The Living Wage of Women Workers, A Study of Incomes and Expenditures of Four Hundred and Fifty Women Workers in the City of Boston.Louise Marion Bosworth , F. Spencer Baldwin

1911 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 413-414
Author(s):  
A. B. Wolfe
Keyword(s):  
Women Workers ◽  
Living Wage ◽  
The City

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1911 ◽  
Vol a4 (4) ◽  
pp. 345-367
Author(s):  
Philip H. Wicksteed ◽  
Gilbert Slater ◽  
P. Geddes ◽  
S. H. Swinny ◽  
S. H. Swinny ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Women Workers ◽  
Elementary Education ◽  
Social Science ◽  
American Academy ◽  
Social History ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
Living Wage ◽  
Rural Economics ◽  
Irish History ◽  
History Of

scholarly journals An Evaluation of the Living Wage: Identifying Pathways Out of In-Work Poverty

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 379-392 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jo Swaffield ◽  
Carolyn Snell ◽  
Becky Tunstall ◽  
Jonathan Bradshaw
Keyword(s):  
Important Determinant ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Living Standards ◽  
Sample Survey ◽  
Living Wage ◽  
Wage Rates ◽  
The Hours ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The City

This article reports the results of a case study on the introduction of the living wage. Three employers in the City of York became living wage employers. Using data derived from a sample survey of their employees and qualitative interviews, this article explores what impact the receipt of the living wage had on poverty and deprivation. It found that not all living wage employees were income poor or deprived, although those on living wage rates were more likely to be poor and deprived than those on even higher wages. The more important determinant of the employees’ living standards was the household they lived in, and there were a high proportion of living wage employees living in multi-unit households. Also important were the number of earners in the household and the hours worked by the living wage employee. Lone parent families and single people appeared to be most vulnerable to poverty and deprivation. In addition, whether the employee took up their entitlement to in-work benefits was critical and, using benefit checks by welfare rights experts, it was found that some were not.

scholarly journals STUDI EKSPLORASI PADA WANITA PEKERJA SEKS

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
Tutik Rahayu ◽  
Sri Wahyuni
Keyword(s):  
Women Workers ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Sex Workers ◽  
Deep Understanding ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Sex Worker ◽  
Purposive Sampling ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
The City

AbstrakFenomena wanita bekerja bukan merupakan hal baru, dengan peran ganda yang dimilikinya wanita mampu menjalankan perannya sebagai wanita pekerja. Wanita pekerja mempunyai berbagai macam alasan untuk bekerja, salah satu pekerjaan yang riskan terpilih adalah sebagai pekerja seks. Penelitian memperoleh pemahaman yang mendalam tentang alasan perempuan dalam memilih pekerjaan sebagai pekerja seks di wilayah kota Semarang. Penelitian ini merupakan qualitative study dengan pendekatan fenomenologi dan pengambilan partisipan menggunakan teknik purposive sampling. Jumlah partisipan dalam penelitian ini adalah sebanyak 8 orang. Pengumpulan data menggunakan teknik wawancara mendalam (indepth interview) dan menggunakan pertanyaan semi terstruktur. Analisis data yang dilakukan pada penelitian ini adalah menurut langkah-langkah dari Colaizzi. Penelitian ini menghasilkan 4 alasan yang mengakibatkan wanita bekerja sebagai pekerja seks, antara lain karena himpitan ekonomi, masalah dalam keluarga, korban perdagangan manusia, dan korban pelecehan seksual. Beberapa partisipan menyampaikan bahwa alasan yang memicu sehingga mereka memilih bekerja sebagai pekerja seks adalah karena adanya himpitan ekonomi, terjebak dalam perdagangan manusia serta pernah memiliki pengalaman pelecehan seksualitas. Kata Kunci: wanita, pekerja seks, studi eksplorasi AbstractExploration study in women sex workers. The phenomenon of women working is not a new thing, with the dual role she has in being able to carry out her role as a woman worker. Women workers have various reasons for work, one of the risky jobs chosen is as a sex worker. The study gained a deep understanding of the reasons for women in choosing jobs as sex workers in the city of Semarang. This research is a qualitative study with phenomenological approach and participant taking using purposive sampling technique. The number of participants in this study was 8 people. Data collection uses in-depth interview techniques and uses semi-structured questions. Data analysis carried out in this study was according to the steps of Colaizzi. This study resulted in 4 reasons that resulted in women working as sex workers, among others due to economic crush, problems in families, victims of trafficking in persons, and victims of sexual abuse. Some participants said that the reason that triggered them to choose to work as sex workers was due to economic crush, trapped in human trafficking and had experience of sexuality abuse. Keywords: women, sex workers, exploration studies.

scholarly journals Exploitation and Liberation: Case Study of Women Workers in Surat’s Unorganised Sector

Social Change ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-27
Author(s):  
Kiran Desai
Keyword(s):  
Women Workers ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Wide Spectrum ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Social Sphere ◽  
The Social ◽  
The City ◽  
Status Of Women

Based on an empirical study, this article narrates the condition and status of women workers engaged in the unorganised sector in Surat. The city, considered Gujarat’s economic hub and business capital, is known for its small- and medium-scale industries (SMSIs) especially those connected with weaving, dying-printing, embroidery and diamonds. A number of non-industrial, informal sector livelihood activities, known as the fringe sub-sector, are integrated with the city’s main industrial activities. Studies reveal that a high number of migrant workers from all over India eke their livelihood from this wide spectrum of economic activities combining both these sub-sectors in which women constitute a significant proportion of this workforce. The article firstly describes their demographic profile as well as their working conditions. It also takes into account not only their contribution in terms of an economic income but also outlines their impact in the social sphere. The article argues that though the work milieu of the unorganised sector is as exploitative and oppressive for women workers as it is for men, to a certain extent there is an element of liberation for women in their social existence.

scholarly journals Igualdade de gênero e divisão sexual do trabalho: subalternidades, enfrentamentos e resistências a partir da percepção de mulheres trabalhadoras da cidade de Guarabira/PB

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (45) ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
Clarissa Cecilia Ferreira Alves ◽  
Cassia Maria De Souza Gonçalo ◽  
Janiele Ferreira Batista ◽  
Lucas De Lima Oliveira ◽  
Marsoniel Felipe Da Costa
Keyword(s):  
Women Workers ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Division Of Labor ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Semistructured Interview ◽  
Sexual Division ◽  
Research Technique ◽  
Sexual Division Of Labor ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The City

<p>The objective of this article is to analyze how women workers linked to commerce perceive the subalternities to which they are conditioned, the individual constraints they have and the forms of resistance they develop in the context of the sexual division of labor. We seek to understand how women’s perception of the sexual division of labor and the forms of mobilization and resistance regarding situations of gender inequality are still rooted in our society. Using the research technique of the semistructured interview, this is a qualitative study, which has the city of Guarabira/PB as locus of the research. It is expected that this study and the results here pointed out may contribute to the understanding of how the women interviewed consider ways of overcoming that gender inequality.</p>

scholarly journals Understanding the urban livelihoods and wellbeing of migrant women working in garment factories in Vientiane, Laos

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Chanmala Homesana
Keyword(s):  
Women Workers ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Sustainable Livelihood ◽  
Migrant Women ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Garment Factories ◽  
The City

<p>Rural-urban migrants are the major contributions to the labour force that drives the manufacturing sector in Laos. Migrants, particularly young women, contribute abundant cheap labour to garment industries. Despite their hard work and contribution, the living and working conditions for migrants are often overlooked. This thesis explores the migration, livelihoods and wellbeing of migrant women working in the garment factories in Vientiane, the capital city of Laos.  This thesis focuses particularly on how working in the factories and living in the city affects the wellbeing of women. The field research was conducted in three garment factories in Vientiane where most garment factories are located. The data was obtained mainly from ten individual interviews and four focus group sessions with women workers. Additionally, ten officials from public and private sector were interviewed to bring additional perspectives into this research.  The theoretical framework of the study derives from the sustainable livelihood framework to explore the main aspects of women’s livelihoods. Also, Marxist, radical and post-structural feminist theories are incorporated into the framework to analyse the issues facing migrant women. This research pays attention to how women are oppressed as a subordinated class and gender, as well as to how women individually and collectively use their agency to improve their conditions.  This thesis claims that working in the factory and living in the city have both positive and negative consequences for women workers. It has increased the human, social and financial capital of women workers. However, women were oppressed in many forms by their capitalist employers as well as by men inside and outside the factory. However, although women workers experience exploitation and oppression, they are able to construct their new identities and develop strategies to cope in their everyday lives.</p>

Based on a True Story: New Western Women and the Birth of Hollywood

2011 ◽  
Vol 80 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hilary A. Hallett
Keyword(s):  
Women Workers ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
White Women ◽  
Motion Picture Industry ◽  
The West ◽  
New West ◽  
True Story ◽  
Early Motion ◽  
The City ◽  
Western Woman

This article explores early publicity about Hollywood that promoted Los Angeles as a New West supporting a New Western Woman who became a key, if often slighted, element in the “grounding of modern feminism.” The New Western Woman was both an image that sought to attract more women into movie audiences and a reality that dramatized the unconventional and important roles played by women workers in the early motion picture industry. By describing these women as expertly navigating the city, the West, and professional ambitions simultaneously, this publicity created a booster literature that depicted Los Angeles as an urban El Dorado for single white women on the make. In response, tens of thousands of women moved west to work in the picture business, helping to make Los Angeles the first western boomtown where women outnumbered men.

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