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An Illusion of Equality

Wed, 03/30/2011 - 21:24

By now, everyone is familiar of the sweeping, romanticized narrative of America as the greatest country in everything possible. It has permeated the air waves and swallowed up zillions of pixels on the Internet. But the numbers reflect something more sobering.


APALA Stands with Workers in Wisconsin and Across the Country

Mon, 02/28/2011 - 12:14
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 28, 2011
Contact: Gregory Cendana, gcendana@apalanet.org (916) 284-9839
APALA Stands with Workers in Wisconsin and Across the Country
Statement by Luisa Blue, National President of APALA
The Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, AFL-CIO, the nation’s only union of Asian Pacific American workers, stands with the workers under assault in Wisconsin and other states.

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Report Shows Unionized Asian Pacific American Workers Earn 14% More, 16% More Likely to Have Health Insurance

Wed, 01/19/2011 - 09:05

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Wednesday, January 19, 2011

CONTACT: Gregory Cendana
(916) 284-9839, gcendana@apalanet.org


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Asian Pacific American Workers Among the Fastest Growing Groups in Union Workforce

Thu, 11/12/2009 - 23:20

Washington, DC (Vocus) November 12, 2009 -- A new report by the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) documents a large wage and benefit advantage for Asian Pacific American (APA) workers in unions, relative to their non-union counterparts.

The report, "Unions and Upward Mobility for APA Workers," analyzes data from the Census Bureau's Current Population Survey (CPS) from the period 2003-2007 to reveal a number of advantages of unionization for APA workers.


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The First National Asian Pacific American Workers' Rights Hearing

Tue, 11/10/2009 - 11:46

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


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Jennifer Lai (Super Asian American Lawyer) on the Employee Free Choice Act

Tue, 03/31/2009 - 23:22

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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!]

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Transit Workers Union (TWU) Endorses Council Member John Liu for Comptroller

Wed, 03/25/2009 - 20:30

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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.

 


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