Skip to main content

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

 Collection
Identifier: larc-ms-0411

Scope and Contents

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."

Dates

  • 1991 - 2006
  • Majority of material found within 1994 - 2004

Creator

Availability

Collection is open for research.

Biography

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

Extent

2.5 Cubic Feet (2 cartons)

Language of Materials

English

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."

Arrangement

The collection is arranged as received.

Location

Collection available on site.

Location

Vault: 16:5:A

Acquisition

Donated by Mila Thomas in 2015, accession number .

Processing Information

Processed by Eva Martinez in 2015.

Title
Finding Aid to the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 616 (Oakland, Calif.) Homecare Records
Author
Labor Archives and Research Center staff.
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid written in: English.

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
(415) 405-5571