evidence unions overcame this barrier

what was the Women’s Trad Union League 1903?

aimed to encourage women to organise themselves into unions, encouraged by a fire at Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in 1911, killing 145 workers

what was organisation involved in/

franchise campaign as it saw the gaining of the vote as the best way to ensure conditions of work were improved

what dod the WUTL also want?

8 hour day and minimum wage

what did WW1/2 see an increase in?

numbers of women in workforce, some of whom had joined male unions. 800,000 in 1940 to 3 million workers by 1944

what did most women do after WW2?

entered workforce and beca e directly involved in union activity and action. Played significant roles in New York hospital workers strike of 1962, helping to force the state governor to recognise the right of hospitals; workers to collective bargaining

what happened for those who were working?

full time and were concerned about childcare and paid maternity leave, they saw unions as offering a means to achieve this and many were more attracted to unions than the feminist movement, with the number of women in unions increasing in the 1970s

what was the process encouraged by?

the formation of the Coalition of Labour Union Women in 1974, which was affiliated to the AFL-CIO was also a response to their reluctancy to recognise female trade unions nd their concerns

what was this organisation the result of?

Olga Madar and Addie Wyatt who organised a conference in Chicago to examine the ways in which women could have a stronger influence in trade unions

what happened in 1972?

Mexican American women at the Farrah Manufacturing Company went on strike to demand the right to belong to a union

what happened in 1975?

Navajo women in the electronics industry occupied their factory to demand the right to form a union

what happened between 197 and 1979?

female bank workers undertook the longest banking strike to demand equal pay and promotion opportunities

what did women in the same industries establish?

networks across country to create more solidarity