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Women in Australian unions 2011 / ACTU Women's Committee.

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Record Number 14832
Corporate Author ACTU Women's Committee.
Title Women in Australian unions 2011 / ACTU Women's Committee. [Electronic resource]
Published ACTU, 2011.
Collation 23 p.
General Note The report is available online at URL below.
Summary Note This report summarises results from the Women in Unions survey of 2010. Among its findings are that although women constitute just under half of total union membership (according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, it is 48 per cent), 54.8 per cent of delegates of the respondent unions are women. However, the percentage of women filling senior and elected positions is much lower - 30 per cent of elected Secretaries and Assistant Secretaries, 36.8 per cent of branch committee members, and 40 per cent of elected Presidents or Vice Presidents. Barriers to women's advancement include: "[1] lack of women in elected roles, female role models and female influence regarding union policies and administration; [2] persistent stereotyped perceptions of the role of women in unions; [3] lack of support for women delegates who wish to move into higher roles in the union, and; [4] lack of flexible work options to assist women to balance work and family" (p. 6). The report also makes a number of recommendations to increase women's involvement in unions.
Subject Women in trade-unions -- Australia
Labor unions -- Australia
Leadership
Women labor leaders. -- Australia
Added Corporate Name Australian Council of Trade Unions
Internet Site http://www.actu.org.au/our-work/publications/other-publications/women-in-australian-unions-2011
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