Anatomy of women’s participation in small professional unions
研究了英国小型专业工会中女性的代表性和参与障碍，以缓刑服务工会Napo为例，发现职业认同和性别平等策略是促进因素，但高压工作环境和时间贫困限制了参与。
This article brings the neglected topic of small professional unions into the women and unions literature. In addition to an overview of women’s representation and gender equality strategies in small professional UK unions, it offers a contextually grounded analysis of barriers and enablers of women’s participation in Napo – the union representing professional workers in the probation service. The article identifies several enablers: healthy levels of women’s representation over a long period of time; presence and longevity of gender equality strategies; a strong occupational identity; occupational values that complement those of unionism. However, a highly pressured work environment and hostile industrial relations climate create lived insecurities, work–life imbalance and time poverty, which have constrained women professionals’ union participation.