APALA National President John Delloro's Celebration of Life
APALA-SF joins SEIU 1021 in Welcoming Vietnamese Labor Delegates
On April 7, 2010, the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, San Francisco Chapter joined SEIU 1021 in welcoming a delegation of trade unionists from Hanoi, Vietnam. The group called the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor (VGCL) was led by its Vice President Hoang Ngoc Thanh and Duong Van Sao, Ph.D, a member of VGCL & Rector of Trade Union University. The visit is to foster solidarity, friendship and communication between unions and workers of the two countries and to support mutual interest. The event was sponsored by SEIU Local 1021 , SEJ, APIC and the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA), SF Chapter.
APALA Supports Bank Rally Downtown San Francisco
APALA SF PNP Conference Fundraising Exploratorium: The Museum of science, art and human perception
10th Biennial
National APALA Convention Las Vegas
10th Biennial National APALA Convention The San Francisco Chapter headed by President Elizabeth Valdellon of the Transport Workers Union, Local 200, along with 18 other SF chapter delegates attended the 10th Biennial APALA National Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 9-12, 2009. The convention’s theme was “Generations United, Organizing for Change”. There were 300 delegates, 80 of them were college students that were recruited to attend the convention in order to bridge the generations of Asian Pacific American labor activists. SF Chapter Delegate Norm Ten of the Service Employees International Union, Local 1021 was re-elected to the National Executive Board in a very highly contested election at the convention. Chapter Treasurer Mary Anne Ahtye of the United Educators of San Francisco, AFT will replace Daz Lamparas as San Francisco Chapter representative to the National APALA Executive Board. There were several resolutions passed at the convention. One of them, as expected was the unanimous approval of the convention delegates to support the Employees Free Choice Act (EFCA). _________________________________________________
APALA SF Joins GRACE HONDA RALLY San Bruno
On June 27, 2009, the three (3) Northern California APALA Chapters (San Francisco, Alameda and San Mateo) came together to support the strikers at Grace Honda, San Bruno, CA, which is in San Mateo County. The workers have been on strike for 10 months now due to contract dispute. State Senator Leland Yee led the picket line and was the main speaker at the press conference. The San Mateo County Central Labor Council headed by Shelley Kessler was also present at the picket rally. The Grace Honda Machinists and Teamsters members have been fighting for their jobs, preserving their wages and working conditions. Union members are encouraged to please show your support by dropping by and walking with them for a while and bring them snacks. Also, ask your friends to boycott Grace Honda; and write to their president telling her to settle this strike as soon as possible. _________________________________________________
APALA SF Fundraising Dinner and Awards Night Cathedral Hill Hotel
On May 29, 2009, the San Francisco Chapter of Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, held a fundraising and awards night at the Cathedral Hill Hotel in San Francisco CA to celebrate the Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. Our “Keynote Speaker” was the Honorable State Senator Leland Y. Yee, who represents California District 8, which includes San Francisco and San Mateo counties. The awardees are the following: Humanitarian Award – SF Board of Supervisor Eric Mar, for his long time activism in immigrant’s rights, worker’s rights, and for serving the Human Rights Committee of the State Bar of California. Labor Award - Shelley Kessler, Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the San Mateo County Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO for her dedication and commitment to organize immigrant workers at the San Francisco International Airport. Community Award – A. Philip Randolph Institute, San Francisco Chapter, for its involvement in community development in poor African-American and Asian American neighborhoods in San Francisco. Golden Gate “Victory” Award – Given to five (5) former San Francisco International Airport immigrant security/baggage screeners, namely: Vicente Crisologo, Erlinda Valencia, Eleanor Miranda, Lay Tan, Ruby Gonzales-Boja, for their courage and determination to fight discrimination when they filed a class action lawsuit against the federal government for violating their rights under the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. These five former SFO workers were terminated by the federal government in November 2001 when the U.S. Congress enacted a new law that requires U.S. citizens can only work as security/baggage screeners after the wake of the 9/11 terrorists attacks in our country. Scholarship Awards – Three (3) high school seniors and a college student received $1,000 each to pursue college and labor studies, namely: Willy Ten received the Beverly Umehara Scholarship Award, Susan Lin, received the Philip Vera Cruz Scholarship Award, and Naomi Nakamura, a City College of San Francisco student received the Ray Quan Scholarship Award. _________________________________________________
SF APALA Joins January 20, 2009 On January 20, 2009, SF APALA joined SEIU Local 1021 COPE members and the Asian Pacific Islander Committee of SEIU Local 1021 in celebrating President Barack Obama’s inauguration. There were more than 60 union members and community people who watched on the big screen a pre-recorded inaugural speech of President Barack H. Obama. SF APALA member Kathy Basconcillo who was in Washington, D.C. attending the inauguration spoke on a long distance call reporting about her experience being there at this historic event. SF APALA catered the food. _________________________________________________ SF APALA Christmas Dinner December 18, 2008 On December 18, 2008, Amado Malcolm Uno, Executive Director of APALA National Office joined SF APALA leaders and officers at their traditional Christmas Dinner in San Francisco. Present at the dinner were Elizabeth Valdellon, President; Mary Anne Ahtye, Treasurer; Celia Rivera, Secretary; Norman Ten, Chapter Delegate to the Executive Board; Daz Lamparas, Chapter Delegate to the Executive Board; Cheryl Dudley, Special Assistant for Retirees, and Atty. Linelle S. Mogado, member and longtime APALA supporter. _________________________________________________ Philippine Labor Solidarity Reception November 19, 2008 Officers of the SF APALA hosted a reception dinner for Elmer “Bong” Labog, Chairperson of Kilusang Mayo Uno (May First Movement), a militant labor federation in the Philippines. The reception dinner was at the Gourmet Carousel on November 19, 2008. Elmer also spoke about the May First Movement at the SEIU 1021 reception on November 21, 2008 where it was attended by other constituency groups like Asian Pacific Islander Caucus, LCLAA and SEIU 1021 leaders. _________________________________________________ APALASF Participates in 2008 Presidential Election October 06, 2008
APALA San Francisco participated in the 2008 Historic Presidential Election by doing phone banking and calling District 11 where most asian communities are located. We also did leaflet dropping and educating voters on the importance of voting. We also worked with our brothers from the A. Philip Randolph Institute doing voter registration at different sites like supermarkets, churches, and at the city college. We also helped during early voting. Voting in San Francisco started in October 6. We took people to City Hall for early voting. We worked with APRI taking people to the polls with vans. During election day, we went door to door asking people to vote and we did poll watching. We assisted new voters, voters with changed addresses, names and status, students, seniors, homeless, professionals, various workers and ethnicities. We referred some to language speakers or institutions to help in the particular language need of the voters. _________________________________________________ SF APALA Joins SEIU 1021 Chinatown Street Fair September 7, 2008 APALA SF joined SEIU 1021 Asian Islander Caucus at the Chinatown Street Fair to register voters on September 7, 2008 in preparation for the presidential election. _________________________________________________ APALASF Welcomes Beijing Delegates June 5, 2008 Josie Mooney of SEIU International invited APALA SF to join her in giving a welcome reception to Beijing union leaders on June 5, 2008 at the Shanghai 1930 Restaurant at the Embarcadero in San Francisco. APALA gave the leaders APALA vest and exchanged ideas on how the union works here in America and get ideas how they can apply it to their situation. The Beijing delegation was led by Jia Yanmin, Chairwoman ACTFU, Geng Jiamin, American Division, ACTFU, Zhu Bin, Deputy Director, International Department, ACTFU and Mr. Liu Jichen (interpreter). _________________________________________________ APALA San Francisco Awards High School Scholarship May 16, 2008 The San Francisco Chapter of APALA held its Annual Scholarship Award on May 16, 2008 in collaboration with the San Francisco Labor Studies Program. This year’s awarding was also in conjunction with the Asian Heritage Month Celebration. The four high school senior awardees were: Joanna Diaz, “Beverly Umehara Award”; Gabrielle Ho, “ Philip Vera Cruz Award”; Claudia Li, “Ray Quan Award”, and Christopher Espineda, “Art Takei Award”. The criteria for their selection were academic ability, educational achievement and Asian Islander community involvement. The APALA Scholarship Selection Committee was headed by Mary Anne Ahtye. APALA San Francisco has been awarding scholarship grants to deserving high school senior students who will enter college to farther their education. _________________________________________________APALASF Joins Immigrants Rally San Francisco _________________________________________________ Vietnamese Healthcare Delegation Visit Sna Francisco Leaders From the Vietnamese Healthcare delegation visited San Francisco on March 10, 2008. SEIU together with APALASF hosted a reception dinner for the delegates at The Slanted Door Restaurant at the Embarcadero Port of San Francisco. The visitors were Bro. Vu Van Khang from the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour, Sis Vu Thi Phuong, President of Vietnamese National Union of Health Workers, Bro. Nguyen Xuan Lang, Director of Auditing Department of VUH and Sis. Nguyen Thi Nhung, Deputy Director of VGCL International Department interpreter. APALA San Francisco members present were Luisa Blue, Vice President APALA National, Elizabeth Valdellon, Mary Anne Ahtye, Daz Lamparas, Norman Ten, Leon Chow, Wilson Pham, Wendy Frigillana were all members from the San Francisco Chapter. The delegation aims to learn about the U.S. health care system, how SEIU is organizing health care workers and public health particularly HIV/AIDS. _________________________________________________
APALASF 2007
Scholarship Award and Asian Pacific American San Francisco
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APALASF 2006 Fundraising Dinner Cathedral Hill Hotel
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