New York, NY—Earlier today, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) announced it has filed a lawsuit against the restaurant chain Saigon Grill on behalf of 36 former Chinese take-out delivery employees. More than 50 workers and supporters from the Justice Will Be Served! Campaig...
New York, NY—The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) Korean Workers Project today announced that it has successfully enforced a back wage settlement on behalf of a Korean construction worker after the defendants assets were frozen and seized with the assistance of a New York Cou...
New York, NY—In the company of more than 900 guests, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) honored Nicholas deB. Katzenbach, former Attorney General of the United States, Javade Chaudhri, Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Sempra Energy, and Helen Zia, author and ...
Advocates Express Deep Concern over the Report’s Findings
Washington D.C—Advocates expressed deep concern today over new data that suggests Latinos, Asian Americans, and African Americans are less likely to vote as a result of increasingly restrictive voter identification requirements. This accordi...
Today, AALDEF Executive Director Margaret Fung spoke at a special meeting convened by New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo to announce an expansion of the Civil Rights Bureau and his agenda for pursuing civil rights cases.
Fung was invited to speak about civil rights issues affecting New Yo...
Yale Law School Dean Harold Hongju Koh, ABC News Correspondent Juju Chang, Journalist Carol Jenkins, and Attorney Elwood Lui Join Evening’s Program
New York, NY—On Thursday, February 22, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) will honor Javade Chaudhri, Executive Vice Presiden...
Human Rights Groups Call For Systematic Monitoring and Greater Transparency in Detention Operations, in Light of Government Report
Report Exposes Non-Compliance with Detention Standards, Gaping Holes in Oversight, and Broken Grievance Procedures
CONTACTS:
Amy Gottlieb, AFSC-NJ - (973) 643-1924
Jen...
New York, NY—The Korean Workers Project today announced a $32,000 settlement for unpaid overtime wages on behalf of Mr. Jang, a church janitor and driver who worked for years at a New York City-area Korean American church. Under the terms of the confidential settlement, the identities of the plainti...
A Collaboration with Asian Women’s Christian Association in Teaneck, NJ
Teaneck, NJ—The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Funds New Jersey Asian American Legal Project (NJ-AALP), in partnership with the Asian Womens Christian Association (AWCA), a Korean American non-profit agency in Berge...
Coalition Says Plan Is Designed To Reinforce EPA’s Longstanding Cover-up of 9/11 Hazards.
Contact:
Paul Stein 917-664-5773
Stan Mark (212) 966-5932 x204
Today, as the EPA launches its latest, fatally flawed, WTC “Test and Clean” program for World Trade Center indoor contamination, it has posted a ...
Labor and Community Reps: This plan is even worse than the version we rejected in December 2005. We cannot support it.
The World Trade Center Community-Labor Coalition today condemned as fatally flawed, rigged, and irresponsible, the test and clean program for 9/11-related indoor contamination that...
Latino and Bangladeshi Employees Denied Promotion, Fair Wages
New York, NY—Seven workers from the upscale Manhattan restaurant Daniel have filed a lawsuit in Manhattan federal court alleging intentional employment discrimination and harassment on the basis of their race, color, ethnicity, alienage,...
Experiences of Asian American Students Demonstrate Compelling Need for Racially Integrated Public Schools
Today, the Supreme Court hears oral arguments regarding racial desegregation plans in the cases of Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education, et al., and Parents Involved in Community Sch...
Jersey City, NJ—The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund’s New Jersey Asian American Legal Project (NJ-AALP), in collaboration with the Philippine American Friendship Committee (PAFCOM), will host its next free legal clinic on Tuesday, Nov. 21, in Jersey City.
Said NJ-AALP Director Alex ...
76% of Asian Americans in Michigan Reject Anti-Affirmative Action Referendum
New York—Asian American voters in eight states continued a decade-long shift to support Democratic candidates, with 79% of those polled favoring Democrats in Tuesday’s congressional and state elections. According to prelim...
More than 625 volunteers from the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) and a coalition of Asian American advocacy groups monitored today’s elections in eight states—New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Michigan, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Maryland—and Washington, D.C. ...
Multilingual Asian American Exit Poll Survey Expands in Eight States, to Document Voters’ Experiences and Choices in Key Congressional and State Races
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), a 32-year-old civil rights group, today announced the details of its Election Protecti...
Flushing, NY—The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) and YKASECEmpowering the Korean American Community, today announced the terms of two significant settlements on behalf of Mr. Park, a deli-grocery store worker, and Mr. Lim, a retail store worker. In both cases, the Korean Wor...
Outlook is the biannual newsletter of the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund. Read the Fall 2006 edition here: /uploads/pdf/AALDEFOutlook_Fall_2006.pdf
Join us for a PRESS CONFERENCE and PICKET on Wednesday, October 25, 2006 at 12:00am at: 167 NAIL PLAZA 167 Amsterdam Avenue, (btwn. 67th & 68th Streets, NYC) (Directions: 1 / 9 Train to 66th Street)
For almost 17 years, Susan, a Korean nail stylist, endured intolerable and illegal working condition...
