As we step into 2026, we’re focused on what’s ahead and the power we can continue to build with one another. 💛
The past year tested our communities, our unions, and our resolve. And still, together, we continued to build power in the face of ongoing attacks on workers, immigrants, and AANHPI communities.
This new year reminds us that our work is far from over. As we look ahead, renewing your annual membership is one of the most meaningful ways you can help sustain this movement and ensure we have the strength to keep organizing, advocating, and fighting for justice—side by side.
If you’re able, we invite you to start the year by renewing your membership. Your support fuels our collective power in 2026 and beyond.
✨ Rest. Reflect. Renew.
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APALA CONVERSATION WITH ELDERS: A union badass since 1973, Alex represented HERE (now UNITE HERE) on the Steering Committee prior to the founding of APALA in 1992. Alex joins with other APALA founders and early leaders for a conversation about history, AANHPI workers and our quest for justice and community. May 20, at 8 pm EDT/5 pm PDT/2 pm HST. You can register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/5n2eR8uLTWCJVe_A6UJlSA
In honor of Asian American, Native
Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we are
celebrating the contribution of various Asian
Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders who
have worked and continue to work at the intersection
of civil and labor rights in the United States. #APAHM
#apalanational #AFLCIO #AFL
In honor of Asian American, Native
Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we are
celebrating the contribution of various Asian
Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders who
have worked and continue to work at the intersection
of civil and labor rights in the United States. #APAHM
#apalanational #AFLCIO #AFL
In honor of Asian American, Native
Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we are
celebrating the contribution of various Asian
Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders who
have worked and continue to work at the intersection
of civil and labor rights in the United States. #APAHM
#apalanational #AFLCIO #AFL
This Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we’re honoring labor leaders who embody union solidarity.
Shwe Aung is a union leader with @seafarers_international_union who has spent his career standing up for workers in the maritime industry.
Early in his career, he helped organize Burmese workers and assisted the International Transport Federation with recovering stolen wages. He was blacklisted and threatened with imprisonment for his labor activism. After being granted asylum in the U.S., Shwe trained to become an ITF inspector and now looks out for workers along the Texas Gulf Coast.
This month and every month, we honor Shwe Aung for his commitment to workers everywhere.
Today we are in Boston on our last day of an AFL-CIO APALA Organizing Institute training! It was exciting to share the inspirational stories of AANHPI labor leaders with a new group of people learning how to organize their communities and workplaces. @organizinginstitute
In honor of Asian American, Native
Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we are
celebrating the contribution of various Asian
Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders who
have worked and continue to work at the intersection
of civil and labor rights in the United States. #APAHM
#apalanational #AFLCIO #AFL
In honor of Asian American, Native
Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we are
celebrating the contribution of various Asian
Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders who
have worked and continue to work at the intersection
of civil and labor rights in the United States. #APAHM
#apalanational #AFLCIO #AFL
In honor of Asian American, Native
Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we are
celebrating the contribution of various Asian
Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders who
have worked and continue to work at the intersection
of civil and labor rights in the United States. #APAHM
#apalanational #AFLCIO #AFL
In honor of Asian American, Native
Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we are
celebrating the contribution of various Asian
Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders who
have worked and continue to work at the intersection
of civil and labor rights in the United States. #APAHM
#apalanational #AFLCIO #AFL
In honor of Asian American, Native
Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we are
celebrating the contribution of various Asian
Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders who
have worked and continue to work at the intersection
of civil and labor rights in the United States. #APAHM
#apalanational #AFLCIO #AFL
