Abstract
This chapter deals with the women textile workers of Dundee, their unorganized action over wages and conditions, and their response to trade unionism. The analysis illustrates that despite the fact that structural constraints on the organization of women workers were substantial; organization did exist and was oppositional in its nature. Before 1885 there was little in the way of formal union organization amongst the various sections of the jute workforce. The division of home and work place in terms of gender imbued the workplace relations with a patriarchal character and contributed to the segmentation of the workforce. The chapter cites occasions when conflicts of interests between men and women workers arose directly from their distinct gender roles.
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