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	Report Released on the Plight of the Asian Pacific American Worker By Ji Hyun Lim AsianWeek Staff Writer Several Asian Pacific American community and labor organizing groups, along with Assemblymember Judy Chu, gathered at the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor on Aug. 9 for an unprecedented press briefing on an “Asian Pacific Islander workers’ hearing” that documented the plight of the APA worker in California. The report, issued by the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA), AFL-CIO and the UCLA Labor Center for Labor Research and Education, highlighted issues such as civil rights, immigrant rights, the right to organize, access to quality healthcare, corporate accountability to workers, language rights and research and education on APA working families... COMPLETE STORY...		Watching the Sunset (Feature) Mass Privatization of Philadelphia Schools Worries APAs (in National News) Report Released on the Plight of the Asian Pacific American Worker (in Bay Area News) Ultimate Diversions: ‘Warcraft III’: Blizzard Does it Again (in Business) Fok Leads Golden State to Second Place Finish in Pro-Am (in Sports) From the Director’s Chair (in A&E) Emil Amok: APA Male TV Anchors: Invisibility and Emasculation (in Opinion)

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Sharon Davis Stands By Her Man Cali’s First Lady helps boost Gov. to APAs By Sam Chu Lin Special to AsianWeek As California’s First Lady, Sharon Davis walked into the courtyard of a low-rent apartment house complex near Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo, she shook hands and warmly embraced her greeters before stepping up to a microphone to address a group of Asian Pacific American journalists. She was flanked by John Chiang, a member of the Board of Equalization, Assemblyman George Nakano of Torrance and Warren Furutani, Los Angeles Community College Board Member, in a show of support...

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