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Housecleaners News, , 1986 June-1987 April

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 2

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

Consists of materials from the nonprofit organization Household Workers' Rights, including a questionnaire, newsletters, and registration forms.

The questionnaire was modeled after a survey by the Women's Occupational Health Resource Center in New York, and delves into the specific problems faced by household workers; information collected includes womens' ages, their children's ages, childcare concerns, length of time household work has been performed and other jobs held. Using diagrams of the human body on which to point out health concerns, this survey inquires about job injuries, aches and skin problems. Other subjects mentioned are flu, depression, over-tiredness, medical insurance and sexual harassment. There are 170 responses to this 1982 survey; 40 of which are in Spanish.

The inactive registration forms record information for the referral service. This information includes names (which researchers are required to keep anonymous), type of work, and desired pay, additional skills such as CPR or animal care, whether the applicants speak English, whether they have transportation and how far they would travel, what problems they encounter in household work, and whether they are aware of their rights.

The newsletters Household Workers' Rights, and Housecleaners News, span the years 1982-1996; in 1986, the newsletter title was changed to reflect an organizational division. Topics addressed include household workers in other countries, alternative non-toxic cleaners, the minimum wage hearings and legal aspects relating to household workers. One issue (April 1983), contains a sample contract.

Dates

  • 1986 June-1987 April

Access

Collection is open for research, with the exception of restricted access to inactive individual registrations of household workers for reasons of confidentiality.

Extent

From the Collection: 0.75 Cubic Feet ( (2 boxes))

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Note

Housecleaners News, Volume 7, Number 1 missing, 2014.

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the Labor Archives and Research Center Repository

Contact:
San Francisco State University
J. Paul Leonard Library, Room 460
1630 Holloway Ave
San Francisco 94132-1722 USA
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