Labour Studies (LBST) 332

Overview

Women and Unions is about women’s paid and unpaid work. It is about women’s struggles against the gendered division of labour, and the discrimination and exclusion that come with it. It is also about women’s struggles against employers who take advantage of women’s subordinate position in labour markets and about the fight that union sisters had, and still have, inside the labour movement to be heard and recognized as equals by their union brothers. The main focus of this course is on women and unions in Canada, but it also puts women’s struggles into a historical and global perspective.

Outline

• Unit 1: Introduction—What Is “Women and Unions” About and Why Study the Topic?
• Unit 2: “A Change Is Gonna Come”—Transformations of Work in Postwar Canada and the Making of a New Women’s Movement
• Unit 3: “Union Maids”—Equity Struggles and Union Renewal
• Unit 4: “At the Purchasers’ Option”—Unions, Housework, and Globalization

Evaluation

To receive credit for LBST 332, you must complete four written assignments and achieve an overall grade of D (50 percent) or better for the entire course. Your final grade is determined by a weighted average of the grades you receive on these assignments for credit. The weightings for each assignment are as follows:

To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.

Course Materials

Textbooks

All other course materials are online.

Challenge for Credit Course Overview

The Challenge for Credit process allows students to demonstrate that they have acquired a command of the general subject matter, knowledge, and intellectual and/or other skills that would normally be found in a university level course.

Full information for the Challenge for Credit can be found in the Undergraduate Calendar.

• Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Policy
• Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Procedures

Challenge Evaluation

To receive credit for the LBST 332 challenge registration, you must achieve a grade of at least D (50 percent) on the examination.

Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Course Registration Form

• Challenge for Credit Form