ABSTRACT
Women are commonly admitted to Trade Union membership at one-half or two-thirds the men’s contribution and receive corresponding benefits, but there is seldom any other differentiation, and women can occupy any office. Most Unions today outside the textile trades appoint women organizers, who act in many cases as the women’s representatives at Trade Union and other conferences. Trade Union women further are represented at the International Conference of Trade Union Women, which reports in turn to the International Federation of Trade Unions. Women have proved beyond question their capacity to organise, and individuals have shown conspicuous qualities of leadership, but women are nevertheless relatively weak in Trade Union organisation and play a minor part in Trade Union councils. High wages are paid on the false assumption, almost obscured by Trade Union regulations, that it takes long to learn a craft.
