Founded in 1900, ILGWU originally represented South and Eastern European women immigrants. The expansion of the union’s representation allowed for solidarity among its racially diverse members, seen in this 1966 photo of an Asian American and Black worker on strike.
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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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