Historical Memorandum of Law for the Housekeepers Settlement
Document Description: The housekeepers’ lawsuit was grounded in the phrase within the thirteenth amendment which abolished the “badges and indicesContinue Reading
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Chris Baumann on the continuing problems facing low-wage workers
Excerpt Description: Chris Baumann explains the struggle housekeepers faced to get the University to meet the conditions of the settlementContinue Reading
Cheek-Clark Building
On September 17, 1998, dozens of members of the University community, representing housekeepers, administrators, professors, and trustees, gathered to rededicateContinue Reading
Chris Baumann on students’ supportive role in workers’ movements
Excerpt Description: Chris Baumann describes his role as a white student in the housekeepers’ movement as supportive and behind theContinue Reading
Chris Baumann on reparations for Black citizens
Excerpt Description: Chris Baumann describes how the UNC Housekeepers’ Association made their reparations case for the descendants of enslaved andContinue Reading
Housekeepers Association Proposed Settlement Draft
Document Description: In meetings with lawyers and advisors, the UNC Housekeepers Association developed by January 1996, what they named “aContinue Reading