EAGLE, Idaho — Residents of a Treasure Valley mobile home park made state history Saturday by forming Idaho’s first tenant union, with an overwhelming majority of households joining in what organizers are calling a “supermajority fighting tenant union.”
The Treasure Valley Tenants Union announced that 84% of occupied households at Elevate Eagle Mobile Home Community (formerly Riviera Estates Mobile Home Park) have signed union cards to bargain collectively with their landlord, including at least 32 of 38 units. The launch took place at 3:15 p.m. at the park, located at 1298 Artesian Road in Eagle.
The union is seeking negotiations with Demetre Booker Jr., who owns the property through San Diego, California-based Elevate Commercial. Booker purchased the mobile home park in July, according to the union.
A Historic First for Idaho
This launch marks the first supermajority tenant union in Idaho history and the first successful organizing effort by the Treasure Valley Tenants Union, founded last summer. The effort places Idaho residents among a growing national wave of tenant unionism, alongside organizations such as the Los Angeles Tenants Union, Bozeman Tenants United, KC Tenants, and the Kentucky Tenant Union…