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More than 50 Asian Pacific American Groups Announce Support for Public Employees Nationawide

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

April 6, 2011

 

CONTACT:

Gregory Cendana, APALA Executive Director

Phone: 202-508-3733

Email: gcendana@apalanet.org

 

More than 50 Asian Pacific American Groups Announce

Support for Public Employees Nationwide

 


Amid Oil Spill Crisis, U.S. Authorities Search for Undocumented Immigrant Clean Up Workers

From the Restore Fairness blog.

Talk about misplaced priorities. In the midst of a national crisis over the gargantuan BP oil spill that is destroying the water, marine eco-systems, and coastal livelihoods along the Gulf Coast, Federal immigration officials have decided to focus their resources on checking the immigration status of the people that BP has finally employed to begin cleaning up the massive destruction that the oil is causing along the coast.


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

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.


University of California Systemwide WALK OUT on 9-24-09

Last week I overheard two senior faculty members at UCLA discuss their plans for this Thursday's walkout.