Asian Pacific Labor Alliance, Seattle Chapter, AFL-CIO records, 2002-2020

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, primarily union members, and allies advancing worker, immigrant and civil rights. Since its founding, APALA has played an advocacy role around workplace issues of the 660,000 AAPI union members, serving as the bridge between the broader labor movement and the AAPI community. A constituency organization of the the AFL-CIO, APALA has more than 20 chapters and pre-chapters and a national office in Washington, D.C.

Among its activities, APALA promotes political education and voter registration programs among AAPIs, and runs trainings to help empower and recruit AAPIs into leadership roles within the labor movement and APA community. APALA seeks to defend and advocate for the civil and human rights of AAPIs, immigrants, and all people of color, and continues to create ties with international labor organizations, especially in the Asia-Pacific Rim.

[Information adapted from APALA Seattle website 08/18/2021 https://www.apalanet.org/about1.html]