Gender and leadership in trade unions

1. introduction / Geraldine Healy and Gill Kirton -- 2. Gender, work and unionism in comparative context / Gill Kirton. [et al.] -- 3. Gender, union democracy and leadership / Gill Kirton and Geraldine Healy -- 4. Women union leaders : influences, routes, barriers and enablements / Geraldine Healy and Risa Lieberwitz -- 5. Power, empowerment and women's leadership discourses / Gill Kirton and Risa Lieberwitz -- 6. Tales from the top : senior women union leaders / Sally Alvarez, Risa Lieberwitz and Gill Kirton -- 7. Women working towards union transformation / Geraldine Healy and Mary Gatta -- 8. A woman's place : women's separate organizing in unions / Heather McKay and Gill Kirton -- 9. Developing women leaders in a globalized context / Gill Kirton and Mary Gatta -- 10. Conclusions : challenges from inside and outside the union / Geraldine Healy and Gill Kirton.