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Radical and Utopian or Partnership between Men und Women? Austrian Trade Union Women, Autonomous Feminists and Labour Related Concerns, 1970s-1980s
Title / Series / Name
Österreichische Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaften
Publication Volume
35
Publication Issue
1
Pages
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Editors
Keywords
Women's work
Reproductive rights
Labour movement
Feminism
Unpaid work
Austria
Trade unionism
Reproductive rights
Labour movement
Feminism
Unpaid work
Austria
Trade unionism
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14018/14290
Abstract
This contribution explores the interplay between labour and feminist activism in Austria during the 1970s and 1980s. Focusing on the often overlooked nexus of the women’s liberation movement and the trade union movement, the analysis looks into the forms of organisation and protest used by women activists from various political affiliations on the left, including social democrats, communists and emerging alternative and green groups. These protests included the struggle for reproductive rights, conflicting ideas on the inclusion of domestic labour into labour activism, the significance of partnership as an activist concept, and the challenges of joint actions. The material is analysed using a combined source-critical and theory-driven approach, employing hermeneutic methods to reveal specific debates and the complex dynamics of cooperation and distinction in both labour and feminist activism. The study thus shows that the activism of women organised in communist, alternative (radical) left and socialist trade union contexts was part of the activist cycle of feminist movements in the 1970s and 1980s.
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Place of Publication
Type
Journal article
Date
2024-04-01
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ISBN
Identifiers
doi.org/10.25365/oezg-2024-35-1-6