Sex Worker Unionization: Global Developments, Challenges and Possibilities
Author:   G. Gall
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2016
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Pages:   226
Publication Date:   29 February 2016
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   G. Gall
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2016
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   3.992kg
ISBN:  

9781137320131


ISBN 10:   1137320133
Pages:   226
Publication Date:   29 February 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1 Introduction 2 Sex workers before sex work 3 Sex worker union organising in North America 4 Australia and New Zealand 5 Germany and the Netherlands 6 Britain and continental Europe 7 Asia, Africa and Latin America 8 Influences on unionisation 9 Conclusion Appendix: interviewees and informants References

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Gall (Univ. of Bradford, UK) provides examples, challenges, and economic possibilities of efforts to unionize sex workers throughout the globe. Gall's academic book is based on interviews with union organizers and research focusing on leading industrial relations and economics journals. ... it did succeed at presenting women as laborers trying to make changes in their occupational environment. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals. (G. E. Kaupins, Choice, Vol. 54 (3), November, 2016)


“Worthwhile reading for anyone interested in the labour rights and political mobilization of sexual service providers, as well as the unionization of self-employed, precarious or marginalized workers more broadly. It provides a brief and concise overview of organizations, unions and pressure groups representing sexual service providers … . The book takes its readers to countries including the US, Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Germany and the Netherlands, and explores the successes and failures of unionization efforts in these countries.” (Gregor Gall, Work, Employment and Society, Vol. 32 (05), October, 2018) “Gall (Univ. of Bradford, UK) provides examples, challenges, and economicpossibilities of efforts to unionize sex workers throughout the globe. Gall’s academic book is based on interviews with union organizers and research focusing on leading industrial relations and economics journals. … it did succeed at presenting women as laborers trying to make changes in their occupational environment. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals.” (G. E. Kaupins, Choice, Vol. 54 (3), November, 2016)


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Gregor Gall is Professor of Industrial Relations at University of Bradford School of Management, UK. He has authored and edited more than fifteen books on union and industrial relations including Sex Worker Union Organizing: An International Study (Palgrave Macmillan, 2006)

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