Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) workers are the fastest growing working age population in the United States, overrepresented at the lower and higher ends of the labor market. This means that our communities experience wide income disparity and yet AANHPI working people are often overlooked and under organized. As our immigrant and working class communities are under attack, it is important that labor leaders, community-based organizations, and policymakers take into the unique challenges and needs that AANHPI workers face as well as recognize the common issues and experiences that we share with all workers.
We wish to impart the urgency with which the labor movement and policymakers must continue to organize and protect AANHPI communities in order to secure safe, healthy, and prosperous livelihoods for all working people and to harness their political potential to drive progressive change. In short, the labor movement stands to grow stronger from organizing AANHPI workers, and AANHPI communities stand to benefit from uniting together and joining the labor movement.
This report was published in 2019 and takes a look at who AANHPI workers are, what barriers we face, and how advocates, policymakers, and the labor movement can fight for all workers.
We wish to impart the urgency with which the labor movement and policymakers must continue to organize and protect AANHPI communities in order to secure safe, healthy, and prosperous livelihoods for all working people and to harness their political potential to drive progressive change. In short, the labor movement stands to grow stronger from organizing AANHPI workers, and AANHPI communities stand to benefit from uniting together and joining the labor movement.
This report was published in 2019 and takes a look at who AANHPI workers are, what barriers we face, and how advocates, policymakers, and the labor movement can fight for all workers.
Untapped Power report available here.
Report launchWatch a recording of our report launch briefing where panelists discussed and uplifted several recommendations from the report.
Panelists included:
Learn more about the briefing in our press statement. 
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