| Description |
viii, 302 pages ; 26 cm |
| Series |
Queer politics, queer theories |
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Queer politics, queer theories.
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| Contents |
1. What can be Done? Sexual Diversity and Labor Unions in Perspective / Gerald Hunt -- 2. No Longer Outsiders: Labor's Response to Sexual Diversity in Canada / Gerald Hunt -- 3. Fighting it Out in Canadian Courts / Cynthia Petersen -- 4. A Short History of Lesbian and Gay Labor Activism in the United States / Christian Arthur Bain -- 5. Lesbian and Gay Caucuses in the U.S. Labor Movement / Miriam Frank -- 6. Domestic Partner Health Benefits: The Corporate Model vs. the Union Model / Desma Holcomb -- 7. The Limits to Union: Labor, Gays and Lesbians, and Marriage in Hawai'i / Jonathan Goldberg-Hiller -- 8. Silence at Work: Trade Unions, Gender, and Sexual Diversity in the South Pacific / Jacqueline Leckie -- 9. Sexual Identity and the Australian Labor Movement in Historical Perspective / Shane Ostenfeld -- 10. At a Turning Point: Organized Labor, Sexual Diversity, and the New South Africa / Mazibuko K. Jara, Naomi Webster and Gerald Hunt |
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11. On the Fringes of the New Europe: Sexual Diversity Activism and the Labor Movement / David Rayside -- 12. Labor Unions and Sexual Diversity in Germany / Ronald Holzhacker -- 13. British Trade Unions and Sexual Diversity: Survey Evidence Since the 1980s / Phil Greasley -- 14. Moving Forward in Unison: Lesbian and Gay Self-Organization in Action / Fiona Colgan -- 15. Laboring for Rights in Global Perspective / Gerald Hunt |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Gay rights.
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Gays -- Employment -- Case studies.
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Labor union democracy -- Case studies.
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Lesbians -- Employment -- Case studies.
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Sexual orientation.
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| Author |
Hunt, Gerald, 1948-
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| LC no. |
99014081 |
| ISBN |
1566397170 |
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1566397189 |
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