 | Our Unions, Our Selves: The Rise of Feminist Labor Unions in Japan Subjects: Women labor union members -- Japan; Women in the labor movement -- Japan; Sex discrimination in employment -- Japan; Sex role in the work environment -- Japan; Feminism -- Japan; In Our Unions, Our Selves , Anne Zacharias-Walsh provides an in-depth look at the rise of women-only unions in Japan, an organizational analysis of the challenges these new unions face in practice, and a firsthand account of an ambitious, occasionally contentious, and ultimately successful international solidarity project. Anne Zacharias-Walsh is an activist and writer who lives in Atlanta, Georgia. She has worked with progressive labor unions and social justice organizations and campaigns throughout the United States and Japan for more than twenty-five years. |
