AFL-CIO's Maida Springer in Turkey: women's international trade unionism and Cold War geopolitics.
This article examines the Türk-İş Women's Bureau's creation within Cold War labour initiatives led by the AFL-CIO and its affiliate, the Asian American Free Labor Institute (AAFLI). In 1976, African American organiser Maida Springer was appointed to strengthen women's representation in Turkish union...
| Publicado en: | Women's History Review Vol. 35; no. 3; pp. 436 - 463 |
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