New York Times, December 13, 2006
“Troubled by what they call a proliferation of wage violations in New York, two dozen immigrant and worker advocacy groups want Governor-elect Eliot Spitzer to make the state’s Labor Department move more aggressively against industries with widespread violations. I...
New York Daily News, December 10, 2006
“Eating at Daniel, the celebrity-filled four-star French restaurant on the upper East Side, will cost you a pretty penny.
It is, after all, an elegant and sophisticated place, and its owner, Daniel Boulud, is an award-winning chef who has become as famous as ...
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...
The Massachusetts Superior Court has upheld an earlier decision by the American Arbitration Association ordering three veteran Lowell school teachers reinstated with full back pay, seniority, and benefits.
On Nov. 30, Justice Christine McEvoy ordered the Lowell School Committee to immediately compl...
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 ...
Dallas Morning News, November 16, 2006
“…According to the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, Asian-American voter turnout was high for the midterm elections.
Margaret Fung, the New York-based fund’s executive director, said: ‘We are heartened by the growing Asian-American voter turno...
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...
Aired 6:30pm, on November 9, 2006, on Pacific Time on KQED-NPR
According to exit polls in eight states by the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, Asian Americans came out in greater-than-ever numbers in Tuesday’s midterm elections. Their votes had significant effects on some of the cou...
A Toolkit for Grassroots Leaders
The anti-affirmative action ballot Proposal 2, proposed by out-of-state California businessmen, received a No vote of 42% and a Yes vote of 58% among all Michigan voters on Tuesday, Nov. 9th. But three in four of approximately 300 Asian American and Arab American vo...
AALDEFs Election Protection 2006 efforts were made possible by many groups that mobilized volunteer attorneys, law students, college students and community activists.
National Co-Sponsors
Asian Pacific Islander American Vote
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
National Asian Pacific Ame...
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. ...
Ann Arbor News, November 6, 2006
“Affirmative Action Does Help Asians”
To the Editor:
Carl Cohen’s claim, in his Nov. 1 Other Voices essay, that affirmative action benefits blacks and Latinos to the detriment of Asian Americans is baseless and irresponsible. Affirmative action, in addition to hel...
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...
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Jewelry Factory Worker Awarded
$70,000 in Back Wag...
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“Tracked in America: Stories from the History of U.S. Government Surveillance,” a newly launched online documentary, marks the most comprehensive effort to examine the history of surveillance in America. Featured on the site are the personal stories of 25 individuals affected by surveillance and six...
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...
