Labor
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Two Hundred Call for Arizona Boycott at Fenway
API Movement and AARW, along with a number of other organizations threw up a 200 strong picket line outside Fenway Park before a Red Sox- Arizona Diamond Backs game on June 15th. The informational picket called for Major League Baseball (MLB) to remove the All Star game from Arizona next year in light of their newly oppressive laws against immigrants, particularly SB1070. 30% of MLB players are Latino and the MLB Players Union- who are agaiinst the AZ Law.
Date of first Azine posting:06/16/2010 -
Great Oriental Restaurant Workers Win First Battle in SF
For the past several months, workers at Great Oriental Restaurant in Chinatown received no wages working 40-60 hour workweeks. Most workers are paid less than minimum wage, face many labor violations and disrespect on the job. Some were only paid $900 a month for 10 hr days, 6 days a week.
Date of first Azine posting:04/22/2010 -
Hotel Workers Continue Call for Boycott of SF Hotels
In San Francisco, workers, many Chinese, are continuing their boycott of major hotels in the city. Local 2 of the Unite/Here union are continuing to call for boycotting the Westin St. Francis, Palace and the Grand Hyatt becayse if cuts in health benefits to roomcleaners, Cooks, Dishwashers, Bellpersons, Servers, Bartenders, and other workers. Earlier in Novemeber there was a 3-day strike at the Grand Hyatt. Half the workers were Chinese.
Date of first Azine posting:12/02/2009 -
California Domestic Worker Victory Inspires Others
updated 10/29.09
Date of first Azine posting:10/21/2009 -
Study: Asian American Low-Wage Workers Often Cheated of their Wages
A recent study of low-wage workers indicated how a large percentage of them are routinely cheated out of mandated pay. Based on over 4000 worker surveys in Chicago, Los Angeles and New York, the study found that these low-wage workers, many of them Asian, were exploited in a number of ways. These include working off-the-clock, earning less than the minimum wage, not being paid overtime, lack of meal breaks, falsified records, and retaliation for speaking up for their rights.
Date of first Azine posting:09/08/2009 -
Former Bus Drivers Win Unemployment Insurance; CPA Counters Sunshine Travel Lawsuit
from CPA Boston
Former Sunshine Travel bus drivers received their first unemployment insurance checks on May 26, after two months without income. The former employees had filed claims in March, but the case had been under review by the state Department of Unemployment Assistance.
Date of first Azine posting:06/28/2009 -
Soo Moon Nam Jib Restaurant Must Serve Korean Waitresses Unpaid Minimum Wage And Overtime Pay
This is an edited version of a press release from AALDEF
Date of first Azine posting:06/11/2009 -
NJ Restaurant Workers Picket for Year's Back Pay
Three workers have begun a campaign to receive a years back pay. Joined by members of Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, they picketed outside the work place Tuesday, Dong' Ari, a Fort Lee, NJ Korean restaurant. A former cook at the restaurant claimed that he is owed a year's pay of 12-hour shifts, often every day of the week. It amounts to thousands of dollars.
Date of first Azine posting:05/28/2009 -
SUNSHINE TRAVEL DRIVERS RECEIVE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, NATIONAL SUPPORT
Former Sunshine Travel bus drivers spoke to Chinese community leaders from San Francisco, Oakland, New York, Los Angeles and Boston in Boston's Chinatown Sunday night.
Date of first Azine posting:05/25/2009 -
Chinese Progressive Association Statement on Sunshine Travel Case
May 8, 2009
Chinese Progressive Association Boston
In the current economic crisis, we all want our community businesses to thrive and recognize that they are important employers for our community. But the recession cannot become a free pass to exploit immigrant workers, the most vulnerable members of our community. The Chinese Progressive Association calls on our community to support small businesses that provide decent jobs to workers.
Date of first Azine posting:05/08/2009
