Contents: Introduction: Themes and perspectives; Historical overview. Branch and Workplace: Male control at the branch - Case 1; Collective bargaining at the grass-roots - Case 2; Changing consciousness and political ideology - Case 3; Male power, industrial action and changing consciousness - Cases 4 and 5; Taking over from the men - Cases 4 and 5; Taking over from the men - Cases 6 and 7; Grass-roots women speak to the movement; A pattern for the future? - Case 8. Union Policies towards Women: Attraction, encouragement and education; Union democracy and empowerment. Negotiation, Masculinity and Femininity: The trade union as a negotiator - Case 9; Challenging masculinity through negotiation; A culture of femininity: attending to diversity; Feminizing negotiation. Conclusion: Feminization: new priorities, old themes.
