Open AccessInvisible workers: women, redundancy and unemployment
Author(s) -
Mary Hancock
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
new zealand journal of industrial relations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0110-0637
DOI - 10.26686/nzjir.v7i3.3521
Subject(s) - unemployment , redundancy (engineering) , closure (psychology) , labour economics , demographic economics , economics , work (physics) , economic growth , computer science , engineering , mechanical engineering , market economy , operating system
The methods of gathering unemployment statistics in New Zealand effectively render large numbers of women invisible - women who have lost their jobs or are seeking work often do not get recorded as unemployed. The extent of redundancy and unemployment amongst women only begins to become apparent when a range of surveys and industry studies are drawn together. This article reports the results of a study of women made redundant after the Mosgiel closure. The paper reveals the deverstating effect which unemployment has on women's lives.