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...
Agence France-Presse, January 23, 2007
“A Korean electrician who moved to America to start a new life only to be paid a pittance working long hours as a church janitor has won 32,000 dollars in overtime pay, his lawyers said Tuesday.
Despite working up to 30 hours overtime a week and regularly put...
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 ...
Yale University (New Haven, CT)
AALDEF Staff Attorney Khin Mai Aung and Voting Rights Public Education Coordinator Brian Redondo will be facilitating workshops at this year’s ECAASU (East Coast Asian American Students Union) Conference on Saturday, February 10th.
A full workshop schedule is availa...
Just Between You and Me – and the NSA?
A Town Hall Meeting on Domestic Spying, NSA Surveillance, and the Rule of Law
Date: January 16, 2007
Time: 7:00 – 9:00 pm
Location: NYU School of Law, Lipton Hall, 108 W. 3rd Street
In 2001, President Bush issued a secret executive order authorizing warran...
Jan. 25, 2007
The Pro Bono Committee of the
Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY)
in collaboration with the
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund and
Asian American Arts Alliance
Presents a free workshop on:
Legal Nuts and Bolts
of Becoming a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit
This...
The Notion Blog, January 9, 2007
https://www.thenation.com/article/asian-americans-affirmative-action/
In response to NYT reporter Timothy Egan’s Jan. 7 article, “Little Asia on the Hill,” The Nation’s Richard Kim writes in his blog, The Notion:
“What Egan fails to note here is that, despite the ...
National Movement Grows as Immigration is Placed on Congressional Policy Plank
Statement
Philadelphia January 3 — The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and more than 60 human rights organizations across the country urge President Bush to issue an executive order that declares an immediate ...
By becoming a U.S. citizen you can vote, transmit citizenship to your children born abroad, obtain federal employment and certain state jobs, sponsor immediate family members to be lawful permanent residents, travel without obtaining reentry permits, hold public office, and serve on juries.
To down...
As a Green Card Holder, “Legal Permanent Resident”, you may be able to receive many public benefits from New York State and the Federal Government. In some cases, you are entitled to receive these benefits under some circumstances without residency or work requirements. For other public benefits, th...
Submitted for consideration on December 15, 2006, to the Chronicle of Higher Education
To the Editor:
The article Supreme Court to Revisit Key Affirmative Action Rulings in Cases Being Heard Today. (12/4/2006) contains two alarming inaccuracies.
First, the article misconstrues the law by stating ...
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...
