- Workshopen är en del av seminarieserien Global arbetarhistoria
This workshop is part of the seminar series “Global arbetarhistoria” arranged by Arbetarrörelsens arkiv och bibliotek and Södertörns högskola. The workshop is funded by Vetenskapsrådet.
13.00
Silke Neunsinger (ARAB) & Ylva Waldemarson (Södertörn University) Welcome and practical information
13.10
Dorothy Sue Cobble (Rutgers University), The 1919 ILO and the Rise of Transnational Labor Feminism
14.00
Yevette Richards Jordan (George Mason University), The Structure of Women’s Committees: Race and Gender Strategies for Inclusion in Labor Movements.
14.50 Coffee break
15.20
Maria Bosdotter (former Handelsanställdas förbund) & Jonny Hjelm (Umeå University): Maria Bosdotter union activist and second wave feminist
16.10
Mary Margaret Fonow (Arizona State University): Feminist Politics and Transnational Labor Activism
17.00
Suzanne Franzway (University of South Australia): Transnational labour activism and greedy institutions
18.00 Final discussion
Coffee, tea, fruit and sandwiches will be served during the seminar
Plats : Arbetarrörelsen arkiv och bibliotek, Elektronvägen 2, Huddinge
Obs! Workshopen kommer att spelas in av UR (Utbildningsradion).
For a full decpription how to find your way to the seminar, see our information page.
Literature from the participants mentioned above:
Dorothy Sue Cobble, Friendship beyond the Atlantic : labor feminist international contacts after the second world war, 2012
finns även på svenska: ”Vänskap bortom Atlanten : Arbetarfeminismens internationella kontakter efter andra världskriget” i Arbetarhistoria 2009 [1-2=129-130], s. 12-20
Dorothy Sue Cobble, Dishing It Out: Waitresses and Their Unions in the Twentieth Century, 1991
Dorothy Sue Cobble, The other women’s movement : workplace justice and social rights in modern America, 2003
Suzanne Franzway, Making feminist politics : transnational alliances between women and labor, 2011
Yevette Richards,”The activism of George McCray : confluence and conflict of pan-Africanism and transnational labor solidarity” i Black power beyond borders : the global dimensions of the Black power movement (red, Nico Slate), 2011
Mary Margaret Fonow, Making feminist politics : transnational alliances between women and labor, 2011