About UsFounded in 1992, the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA), AFL-CIO, is the first and only national organization of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) workers. Backed with strong support of the AFL-CIO, APALA has more than 22 chapters across the country and a national office in Washington, D.C. |
Join UsStay connected to the Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Labor Movement by becoming an APALA member today.
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Learn about APALA's founding from our elders as we celebrate AANHPI Heritage Month! |
Primer on AANHPI Workers and Our Communities |
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Our panelists shared their aspirations in 1992 when they came together to create APALA and their thoughts on preserving our history.
The conversation featured: May Chen (ILGWU), Alex Hing (HERE), Tony Sarmiento (AFL-CIO Education Department), Guy Fujimura (ILWU), and Kathleen Yasuda (AFT). Learn more about our archives project and how you can support preserving our history here. |
We partnered with AAPI Data to create a Primer on AANHPI Communities (below). We learned that there are now 1.1 million AANHPI union members in the labor movement! That's in contrast to 200, 000 in 1992 when APALA was founded.
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Thank you to our Lifetime Warriors!
