This article deals with the reconstruction of the processes of introduction and implementation of women’s quotas in two … in the white-collar union; in particular it is more difficult to find women for exercising the mandates and there is less … support from male unionists. The introduction of the women’s quota without fundamental discussion and the lower density of …

agreements as a possible source of wage differences between men and women. Consequently, they saw only limited potential to … reduce the gender pay gap at the level of collective bargaining. According to the interviewees, however, women were often …