{"product_id":"making-the-woman-worker-precarious-labor-and-the-fight-for-global-standards-1919-2019-hardcover","title":"Making the Woman Worker: Precarious Labor and the Fight for Global Standards, 1919-2019 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEileen Boris\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFounded in 1919 along with the League of Nations, the International Labour Organization (ILO) establishes labor standards and produces knowledge about the world of work, serving as a forum for nations, unions, and employer associations. Before WWII, it focused on enhancing conditions for male industrial workers in Western, often imperial, economies, while restricting the circumstances of women's labors. Over time, the ILO embraced non-discrimination and equal treatment. It now promotes fair globalization, standardized employment and decent work for women in the developing world. In \u003cem\u003eMaking the Woman Worker\u003c\/em\u003e, Eileen Boris illuminates the ILO's transformation in the context of the long fight for social justice. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBoris analyzes three ways in which the ILO has classified the division of labor: between women and men from 1919 to 1958; between women in the global south and the west from 1955 to 1996; and between the earning and care needs of all workers from 1990s to today. Before 1945, the ILO focused on distinguishing feminized labor from male workers, whom the organization prioritized. But when the world needed more women workers, the ILO (a UN agency after WWII) highlighted the global differences in women's work, began to combat sexism in the workplace, and declared care work essential to women's labor participation. Today, the ILO enters its second century with a mission to protect the interests of all workers in the face of increasingly globalized supply chains, the digitization of homework, and cross-border labor trafficking. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Boris shows, the ILO's treatment of women is a window into the modern history of labor. The historic relegation of feminized labor to the part-time, short-term, and low-waged prefigures the future organization of work. The labor force is increasingly self-employed and working as long as possible--a steep price for flexibility--with minimal governmental oversight. How we treat workers in the next century will inevitably build upon evolving ideas of the woman worker, shaped significantly through the ILO.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEileen Boris\u003c\/strong\u003e is the Hull Professor and Distinguished Professor of Feminist Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara. She is the author, with Jennifer Klein, of \u003cem\u003eCaring for America: Home Health Workers in the Shadow\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eof the Welfare State\u003c\/em\u003e (Oxford, 2012), which received the Sara A. Whaley Award from the National Women's Studies Association. She serves as President of the International Federation for Research in Women's History, 2015-2020 and received the 2017 Distinguished Service Award to the Field from the Labor and Working-Class History Association. She comments on women's labor in homes and other workplaces in activist and popular as well as scholarly venues.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.2 x 6.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 23, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48272129163485,"sku":"9780190874629","price":102.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/9WCUXx60YT9780190874629.webp?v=1785256833","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/making-the-woman-worker-precarious-labor-and-the-fight-for-global-standards-1919-2019-hardcover","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}