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APALA to Host Women's Organizing Institute

Tue. June 29, 2010

The Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA), AFL-CIO and the Orange County Labor Federation are proud to host the first APALA Women's Organizing Institute from August 6-8, 2010 in Orange, California. Asian Pacific Americans represent the fastest growing segment of the unionized workforce, with Asian Pacific American women comprising half of all Asian Pacific American union members. However, there are very few opportunities for Asian Pacific Americans, and Asian Pacific American women in particular, to become union organizers.

Established in 1992, this intensive training has been the single most effective program to train the next generation of Asian Pacific American union organizers. The training is unique because it creates a support system for Asian Pacific American union members, workers and college students, and provides participants with the tools to become more effective organizers. Additionally, one of the strengths of the APALA Organizing Institute is that participants will learn from some of the most seasoned Asian Pacific American women union leaders from around the country.

Logistics
What: APALA Women's Organizing Institute
When: August 6-8, 2010
Where: Orange County, California

How to Apply
Participants are encouraged to apply on-line ( http://www.apalanet.org/ht/display/DoSurvey/i/85852 )by clicking on the following link ( http://www.apalanet.org/ht/display/DoSurvey/i/85852 ). Financial scholarships will be available to participants based on need.

IAM Joins APALA in Mourning Loss of John Delloro

Tue. June 08, 2010

APALA President John Delloro (pictured left) passed away suddenly on June 5, 2010. He was a popular and effective young labor leader. Delloro was elected President of the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance in 2009. He made great strides bring APALA's issues to the forefront and was the principle author of Breaking Ground, Breaking Silence, a report based on APALA's first National Asian American Workers Rights Hearing, which was convened November 2009.

He will be greatly missed. Read more for APALA's statement and more information on Delloro's accomplishments.

The AFL-CIO is having a memorial service honoring the life of John Delloro on Thursday, June 17 from 5 - 6:30 p.m. at AFL-CIO Headquarters. In addition, the service will acknowledge the accomplishments of Cinthya Felix and Tam Tran, two young activists promoting the DREAM Act who were killed in a car accident earlier this year. Click here for more information.

What is the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance?

Tue. November 10, 2009

APALA Founded in 1992, the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, AFL-CIO, is the first and only national organization of Asian Pacific American union members.

It organizes and works with Asian Pacific American workers, many of them immigrants, to build the labor movement and address exploitative conditions in the garment, electronics, hotel and restaurant, food processing, and health care industries.

APALA recruits and trains union members and labor activists to become leaders in the labor movement. APALA mobilizes voters to increase Asian American participation in the political process. APALA is involved with local communities to increase their awareness of the labor movement and issues that affect workers. APALA also has ties to international delegates who visit the United States.

Learn more about APALA