duplicating the law in
union contracts; (3) mandatory baroaining subjects; and (4)
use of current contracts to fiqht discrimination. The third
section discusses women's dual roles, touching on: (1)
maternity benefits and rights of pregnant workers; (2) child
care; (3) overtime work; (4) flexible work hours; and (5)
part time work and job sharinq. Section four discusses: (1)
affirmative action; (2) hiring and promoting women into
nontraditional jobs; (3) on the job training and employer
paid education; (4) low seniority of newly hired and
promoted women; (5) wages; and (6) pensions. The fifth
section reviews methods of attacking sexist practices in the
workplace, especially sexual harrassment. In the final
section techniques for helping unions to fight for women are
outlined. A list of resources and a glossary are appended.
(APM)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Affirmative-Action; Civil-Rights
Legislation; Employment-Problems; Federal-Legislation;
Flexible-Working-Hours; Nontraditional-Occupations; State
Legislation; Unions-
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Collective-Bargaining; *Employed-Women;
*Employment-Practices; *Equal-Opportunities-Jobs; *Labor
Legislation; *Sex-Discrimination
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