Our unions, our selves: the rise of feminist labor unions in Japan
- New York Cornell University Press 2016
- xviii, 216 p. Includes Index
Table of Content
Preface ix Acknowledgments xv Introduction 1 Part 1 JAPANESE WOMEN’S UNIONS
1. A Union of One’s Own 17 2. A Tale of Two Activists 31 3. Womens Union Tokyo in Practice 42 Part 2 US-JAPAN CROSSBORDER COLLABORATION 4. First, We Drink Tea 57 5. Under the Microscope 84 6. Crisis of Difference 108 7. Made in Japan 133 8. A Movement Transformed 151
Conclusion: Lessons for Building Crossborder Collaborations 165 Appendix A: Characteristics of Common Nonregular Forms of Employment 185 Appendix B: Curriculum Wish Lists 187 Appendix C: Why Japanese Women “Can’t” Organize 193 Notes 197 References 207 Index 211
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 the ambitious, occasionally contentious, and ultimately successful international solidarity project that helped to spark a new feminist labor movement.