Mail & Female

Women and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers

Julie White

ISBN 978-1-55077-008-7, First, 1990

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Mail & Female: Women and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers is an original contribution to women's and labour studies in Canada. CUPW changed from refusing women membership in the union in the late 1950s to its present position where its collective agreement is regarded as one of the most progressive for women. This book documents and analyzes these changes.

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In Mail & Female, Julie White chronicles and analyzes changes at the Post Office during the thirty years prior to the merger between the Canadian Union of Postal Workers and the Letter Carriers Union of Canada in January 1989. She focuses on CUPW activities and changes during a period which saw both inside workers and postal managers move from thinking of post office jobs as men's work to jobs no longer characterized in gender-specific terms. Author Julie White Julie White is the author of Women and Unions and Women and Part-time Work, published by the Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women. She lives with her family in Ottawa. WOMEN JOIN THE UNION IN THE 1960s Women's Work in The Post Office and the Union's Reaction Women Full-time Workers Women Part-time Workers Cheap Labour Unskilled Labour Female Labour The Use of Part-time Work in the Post Office Labour Relations in the Post Office The Canadian Postal Employees Association Union Reaction to Part-time Work From the Part-time Workers' Point of View Casual Women Workers Summary and Conclusions Union Changes After 1965: Changing Union Policy Organizing the Part-time Workers Initial Negotiations Part-time Workers in the Union Understanding the Change in Attitude BARGAINING FOR EQUALITY IN THE 1970s The 1970s Context Automation The Public Service Staff Relations Act The Economic Climate The Coder Dispute 1972 1974: Coders And Women The Dispute — The Beginning of the Dispute Meetings with Management The Legal Route Mobilizing the Membership The Struggle Continues The Solution The Union's Motivation in the Coder Dispute Bargaining Equality for Part-time Workers Pay and Classification The First Collective Agreement Breakthrough in 1974 Equality, 1975 Benefits and Conditions of Work Seniority Why the Union Bargained for Equality — Protecting Full-time Work Justice and Equality — Equality and Solidarity The Part-time Workers Bargaining Restrictions on Part-time Work: Restrictions on Casual Workers Restrictions on Part-time Workers The Number of Part-time Workers Negotiating Restrictions CUPW's Reasons for Restrictions — Union Strength Involuntary Part-time Work Excessive Use of Part-time The Perspective of Part-time Workers Conclusion WOMEN'S ISSUES IN THE 1980s The Post Office in the 1980s Working at the Post Office Technological Change Mismanagement The Supervision Specific Issues Absenteeism Sick Leave Special Leave Union Activity Conclusion Paid Maternity Leave Negotiations 1981 The Growing Debate on Maternity Leave and Benefits Maternity Leave in the CUPW Conclusion Women's Issues Inside the Union Women's Participation in the Union Facts and Figures Women's Issues within the Union Beginnings Women's Committees and Caucuses Sexual Harassment Child Care Union Education The CUPW's Reaction to Women's Issues The Role of Women The Union Leadership Democratic Process Women's Perspectives Women's Issues Are Worker's Issues Women's Issues Are Women's Issues Women's Participation in the Union Still to be Dealt With In the Contract In the Union Conclusion Instructor's Manual There is no classroom support for this resource.

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Mail & Female

Mail & Female

Women and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers

Author

Julie White

WOMEN JOIN THE UNION IN THE 1960s

Women's Work in The Post Office and the Union's Reaction

Union Changes After 1965: Changing Union Policy

BARGAINING FOR EQUALITY IN THE 1970s

The 1970s Context

The Coder Dispute 1972

Bargaining Equality for Part-time Workers

Bargaining Restrictions on Part-time Work:

WOMEN'S ISSUES IN THE 1980s

The Post Office in the 1980s

Paid Maternity Leave

Women's Issues Inside the Union

Instructor's Manual