Finding Aid to the Katie Quan Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA) collection

Series 1: Conventions and conferences 1989-1997

Physical Description: 58 folders (Carton 1, folders 1-42; Carton 2, folders 1-16)

Scope and Contents

Contains convention and conference programs, budgets, reports, registration material, agendas, minutes, rosters, newsletters, correspondence, delegate selection documents, articles of incorporation, constitution and by-laws, memos, Quan's notes, and press materials. The National Founding Convention files contain a significant amount of pre-founding material from when the Ad Hoc Committee of San Francisco Asian American trade union officers was creating an Asian Pacific American labor support group, sometimes called the Asian Pacific American Labor Committee. These pre-founding files contain documents on the AFL-CIO initiative to form a National Asian Pacific American Labor organization, the outlines of the organization and how it will be established, notes on putting together a National Steering Committee, and the process of planning a founding convention. The New York National Convention files include material on APALA's response to proposed immigration reform legislation that would introduce cuts in legal immigration. The San Francisco National Convention files include a proposed organizing curriculum and a resources guide to rebuilding the labor movement.

Arrangement

Arranged as received.

Founding National Convention, Washington D.C., 1992 April 30-May 2

carton 1, folder 1

Asian labor meeting notes (Pre-founding) 1990-1991

carton 1, folder 2

Asian Pacific American labor support material (Pre-founding) 1989-1992

carton 1, folders 3-4

Steering Committee of the Asian Pacific American Support Group (Pre-founding) 1991

carton 1, folder 5

Preparatory notes for June 21, 1991 Steering Committee meeting (Pre-founding) 1990-1991

carton 1, folder 6

Notes from June 21, 1991 Steering Committee meeting (Pre-founding) 1991

carton 1, folder 7

Follow-up notes on June 21, 1991 Steering Committee meeting (Pre-founding) 1991

carton 1, folder 8

Notes from September 1-2, 1991 Steering Committee meeting (Pre-founding) 1991

carton 1, folder 9

Follow-up notes on September 1-2, 1991 Steering Committee meeting (Pre-founding) 1991

carton 1, folder 10

Notes from October 25-26, 1991 Steering Committee meeting (Pre-founding) 1989-1991

Notes on Contents

Includes initial versions of APALA logo that were never used.

carton 1, folder 11

Follow-up notes on October 25-26, 1991 Steering Committee meeting (Pre-founding) 1991-1992

carton 1, folder 12

Steering Committee rosters (Pre-founding) 1991

carton 1, folder 13

Asian Pacific American Labor Committee (APALC) Interim Coordinator search (Pre-founding) 1990-1991

carton 1, folder 14

Official AFL-CIO communiques 1991-1992

carton 1, folder 15

Membership and Budget Subcommittee 1991

carton 1, folder 16

Preparatory notes for March 27-28, 1992 Steering Committee meeting 1991-1992

carton 1, folder 17

Notes from March 27-28, 1992 Steering Committee meeting 1991-1992

carton 1, folders 18-19

Follow-up notes on March 27-28, 1992 Steering Committee meeting 1991-1992

Restrictions

Restricted sealed envelope contains letters to applicants who were not chosen for Executive Director position of APALA, dated April 2, 1992.

carton 1, folder 20

Convention Subcommittee 1991-1992

carton 1, folder 21

Reception for Steering Committee 1992

carton 1, folder 22

Convention call 1992

carton 1, folder 23

Constitution and By-laws Subcommittee notes 1991-1992

carton 1, folder 24

By-laws and articles of incorporation 1991

carton 1, folder 25

Drafts of constitution 1991-1992

carton 1, folder 26

Constitution 1992

carton 1, folder 27

Convention roster 1992

carton 1, folder 28

Convention agenda 1989-1992

carton 1, folder 29

Convention rules 1992

carton 1, folder 30

Convention notes 1992

carton 1, folder 31

Convention correspondence 1991-1992

carton 1, folder 32

Convention materials 1992

carton 1, folder 33

Convention materials (Loose contents from Katie Quan's binder of convention materials) 1992

carton 1, folder 34

Opening speech by Katie Quan 1992

carton 1, folder 35

Convention resolutions 1992

carton 1, folders 36-37

Convention press 1992

National Convention, Los Angeles, 1993 August 19-22

carton 1, folders 38-40

Constitution Committee 1993

carton 1, folder 41

Delegates and registration 1993

carton 1, Folder 42, carton 2, folders 1-2

Convention materials 1993

Leadership and Education Conference, Seattle, 1994 August 5-7

carton 2, folders 3-4

Conference materials 1993-1994

National Convention, New York City, 1995 August 3-6

carton 2, folder 5

Constitution Committee 1995-1996

Scope and Contents

Folder includes one floppy disk containing constitution.

carton 2, folders 6-7

Convention materials 1994-1995

Organizing Asian Pacific Workers Conference, San Diego, 1996 August 2-4

carton 2, folders 8-9

Conference materials circa 1995-1996

National Convention, San Francisco, 1997 August 7-10

carton 2, folder 10

Constitution Committee 1997

carton 2, folder 11

Media Subcommittee 1997

Note on Contents

Folder includes four photographs taken during the convention, one of them showing APALA delegates demonstrating at Fisherman's Wharf against H and N Fish Company.

carton 2, folder 12

Convention attendees 1997

carton 2, folders 13-14

Convention materials 1996-1997

carton 2, folder 15

Convention program 1997

carton 2, folder 16

Official Convention Materials booklet 1997

Series 2: Committees 1989-1994

Physical Description: 4 folders (Carton 2, folders 17-20)

Arrangement

Arranged as received.

Scope and Contents

Materials from various committees comprising correspondence, meeting agendas and notes, demographics material, membership brochures and statistics, reference material on organizing, and documents on the APALA and AFL-CIO Organizing Institute joint training project.

carton 2, folder 17

Organizing Committee 1988-1994, bulk 1992-1994

carton 2, folder 18

Membership Committee 1993-1994

carton 2, folder 19

AFL-CIO Asian Pacific American Labor Committee 1990

carton 2, folder 20

Los Angeles Regional Advisory Committee 1990

Series 3: Events 1991-1992

Physical Description: 2 folders (Box 2, folders 21-22)

Arrangement

Arranged as received.

Scope and Content

Consists of memos, correspondence, minutes and agendas concerning Solidarity Day (August 31, 1991), and APALA's first cultural event with performances and activities (February 29, 1992). Includes Katie Quan's typed manuscript for her Solidarity Day speech and Solidarity Day stickers.

carton 2, folder 21

Solidarity Day 1991

carton 2, folder 22

APALA Cultural Event 1991-1992

Series 4: Chapters and other groups 1990-1998

Physical Description: 7 folders (Box 2, folders 23-29)

Arrangement

Arranged as received.

Scope and Contents

Contains various material from regional chapters of APALA and the Asian Labor Council and Alliance of Asian Pacific Labor. Includes applications for membership, membership lists and surveys, memos, agendas, minutes, announcements, event flyers, correspondence, and photocopies of published articles on APALA and Asian Pacific American issues. The Northern California Chapter material includes a proposed constitution and by-laws of the San Francisco Chapter, a flyer on how to build an APALA Chapter, short summaries of meetings in which members discussed the AFL-CIO Organizing Institute, lobbying on behalf of Wards Cove workers, and the Voting Rights Act. The San Francisco Chapter material includes memos on APALA scholarships, San Francisco Chapter work plans, support material on The Living Wage Initiative, and one copy of a letter to Bill Clinton opposing the elimination of government benefits for legal immigrants, and one copy of a letter to Edward Kennedy urging him to move the Justice for Wards Cove Act to the floor of the Senate. The Justice for Wards Cove Act sought to overturn the exemption of Asian Pacific American workers at Wards Cove Cannery from the redress provided for in the Civil Rights Act of 1991. The Los Angeles Chapter material includes notices concerning the human trafficking case involving Thai workers at the makeshift El Monte garment factory and APALA's involvement in assisting the workers. It also contains a bulletin and support material highlighting APALA's opposition to Proposition 187 ("Save Our State"), which denies government services to undocumented immigrants, an APALA brochure in five languages, and an announcement and agenda for a Conference on Labor's Answer to Asian-Bashing. The Asian Labor Council material includes an outline and draft of a proposal for an Asian Labor Council by the San Francisco Ad Hoc Committee. The Alliance of Asian Pacific Labor material includes notice of AAPL's joining with the Hotel and Restaurant Employees Union Local 11 to boycott Hyatt Hotels in Los Angeles, a summary report on the impact of a growing number of Asian Pacific workers in various California industries, and an emergency appeal to support the striking workers of Radio Korea in July, 1991.

carton 2, folder 23

Northern California Chapter 1991-1995

carton 2, folder 24

San Francisco Chapter 1991-1998

carton 2, folder 25

Los Angeles Chapter 1992-1996

carton 2, folder 26

Orange County Chapter 1992

carton 2, folder 27

New York Chapter 1992-1993

carton 2, folder 28

Asian Labor Council circa 1990-1991

carton 2, folder 29

Alliance of Asian Pacific Labor (AAPL) 1990-1992

Series 5: Administrative materials 1988-1998

Physical Description: 28 folders (Carton 2, folders 30-34; Carton 3, 1- 23)

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.

Arrangement

Arranged as received.

carton 2, Folder 30

Executive Board composition 1991

carton 2, folders 31-32

Executive Director search 1991-1992

carton 2, folders 33-34, carton 3, folders 1-2

Executive Board 1992-1996

carton 3, folder 3

Executive Board meeting, 1993 April 2 1993

carton 3, folder 4

Executive Board meeting, 1994 March 4-5 circa 1990-1994

carton 3, folder 5

Executive Board meeting, 1995 March 10-11 1990-1995

carton 3, folder 6

Executive Board meeting, 1995 August 3 circa 1990-1995

carton 3, folder 7

Executive Board meeting, 1996 March 15-16 1995-1996

carton 3, folder 8

Executive Board meeting, 1996 August 2 1996

carton 3, folder 9

Executive Board meeting, 1997 August 10 1997

carton 3, folder 10

Executive Board meeting, 1995-1997 March 14 1995-1997

carton 3, folder 11

Executive Board meeting, 1998 March 26 1997-1998

carton 3, folder 12

Labor surveys 1988-1991

carton 3, folder 13

Demographics statistics 1989-1991

carton 3, folder 14

APALA brochure and other material in Chinese circa 1990-1995

carton 3, folder 15

Drafts of pamphlet, Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in the Work Force 1991

carton 3, folder 16

Labor network and outreach 1990

carton 3, folder 17

Support groups reference materials circa 1986-1991

carton 3, folder 18

Media coverage 1991-1993

carton 3, folder 19

Article by Katie Quan for Amerasia Journal 1991

carton 3, carton 20

Lee, Pat 1985-1990

carton 3, folder 21

Sarmiento, Tony 1989-1993

carton 3, folder 22

Sweatshop Watch's Garment Workers Calendar 1998

carton 3, folder 23

General 1993-1994