About

Cécile Guillaume is Reader in Employment Relations at Surrey Business School, University of Surrey, UK. One strand of her research focuses on gender equality in the trade union context. In a variety of publications – journal articles, book chapters, books – she has explored how and why women embark on trade union careers, women’s union and gender identities, the influence of feminism on union women, union women’s participation in women’s structures and groups. She has led numerous research projects investigating how trade unions have mobilized legal or non legal repertoires of action to advance gender equality and equal pay in the workplace. Her recent most recent publications include: Organizing Women. A study of gender equality policies in French and British trade unions (Bristol University Press, 2022); ‘Mobilizing Employment Discrimination Law. The Litigation Strategies of British and French Trade Unions Compared’, Journal of Law and Society, Summer 2022 (with VA Chappe) and ‘Women’s participation in a radical trade union movement that claims to be feminist’. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 56(3): 556-578. She is a member of the Work, Employment and Society editorial board.

Email: c.guillaume@surrey.ac.uk