在包容与脱离之间:LGBTQ工人和工会更新的挑战
Suzanne Mills1, William Foley1, Noah Yang1
1McMaster University, Canada.
概括
工会已经推进了女同性恋,男同性恋,双性恋,跨性别者和酷尔 (LGBTQ) 权利,但LGBTQ成员经常面临工会支持的障碍. 与广泛的LGBTQ倡议相比,工作场所的包容性战略对工会参与和社会正义更有效.
科学领域:
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 劳动研究 劳动研究
- 性别和性研究性别和性研究.
背景情况:
- 从历史上看,工会一直在为边缘化群体,包括女同性恋,男同性恋,双性恋,跨性别者和酷尔 (LGBTQ) 个人争取公平.
- 奖学金经常强调工会在通过内部和外部公平倡议促进社会正义和代表性的成功.
- 然而,在去工业化的背景下,LGBTQ工会成员的实际经历需要进一步探索.
研究的目的:
- 调查LGBTQ工会成员在去工业化城市的经历和看法.
- 评估工会主导的LGBTQ倡议在促进包容和参与方面的有效性.
- 确定LGBTQ成员与工会联系的障碍和促进者.
主要方法:
- 使用LGBTQ工会成员的采访和调查回复进行定性研究.
- 在两个脱工业化城市中心的经验的比较分析.
- 探讨对工会支持和工作场所包容性的看法.
主要成果:
- 虽然一些LGBTQ工作者报告说,他们通过工会倡议感到受到保护和联系,但许多人遇到了参与的障碍.
- 相当多的LGBTQ成员感到与工会断绝联系,往往更喜欢雇主支持.
- 经验各不相同,有些工人在工会LGBTQ计划中发现价值,而另一些则没有.
结论:
- 扩大LGBTQ倡议自动导致工会更新的假设受到质疑.
- 专注于工作场所和地方工会包容性的策略更有可能增强LGBTQ成员的参与度和社会正义.
- 有针对性的包容性努力至关重要,尤其是在缺乏对LGBTQ社区优先支持的地区.
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