Under the bus : how working women are being run over /

"Most Americans think that our country has done quite a lot to protect women and ensure gender equity in the workplace. After all, we have banned discrimination against women, required equal pay for equal work, and adopted family-leave legislation. But the fact is that we have a two-tiered syst...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Fredrickson, Caroline (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : The New Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Sex discrimination in employment > United States.
Women > Employment > United States.
Household employees > United States.
Part-time employment > United States.
Discrimination sexuelle dans l'emploi > États-Unis.
Employés de maison > États-Unis.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
Household employees
Part-time employment
Sex discrimination in employment
Women > Employment
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The test of our progress: a brief history of race, gender, and worker protections in the twentieth century
  • The wages of discrimination: paycheck unfairness
  • Punching the clock: part-time, just-in-time, and overtime
  • The wild West: the lawless world of the contingent workforce
  • Bye-bye, baby: giving birth and back to work
  • Did Mary Poppins have kids?: child care and the working mother
  • Leaning together.

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