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Gender, Class and Power An Analysis of Pay Inequalities in the Workplace

:	Tricia Dawson
:	Gender, Class and Power An Analysis of Pay Inequalities in the Workplace
:	Palgrave Macmillan
:	9781137585943
:	1
:	CHF 104.40
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:	Betriebswirtschaft
:	English

:	276
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With a particular focus on the British printing industry, this book tackles the ongoing issue of pay inequality and examines the challenges facing many women today. By analysing organisation processes within the workplace, the author considers the unequal allocation of power resources that generate and sustain women's invisibility and argues that women's power is often outflanked by that of their male colleagues. Written by a skilled academic with direct industry experience, this new book is an insightful read for those researching human resource management (HRM), women's studies and diversity, as well as trade union officials and policy-makers.

Tricia Dawson is a Lecturer in HRM at Keele University, UK and was previously Senior Lecturer in HRM at the University of Westminster. She was also employed by the Graphical, Paper and Media Union as Equality Policy Adviser for over 20 years from 1979.

	Acknowledgements	5
	Contents	6
	Abbreviations	9
	List of Figures	11
	List of Tables	12
	1: Introduction	14
	Research Process	20
	Organisation of the Chapters	23
	References	28
	2: Theories of Discrimination	31
	Power, Gender and Pay	33
	Power	33
	Power Resources	37
	Bradley’s Model of Gendered Power	38
	Extending the Model	41
	Economic Theories of Discrimination	44
	Neo-classical Explanations	44
	Alternative Economic Explanations	47
	Gender-Based Theories of Discrimination	50
	Gendered Practices and Policies: Workplace and Union	52
	Conclusions	57
	References	58
	3: The Development of the Printing Industry: Workers’ and Employers’ Organisation	67
	Early Development: 1470–1780	68
	The Nineteenth Century	74
	The Early Twentieth Century	77
	Post Second World War	80
	Developments Post-Merger: The GPMU	85
	The End of Independent Print Unions: Amicus and Unite	87
	Conclusions	87
	References	91
	4: Missed Opportunities: The Failure of Union Solidarity in the Struggle for Control of the Labour Process	93
	Early History	94
	The Nineteenth Century	95
	The Early Twentieth Century	101
	Two World Wars and the Interwar Years	102
	Post-Second World War	107
	The GPMU Merger	116
	Conclusions	121
	References	123
	5: Gender or Skill? The Continuation of Segregated Work	127
	Occupational Segregation and the Labour Process in General Printing	128
	Job Content	137
	Barriers to Removing Occupational Segregation by Sex	145
	Conclusions	154
	References	158
	6: Challenging Inequality: Employers and Unions	162
	Discriminatory Treatment at Work	164
	Employment Policies	168
	Recruitment and Promotion Processes	168
	Training Processes	170
	Hours of Work and Caring Responsibilities	173
	Union Internal Democracy	178
	The Efficacy of Structural Change in the GPMU	178
	The GPMU: A Reassessment	185
	Conclusions	190
	References	192
	7: Wage Leadership: The Continuation of Unequal Pay	196
	Pay Determination Between 1950 and 1991	199
	Pay Determination Post-1991	203
	National Bargaining	204
	Negotiating Processes at National Level	206
	Local Bargaining	212
	Bargaining Processes at Local Level	215
	Pay Outcomes	220
	Conclusions	226
	References	229
	8: ‘Paid Class 3, Treated Class 3, Act Class 3[?]’: Overcoming the Barriers	233
	Women’s Invisibility in the Work Organisation	235
	Women’s Invisibility in Bargaining Processes	243
	Summary and Final Comments	249
	References	254
	Appendix: Characteristics of Survey Respondents and Interviewees	257
	Glossary	264
	Index	266