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AFT honors Filipino teachers in Louisiana
July 15, 2010SEATTLE - The American Federation of Teachers convention here honored 300 Filipino teachers in Louisiana who fought back against an unscrupulous recruiting agency.
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Revisiting Manzanar
June 21, 2010This spring I joined a pilgrimage to the place where I was incarcerated with my family and thousands of others almost 70 years ago, and wondered: could it happen again?
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APALA leader John Delloro mourned
June 9, 2010The labor movement mouns the passing of leader John Delloro, president of the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance.
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Calif. Assembly honors Japanese American civil liberties fighter
May 26, 2010OAKLAND, Calif. - Almost seven decades after young Fred Korematsu was arrested for defying orders to relocate to an internment camp during World War II, the California Assembly last week passed a bill to recognize his Jan....
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Asian Pacific American worker hearing hailed as labor milestone
November 17, 2009The first-ever National Asian Pacific American Workers' Rights Hearing was an emotional event for Asian Pacific trade unionists.
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