Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 616 (Oakland, Calif.) Homecare Records, 1991-2006, bulk 1994-2004

Summary

Creators:

Service Employees International Union. Local 616 (Oakland, Calif.)

Abstract:

Materials, bulk dating from 1994 to 2004, relating to Bay Area homecare industry and SEIU Local 616 (Oakland, Calif.) campaigns to organize homecare workers in San Francisco Bay Area counties. Subject files pertaining to homecare organizing campaigns, contract negotiations, collective bargaining agreements, recruitment and hiring, studies and reports on California and Bay Area homecare industry labor standards enforcement, In-Home Support Services and public authority (employee relations, ordinance campaigns and enactments, SEIU Local 616 membership cards and dues, Quality Homecare coalition and campaign, the Homecare Workers Center, Manos Homecare, and Planning for Elders in Central City (PECC). Includes SEIU local 818 (Chicago, Ill.) survey "Healthcare workers without healthcare."

Extent:

2.5 Cubic Feet (2 cartons)

Language:

Languages represented in the collection: English.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Mila Thomas SEIU 616 Homecare Collection, larc.ms.0411, Labor Archives and Research Center, San Francisco State University.

Background

Scope and content:

Materials, bulk dating from 1994 to 2004, relating to Bay Area homecare industry and SEIU Local 616 (Oakland, Calif.) campaigns to organize homecare workers in San Francisco Bay Area counties. Subject files pertaining to homecare organizing campaigns, contract negotiations, collective bargaining agreements, recruitment and hiring, studies and reports on California and Bay Area homecare industry labor standards enforcement, In-Home Support Services and public authority (employee relations, ordinance campaigns and enactments, SEIU Local 616 membership cards and dues, Quality Homecare coalition and campaign, the Homecare Workers Center, Manos Homecare, and Planning for Elders in Central City (PECC). Includes SEIU local 818 (Chicago, Ill.) survey "Healthcare workers without healthcare."

Biographical / historical:

Mila Thomas was the Organizing Director for SEIU Local 616's (Oakland, Calif.) homecare work from 2000 to 2007.

Acquisition information:

Donated by Mila Thomas in 2015, accession number 2013/013.

Processing information:

Processed by Eva Martinez in 2015.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as received.

Physical location:

Collection available on site.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Names:

Thomas, Mila

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the Labor Archives and Research Center. All requests for permission to publish or quote from materials must be submitted in writing to the Director of the Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Labor Archives and Research Center as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must be obtained by the reader.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Mila Thomas SEIU 616 Homecare Collection, larc.ms.0411, Labor Archives and Research Center, San Francisco State University.

Location of this collection:

San Francisco State University, Labor Archives and Research Center

J. Paul Leonard Library, Room 460

1630 Holloway Ave

San Francisco, CA 94132-1722, US

Contact:

(415) 405-5549

specialcollections@sfsu.edu

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