Women working for their freedom : FCWU and AFCWU and the women question

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dc.contributor.advisorCooper, David Men_ZA
dc.contributor.authorSchreiner, Jennifer Annen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-20T15:32:08Z
dc.date.available2015-12-20T15:32:08Z
dc.date.issued1987en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: leaves 192-203.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis thesis has two parallel processes of investigation. Firstly, it is an investigation of the extent to which a trade union can successfully participate in the struggle for working women's rights at work and concerning motherhood and childcare, and in the struggle for the realisation of the political aspirations of women workers within a capitalist society. Secondly, the thesis examines the ideological position of the Food and Canning Workers Union in order to refine the theoretical understanding of the woman question in South Africa. Research methods have relied on use of archival documents, both published and unpublished; oral history; secondary sources on the union being studied and on South African society; as well as classical and contemporary texts on the theory of women's oppression and its interconnection with exploitation. The research has been hindered by the historical repression meted out by the South African state, which has forced people into exile, banned written sources, and removed archival material from South Africa. The recent repression has severely hampered the extent of interviewing and discussion, as well as made the process of research and writing of the thesis a difficult undertaking. The union's organising strategy is examined in terms of the following three issues: 1. Because of their dual responsibilities as worker and mother, and because of their relatively unorganised position, women workers are ultra-exploited. What role can a union play in fighting against the various aspects of this? The specific aspects of ultra-exploitation found in the food and canning industry are temporary employment and periodic unemployment; child labour; piece-work; excessive overtime. 2. The inclusion of women into wage labour faces them with a task of combining motherhood and wage labour. How can a union win demands to assist these women workers with this task? The two ways in which the union confronted this question were maternity rights and childcare facilities. 3. The assault on working class in terms of the right to work, the right to live where one chooses, the right to family life, and the right to a decent standard of living was a burden to working class women in particular.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationSchreiner, J. A. (1987). <i>Women working for their freedom : FCWU and AFCWU and the women question</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Sociology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15841en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationSchreiner, Jennifer Ann. <i>"Women working for their freedom : FCWU and AFCWU and the women question."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Sociology, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15841en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationSchreiner, J. 1987. Women working for their freedom : FCWU and AFCWU and the women question. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Schreiner, Jennifer Ann AB - This thesis has two parallel processes of investigation. Firstly, it is an investigation of the extent to which a trade union can successfully participate in the struggle for working women's rights at work and concerning motherhood and childcare, and in the struggle for the realisation of the political aspirations of women workers within a capitalist society. Secondly, the thesis examines the ideological position of the Food and Canning Workers Union in order to refine the theoretical understanding of the woman question in South Africa. Research methods have relied on use of archival documents, both published and unpublished; oral history; secondary sources on the union being studied and on South African society; as well as classical and contemporary texts on the theory of women's oppression and its interconnection with exploitation. The research has been hindered by the historical repression meted out by the South African state, which has forced people into exile, banned written sources, and removed archival material from South Africa. The recent repression has severely hampered the extent of interviewing and discussion, as well as made the process of research and writing of the thesis a difficult undertaking. The union's organising strategy is examined in terms of the following three issues: 1. Because of their dual responsibilities as worker and mother, and because of their relatively unorganised position, women workers are ultra-exploited. What role can a union play in fighting against the various aspects of this? The specific aspects of ultra-exploitation found in the food and canning industry are temporary employment and periodic unemployment; child labour; piece-work; excessive overtime. 2. The inclusion of women into wage labour faces them with a task of combining motherhood and wage labour. How can a union win demands to assist these women workers with this task? The two ways in which the union confronted this question were maternity rights and childcare facilities. 3. The assault on working class in terms of the right to work, the right to live where one chooses, the right to family life, and the right to a decent standard of living was a burden to working class women in particular. DA - 1987 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1987 T1 - Women working for their freedom : FCWU and AFCWU and the women question TI - Women working for their freedom : FCWU and AFCWU and the women question UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15841 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/15841
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationSchreiner JA. Women working for their freedom : FCWU and AFCWU and the women question. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Sociology, 1987 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15841en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Sociologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherSociologyen_ZA
dc.subject.otherWomen labour union members - South Africaen_ZA
dc.titleWomen working for their freedom : FCWU and AFCWU and the women questionen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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