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Pride month is celebrated during the month of June as a remembrance of the Stonewall Riots, a series of spontaneous protests by members of the gay community in response to a police raid on June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn bar in New York City. Although society has progressed in its treatment of the
Read moreThe month of June is nationally recognized as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer/Questioning (LGBTQ+) Pride Month in commemoration of the Stonewall Uprising of June 1969 in New York City.
Read moreToday there are more than 300,000 living Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander American people. Our nation has seen a rise in racist, violent acts against Asian Americans all across the country, according to STOP AAPI HATE. Anti-Asian racism has a long history in the United States, and even the labor movement has not
Read moreMay 3, 2022 is Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AAHPI) women’s Equal Pay Day. This marks the date it takes for these women’s earnings to finally catch up to what white, non-Hispanic men made in 2021 for doing the same work. On average, AANHPI women earn only 75 cents for every dollar that
Read moreIAM General Secretary-Treasurer Dora Cervantes recently received the United Latinos of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Champion of Justice Award at its Education Conference in Las Vegas. The award recognizes leadership that strengthens and supports Latino workers and the Latino community at large. Each recipient must demonstrate work that improves the lives of
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