If you are based in DC, I hope you can make it out to this exciting event today.  It's the first national hearing on Asian Pacific American workers rights and it's sponsored by the good folks at the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance. APAP has signed on as a co-sponsor to help get the word out. Be on the lookout for APAP member Greg Cendana who is one of the featured speakers.

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

On Monday, I met up with Super Asian American Lawyer Jennifer Lai, a former Union organizer, to ask her about the Employee Free Choice Act. Her responses are below:

[FTW: She was super nice! and is an amazing person, so please check this out!]

There is a growing list of supporters for Councilmember John Liu’s Campaign for NYC Comptroller.  In addition to the list of community leaders and elected officials that had joined him at the Campaign Kickoff in early March, there has been labor support also starting to make strong supportive announcements.