Including contributions by both British and American researchers, this book explores equal value developments in the two countries. Through thematic chapters and case studies, it examines legal developments, trade union activity, the operation of job evaluation, and the race and class politics of equal value. Both the possibilities and the limits of equal value reform are discussed.

Acknowledgements - List of Tables - Notes on Contributors - Introduction: Equal Pay for Work of Equal Value in Britain and the United States; P.Kahn - PART 1: MAJOR THEMES RELATING TO EQUAL VALUE AND COMPARABLE WORTH - Equal Value/Comparable Worth: National Statute and Case Law in Britain and the United States; J.Gregory - Job Assessment, Job Evaluation and Equal Value; F.Neathey - Comparable Worth and its Impact on Black Women; J.Malveaux - Gender and Class in Comparable Worth; L.M.Blum - PART 2: CASE STUDIES OF EQUAL VALUE/COMPARABLE WORTH CAMPAIGNS, LITIGATION AND IMPLEMENTATION IN THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTORS - Equal Value in British Banking: The Midland Bank Case; A.Arthurs - 'We Can't Eat Prestige': The Yale University Workers' Campaign for Comparable Worth; K.Kautzer - Fighting for Parity Pay: National Union of Public Employees and Hospital Workers in Northern Ireland; K.Sutton - Comparable Worth and Nurses in the United States; R.L.Feldberg - Equal Value in British Local Authorities; S.Hastings - Comparable Worth for Public Employees: Implementing a New Wage Policy in Minnesota; S.M.Evans & B.J.Nelson - Index