Emeryville resident petition drive training, 2007-2008
Scope and Contents
The Woodfin Hotel section of the Campaigns series consists of material documenting Measure C, a living wage initiative drafted by EBASE, and the four year fight between hotel workers and Woodfin Hotel over the hotel's noncompliance after the measure passed. After voters approved Measure C the ordinance was challenged by Woodfin as unconstitutional. In September, 2006 workers filed suit in state court to collect the back wages that they were owed under Measure C. In the same month, Woodfin claimed they found problems with social security numbers for undocumented workers who were involved in the campaign to enforce Measure C. In December, 2006 Woodfin attempted to fire the 21 workers for "no-match" social security numbers. The court entered a temporary restraining order that restrained Woodfin from terminating employees based on "no-match" letters and investigated whether the attempt was retaliation. In 2010 Woodfin settled its backpay suit and sold the hotel to Hyatt Hotel Corporation in 2011. Folders contain legal documents, including depositions and filings, correspondence, petitions, political action plans, PR materials, administrative personnel documents, city reports, research material, and ephemera.
Dates
- 2007-2008
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Series: 5 cartons
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Labor Archives and Research Center Repository
San Francisco State University
J. Paul Leonard Library, Room 460
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San Francisco 94132-1722 USA
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