Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
In Caring for Caregivers: Filipina Migrant Workers and Community Building during Crisis (University of Washington Press, 2025), Valerie Francisco-Menchavez centers the perspectives of Filipino caregivers in the San Francisco Bay Area from 2013 to 2021, illuminating their transnational experiences and their strategies and practices to help each other navigate the crumbling U.S. healthcare system.
This report, from researchers at Hunter College of the City University of New York and University of Southern California, aims to shed light on the experiences of Chinese and Korean immigrant women working in illicit massage parlors in Los Angeles County and New York City.
Filmmaker Siyan Liu discusses her current documentary project, FACTORY GIRLS, on China’s female migrant workforce. In 2014, Siyan and her production team traveled to Dongguan, China, a major manufacturing hub and home to 1.7 million female factory workers, to conduct research into the lives of these workers, their struggles and motivations. FACTORY GIRLS challenges our … Read more
Source: Asian American entrepreneurs: Most likely to hire other workers – Fortune
Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA) – NY Chapter New York Asian Pacific American Workers Congress: Convening New Leaders, Sharing Our Skills Date: Saturday, May 9, 2015 Time: 8:30AM to 2:30PM Place: Murphy Institute for Worker Education 25 W. 43rd Street, 18th Floor between 5th & 6th Avenues, Manhattan RSVP to eng5187@aol.com Program is free … Read more
The presentation is based on the author’s manuscript, Sewing Woman, and her project: The effects of the 9/11 tragedy on the Chinese garment workers and the Chinatown neighborhood. Online Notes