ABSTRACT

This paper examines how home care workers in Oregon, a predominantly female, geographically dispersed, and economically undervalued workforce, were brought together to engage in collective action and extend their reach beyond the local union to civil society. Drawing on qualitative interviews with union staff and member activists, along with archival data, it documents how home care workers used social movement unionism to improve their working conditions in the early 2000s. The lessons from this case are especially relevant today given the growing demand for in-home care as a means to avoid being placed in institutionalized settings and the shortage of workers to meet the rising demand.

摘要

本文探讨了俄勒冈州的家庭护理工作者是如何聚集在一起以参与集体行动，并将其影响范围从当地工会扩展到公民社会的，主要是女性，地域分散且经济价值被低估。它利用对工会工作人员和成员活动家的定性访谈以及档案数据，记录了家庭护理工作者如何利用社会运动工会主义来改善 2000 年代初期的工作条件。鉴于对家庭护理的需求不断增长，以避免被安置在机构化环境中，以及满足不断增长的需求的工人短缺，这一案例的教训在今天尤其重要。