Wage differences between shop assistants in Barcelona (1920- 1930) : a gender discrimination
Espuny, Maria Jesus (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Dret Públic i de Ciències Historicojurídiques)
Vallès Muñío, Daniel (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Dret Públic i de Ciències Historicojurídiques)

Date: 2018
Abstract: With this paper, we want to show the situation of wage discrimination in women in a sector at a specific time and in a particular institution in the commercial assistance of Barcelona between 1920 and 1930, and we will do so by using documents issued by an institution, the Comisión Mixta del Trabajo en el Comercio de Barcelona (hereinafter the Joint Committee or Comisión Mixta). By examining these documents, we will check whether such wage discrimination existed in the early-20s. We will examine the opinions of the components of the Comisión Mixta and see what arguments were used to justify such discrimination. Nevertheless, thanks to these documents we will see how the debate on the injustice of wage discrimination emerged and how, finally, some members of the Comisión Mixta chose to denounce it. Even so, such discrimination still appeared in recent documents reviewed by the Comisión Mixta in the late 20s, particularly in the determination of minimum wages in commerce. It should also be considered that the recommendations of the ILO advocated setting the principle of equal pay, as enshrined in the section on labour rights of the 1919 Versailles Treaty. With this, we want to show how fighting against gender pay discrimination was not effective or efficient in the trade sector in Barcelona between the years 1920 and 1930. In fact, it was minor. This will help us better interpret the situation of women's work in post-World War I Barcelona and its trade.
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Language: Anglès
Document: Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject: Comisión Mixta del Trabajo en el Comercio de Barcelona ; Salarios ; Mujer ; Joint Committee on Work in Trade in Barcelona ; Salaries ; Women
Published in: IUSLabor, Núm. 1 (2018) , p. 349-368, ISSN 1699-2938



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