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The First National Asian Pacific American Workers' Rights Hearing

The Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA) is proud to convene the First National Asian Pacific American Workers' Rights Hearing and the first event focused on Asian Pacific American workers co-hosted by the new leadership of the AFL-CIO.  Hear from Asian Pacific American workers about the challenges they face in exercising their right to organize - including employer abuse, immigrant exploitation, wage theft and union suppression - and strategies


UCLA Labor Center Director Kent Wong on the Employee Free Choice Act

Hi Friends, The other day, I caught up with UCLA Center for Labor Research and Education Director Kent Wong to ask him a couple questions about the Employee Free Choice Act.  He was super nice and we conducted a quick Q/A over the phone.  I have it all transcribed and ready for your viewing and listening pleasure below.  (Except for my badly mangled photoshop attempt)
Keng Wong from the UCLA Labor Center
[audio:http://www.apaforprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/kent-wong.mp3]