Critique of women challenging unions
Unit VII Article Critique
Use the CSU Online Library to locate and review a scholarly article found in a peer reviewed journal related to: Unions, Labor Relations, or International Human Resources Management.
There is a minimum requirement of 500 words for the article critique.
Write your critique in APA format.
Begin with an introduction that defines the subject of your critique and your point of view. You will first need to identify and explain the author's ideas. Include specific passages that support your description of the author's point of view.
Defend your point of view by raising specific issues or aspects of the argument. Offer your own opinion.
Explain what you think about the argument. Describe several points with which you agree or disagree.
Explain how the passages support your opinion.
Conclude your critique by summarizing your argument and re-emphasizing your opinion.
For each of the points you mention, include specific passages from the text (you may summarize, quote, or paraphrase) that provide evidence for your point of view.
Critique of women challenging unions
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A wide range of issues affecting women in the labor market revolve around the issue of women being recognized and probably standardized as men at the same level. Due to this big problem in the industry, there are scholars who have come up with possible solutions. From her review of “Women Challenging Unions”, it is clear that Linda Briskin does not support the separate organization notion of women’s way of challenging the structures that disadvantage them. This paper critiques her opinion that separate organization may create a group that is not autonomous and which may not integrate with the whole labor sector (Brigden, 1997).
In the scope of leadership union, separate union is considered as a form of activism. This is due to the empowerment, mobilization and democratization strategies used to drive these groups of activists (Brigden, 1997). Traditional methods of organizing do not draw a parallel on the support of the key elements of a separatist movement. A separatist movement selects its member on the basis of those in support of the idea of separation which does not necessarily happen to other mainstream organizations.
In the 1960s through to the 1970s, women unionists experienced tension when they tried to reshape the union away from the hitherto patriarchal system as they tried to form a more feminist system. Many opponents felt that the system could create a system that would make the women more marginalized in the unions. Male members and some females alike were against the separation of women from main unions. Instead they proposed of having the women fight for places in the already patriarchal system. The flaw of t...