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Become a member & join a chapter today!

Sign up for Membership

General: $35
Student: $15
Retiree: $15
HARDSHIP: $15
Stay connected to the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Labor Movement by becoming an APALA member today! Your membership will help empower working families and strengthen labor and community alliances. Together, we can grow youth and worker leaders, and educate communities about the important role AAPI workers play in communities across the country.

Your membership and investment will continue to support:
  • Chapter building: The foundation and heart of APALA’s work lie within each APALA chapter and at-large membership. Your membership directly contributes to the chapter’s growth and sustainability.
  • Organizing Institute: This three-day training functions as a pipeline for AAPI union organizers, researchers, and leadership to build power for AAPI working people in the labor movement.
  • Young Leaders Council: Consisting of 30 youth representatives from across the country, the YLC will educate working people under 35 about the labor movement and how to be active agents of change in their communities.
  • John Delloro Mentorship Program: This program pairs experienced organizers and rank and file activists with young workers to learn more about immigrant, worker, and civil rights.

Membership benefits also include regular updates on the great work APALA National leads, critical legislative issues and important events in the AAPI community. For more information, please contact us at [email protected] or (202) 800-5811. 

If you prefer to submit a paper form, please download and complete the APALA Membership Form. Send the completed form and a check payable to APALA to:

Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance
815 16th Street NW
APALA - 2nd Floor
Washington, DC 20006

We use the information you provide about yourself to send you newsletters, monthly updates, press releases, digital actions, conference and convention call letters, fundraising asks, membership sign up reminders, meeting reminders as well as the latest information on campaigns APALA is supporting and your role in helping to build AAPI power. The majority of the information is viewable only by national staff or your chapter leaders.  You may receive marketing or promotional materials via email. You will only receive text (SMS) messages if you opt-in to receive them. By agreeing to receive recurring messages from APALA or IAPALA to the provided mobile number, you may receive marketing or promotional materials. If you are a member of a union, your union may also have access to the information that you provide to APALA. Your information is not being sold to a third party for marketing purposes. Message & data rates may apply. Reply STOP to cancel.

Tired of remembering to pay your dues every year? ​Consider becoming a Lifetime Warrior today! Benefits include special recognition in printed materials and e-newsletters, discounts to events, and courtesy printed end-of-year report. Click here for more information on APALA's Lifetime Warrior Program. 

Find a Chapter Near You

APALA has chapters throughout the United States, spanning from the West Coast to the East Coast. Check out the chapter nearest to you to learn more about opportunities for leadership, activism on local and state issues, community networking, and more.

​Email [email protected] if you want to get connected to one of our chapters. 
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Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance
815 16th St. NW, 2nd Floor
Washington, DC 20006
202-800-5811 | [email protected]

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Founded in 1992, the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA), AFL-CIO, is the first and only national organization of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) workers, most of whom are union members and our allies, building power for AAPI workers and communities.
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