Asian Pacific American Workers' Rights Hearing Saturday
Thursday, May 19, 2011(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)
As a follow-up to the National Workers' Rights hearing in
November 2009, Saturday’s DC Asian Pacific American Workers' Rights Hearing
– scheduled to begin at 10:30A
at the National Education Association – will feature local worker
testimonials on the right to organize, wage theft, immigrant worker exploitation
and civil rights. “Given the current attack on working people throughout the
country, the hearing provides a local perspective of personal courage and
strategies in the fight for worker solidarity and economic justice,” say event
organizers. Invited speakers include Miya Saika Chen (Advisor on Community
Engagement, White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders),
Bonnie Kwon (Coordinator, Restaurant Opportunities Center-DC), David Carpio
(National Education & Training Cordinator, AFL-CIO), Tina Pham (Community
Organizer, DC Language Access Coalition, Nail Salon Project), Woong Chang
(Restaurant Worker, Restaurant Opportunities Center (ROC)-DC member), Rajini Raj
(Washington Hospital Center nurse/member of National Nurses United) and Millet
Panga (educator/member of Prince George's County Education Association). Click
here for more information and to register online. -
photo courtesy APALA