MHR 520 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: National Labor Relations Act, Labour Power, Social Reproduction
8 May 2019
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This perspective of work/employment relations recognises that work/employment outcomes are gendered because of the deeper patterns in the organization of work. The point is made that there is deep relationship between organization of. In fact household work is seen as being deeply productive. It is more than a private service for families, internal to the household, but it is the labour of social reproduction". In marx"s terms it is the production of labour power itself i. e the constant reproduction of a labour force"s capacity to labour. These experiences shape peoples" understandings of their lives and what is normal and proper etc. There are many who think that unionisation or collective action would be a good thing for women, and can potentially alter gendered outcomes. The article by anne forrest reveals that there has not in fact been a straightforward linear relationship between the growth of the labour movement and the diminishment of gendered outcomes.
