1982 New York City Chinatown Garment Workers Strike – 40.01.007.VID_WORG.GarmentWorkersStrike.2022.BettyYu
In 1982, twenty thousand garment workers in New York City, consisting mostly of Chinese women, demanded better working conditions and wages.
The Asian American Studies Center acknowledges the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (Los Angeles basin, So. Channel Islands) and pay our respects to the honuukvetam (ancestors), ‘ahiihirom (elders), and ‘eyoohiinkem (relatives/relations) past, present, and emerging.
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