Executive Board
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Maria Somma - President Maria Somma is the President of the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance and the International Health Care Organizing Coordinator for the United Steelworkers. Somma has had a long history with organizing ...READ MORE
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Luisa Blue
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President Luisa Blue is currently the Organizing Coordinator of SEIU in California. Most recently, she was the President of the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA) from 2001 to 2005...READ MORE |
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Joan Takano - 2nd Vice
President Bio coming
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Marian Thom - Secretary Marian Thom is a Chinese American and a native New Yorker. Ms. Thom worked as a teacher in the New York City public schools and became an active UFT member in 1970 ...READ MORE |
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Kathleen Topacio-Flores- Treasurer Bio coming
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Shwe Aung Shwe T. Aung left his final year at university and his home country of Burma to work on a ship in 1995. That was when he first saw the difference between Burma and other countries...READ MORE |
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May Chen May Y. Chen is the Manager of Local 23-25 UNITE HERE, which represents thousands of immigrant garment workers in New York... READ MORE |
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Helen Chin Bio coming soon.
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Richard Chu Richard Chu is currently the BusinessRepresentative for the Transportation Department of International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM)... READ MORE |
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Lila Chui Lila Chui currently serves as one of theExecutive board member of the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA). She is one of the founding members of APALA... READ MORE |
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Virginia Eng Virginia Eng is the treasurer of APALA NewYork Chapter and is currently serving on the APALA National Executive Board. Sister Eng is an active member of the American Federation of Teachers...READ MORE |
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Matthew Finucane Matthew Finucane is Deputy Director of theAFL-CIO Department of Civil, Human and Women’s Rights, where he works to advance the rights of the 13 million Americans who belong to unions...READ MORE |
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Guy Fujimura
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Wesley Furtado Wesley "Wes" Furtado is a second generationlongshoreman and member of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 142. He worked on the waterfront for years...READ MORE |
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John Garrett Bio coming
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Ying Gee Ying Gee, Ed.D, is currently the InternationalRepresentative for the Civil and Human Rights Department, International Union, UAW... READ MORE |
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Sumi Hari Sumi Sevilla Haru has been a national boardmember of the Screen Actors Guild since 1974. She served as acting president in 1995 and was the recording secretary serving with presidents Edward Asner and Patty Duke... READ MORE |
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Alex Hing York City. He has been a member of what is currently UNITE HERE for 38 years, starting as a dishwasher...READ MORE |
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David Keicher Bio coming soon.
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Tracy Lai Tracy Lai is co-secretary for the ExecutiveBoard of Seattle Community Colleges Federation of Teachers. She is a member of both the national and Washington State AFT Civil and Human Rights Committees... READ MORE |
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Daciano
Lamparas began organizing in as a rank
and file leader of banana plantation workers in
the Philippines...READ
MORE |
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Rozita Lee Rozita Lee was born in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaiiand has lived in Las Vegas since 1979 when she moved from Hawaii to marry her long time friend, Dr. Clifford Lee...READ MORE |
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Gening Liao Gening Liao is Assistant
General Counsel of |
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Dory Machica Dory Machica began her career as an Organizer when she was a Rank and File Member of SEIU 399. She was then promoted to Shop Steward... READ MORE |
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Linda Mann Linda Mann’s professional experience includesmore than 27 years at the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees... READ MORE | |
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Lonway Moy Lonway Moy works for a private contractor inNew York. An IBEW member since l972, Lonway is a founding member of APALA... READ MORE |
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Raahi Reddy Raahi Reddy is a veteran labor
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Tony Sarmiento Tony Sarmiento is the Executive Director ofSenior Service America Inc., a national nonprofit organization that helps low- and moderate-income older persons... READ MORE |
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Ahmed Shakir Ahmed Shakir is currently the Secretary ofLocal 37 with the American Federation of State, County, Municipal Employees which he joined in 1998...READ MORE |
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Roy Takumi Since 1990, Roy Takumi has worked for theHawaii State AFL-CIO, the largest labor federation in the state with over 70 affiliated unions representing 80,000 workers... READ MORE |
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Norman Ten Since 1983, Norm joined the Exploratorium, astheir Life Sciences Senior Exhibit Tech. In 1991, he was one of the key member organizers...READ MORE |
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Jan Tokumaru Bio coming soon.
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Maf Misbah Uddin Maf Misbah Uddin was born in Bangladesh.His father was a leader from Bengal who was jailed together with Mahatma Gandhi... READ MORE |
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Kent Wong Kent Wong is Director of the Center for LaborResearch and Education at UCLA, where he teaches Labor Studies and Asian American Studies...READ MORE |
| Nilda Chock Bio & picture coming soon. | |
| Monica Hogan Bio & picture coming soon. |
