On November 26, 1996, the UNC Housekeepers Association (HKA) officially settled a five-year-long grievance process with the University. Gathered in Hill Hall, three hundred housekeepers across the University voted to accept the conditions of the settlement, earning over one million dollars in pay raises and back pay, substantial backing for career training, child and elder care, a public health study, and the establishment of a historical commission to study potential ways to commemorate the contributions of Black workers to the University.
On November 26, 1996, the UNC Housekeepers Association (HKA) officially settled a five-year-long grievance process with the University. Gathered in Hill Hall, three hundred housekeepers across the University voted to accept the conditions of the settlement, earning over one million dollars in pay raises and back pay, substantial backing for career training, child and elder care, a public health study, and the establishment of a historical commission to study potential ways to commemorate the contributions of Black workers to the University.
Organization: UNC Housekeepers Association
Space Use: Academic
Date Created: 1907
Campus Space: Cheek-Clark Building
Citation: Final Mediated Settlement Agreement, Tinnen v. UNC-Chapel Hill in the John Kenyon Chapman Papers #5441, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.