Labor surveys, 1988-1991
Scope and Contents
Consists primarily of material relating to the National Executive Board, including procedures for Nominations Committee, configuration of the Board, proposal for Executive Board membership, documents used in Executive Director search, specific Board meetings, and general Board files. Also contains meeting agendas; budget proposals; financial statements and reports; drafts of constitution and by-laws; convention resolutions, job announcements; demographics statistics; campus recruitment plans; labor surveys; minutes with summaries on civil rights issues, community outreach, chapter development, and organizing topices, including APALA/AFL-CIO Organizing Institute and Union Summers educational internship in union organizing. Includes memos on the enactment of the Voting Rights Act, endorsements of Bill Clinton for president; drafts of article written by Quan about unions; joint statement of Asian Pacific American Organizations on The Reintroduction of the Justice for Wards Cove Workers Act, delivered by Matthew Finucane, Executive Director of APALA, on March 2, 1993 in Washington, D.C.; draft of advertisement opposing the Immigration Control and Financial Responsibility Act of 1996; and briefing paper on growing anti-immigrant sentiment and resulting scapegoating through legislation, and APALA’s intention to fight anti-immigrant backlash and support immigrant rights. This series also contains a folder on Secretary-Treasurer Pat Lee, which contains copies of publications she wrote or on which she contributed, and a folder on Tony Sarmiento, Assistant Director of AFL-CIO Education Department, which consists of biographical material.
Dates
- 1988-1991
Availability
Collection is open for research. Some material is restricted to protect personal identifiable information. Access restrictions are noted at the file level. Please contact the Director of the Labor Archives and Research Center for more information.
Extent
From the Series: 28 folders (Carton 2, folders 30-34; Carton 3, 1- 23)
Language of Materials
From the Series: English
Repository Details
Part of the Labor Archives and Research Center Repository
San Francisco State University
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