Essay 1: Gil Kirton
Gill Kirton (2005) has studied the gender-based dynamics of the British trade unions through a qualitative analysis of women’s roles in predominantly male labor unions in England. The primary argument made by Kirton (2005) is based on the growing participation of women in traditional unions, which has been steadily improving the plight of women in this type of masculinized environment. In the case study, Kirton (2005) provides a qualitative interview method of finding the causes of women’s participation in the unions, which typically involve family traditions, work, and feminist traits as major reasons for the increase in female activity in unions from 1999-2002. These values are combined to define the cause of women’s …show more content…
The issue of gender roles is an important factor in the analysis of feminism as a source of women’s increased role in managing union affairs. In fact, the presence of feminism is a major factor in the specific focus of British female officers in labor unions to increase their representation with unique gender-based qualities (Heery and Kelly 489). This case study provides a wide range of activity on the part of female officers that defines the tendency of women unionists to choose feminist issues as a platform for negotiations with predominantly male unions. These priorities are a major focus of this article, since the increasing role of women’s participation reveals the representational role of women. Heery and Kelly (1988) provide an important analysis of the role of women officials in the context of feminist perspectives that provide women with gender-based benefits during these union negotiations. The overall issue with Heery and Kelly’s (1988) analysis is to gauge the level of women’s involvement in union negotiations as part of an ongoing trend in feminist leadership in British trade unions. The historical; premise of this article reveals the importance of feminism and gender roles as a platform for women’s leadership roles in late 20thc century labor
Gill Kirton (2005) has studied the gender-based dynamics of the British trade unions through a qualitative analysis of women’s roles in predominantly male labor unions in England. The primary argument made by Kirton (2005) is based on the growing participation of women in traditional unions, which has been steadily improving the plight of women in this type of masculinized environment. In the case study, Kirton (2005) provides a qualitative interview method of finding the causes of women’s participation in the unions, which typically involve family traditions, work, and feminist traits as major reasons for the increase in female activity in unions from 1999-2002. These values are combined to define the cause of women’s …show more content…
The issue of gender roles is an important factor in the analysis of feminism as a source of women’s increased role in managing union affairs. In fact, the presence of feminism is a major factor in the specific focus of British female officers in labor unions to increase their representation with unique gender-based qualities (Heery and Kelly 489). This case study provides a wide range of activity on the part of female officers that defines the tendency of women unionists to choose feminist issues as a platform for negotiations with predominantly male unions. These priorities are a major focus of this article, since the increasing role of women’s participation reveals the representational role of women. Heery and Kelly (1988) provide an important analysis of the role of women officials in the context of feminist perspectives that provide women with gender-based benefits during these union negotiations. The overall issue with Heery and Kelly’s (1988) analysis is to gauge the level of women’s involvement in union negotiations as part of an ongoing trend in feminist leadership in British trade unions. The historical; premise of this article reveals the importance of feminism and gender roles as a platform for women’s leadership roles in late 20thc century labor