Homecare Worker Organizing in California
An Analysis of a Successful Strategy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11229837 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Linda Delp (corresponding author), Katie Quan |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-23 |
| Publication date | 2002-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Labor Studies Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0160-449X • E-ISSN: 1538-9758 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0160449x0202700102 |
| OpenAlex | W2163904375 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 26 |
| References cited | 6 |
This paper examines the challenges facing California homecare workers in their historic struggle to unionize from the 1980s through the 90s. Three inter-related components were critical to their ultimate success: 1) grassroots organizing, 2) changing policy at the state and county level and 3) working in coalition with groups of senior and disabled care recipients. Now that the union repre sents more than 100,000 workers, consolidation of those victories involves challenges such as developing leadership among the new membership and strengthening the labor-consumer coalition that will be critical to further improvements in homecare services and working conditions. This campaign has already had significant impact on the structure of this emerging workforce, and will have long-term effects on social policy for care of the elderly and dis abled
Business · Consolidation (business · Economic growth · Economics · Grassroots · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Workforce · Employment and Welfare Studies · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Public Administration · Retirement, Disability, and Employment · Finance
Labor on the Home Front
Who Will Care for the Women
Organizing Home Care
Aggregating dispersed workers
An Examination of Foster Parent Unionization
Medical versus social work-places
Introduction
Caught Between Love and Money
Low Wage Workers and High Housing Costs
Fighting Marketization
Alternative Strategic Directions for the U.S. Labor Movement
Worker Engagement in the Health and Safety Regulatory Arena under Changing Models of Worker Representation
When Unions Organize Workers and Capitalists
Lived Experiences of Social Unionism
New Turf for Organizing
Personal Services in the Post‐industrial Economy
The Role for Community-Based Participatory Research in Formulating Policy Initiatives
Building worker power for day laborers in South Korea’s construction industry
The community dimensions of union renewal
Wages of Nurturant and Reproductive Care Workers
Confronting Servitude
Professionals and Saints
Becoming Homecare Workers
When Caring and Surveillance Technology Meet
You couldn't have a heart and want to strike
Individual Needs Versus Collective Interests
| Unique citing works | 26 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,13 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2024 (22) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 25 |