APALA SF Chapter
@apalasf.bsky.social
Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA), AFL-CIO, is the first and only national organization of Asian American and Pacific Islander workers.
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We had a great time at the 23rd Annual SF Parol Lantern Festival - “MAKIBAKA: Ignite the Fight, Light Up Our Legacy” presented by the Filipino-American Development Foundation with support of SOMA Pilipinas! Isang Bagsak! 👏
@kaygenn.bsky.social
@pinoyamerican.bsky.social
#parollaternfestival
@kaygenn.bsky.social
@pinoyamerican.bsky.social
#parollaternfestival
December 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
We had a great time at the 23rd Annual SF Parol Lantern Festival - “MAKIBAKA: Ignite the Fight, Light Up Our Legacy” presented by the Filipino-American Development Foundation with support of SOMA Pilipinas! Isang Bagsak! 👏
@kaygenn.bsky.social
@pinoyamerican.bsky.social
#parollaternfestival
@kaygenn.bsky.social
@pinoyamerican.bsky.social
#parollaternfestival
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We stand in solidarity with the members of United Teachers of Richmond and Teamsters 856 on strike today! Tomorrow, IFPTE Local 21 joins you on the line. ✊ #1u
📷 Photos by Brooke Anderson
📷 Photos by Brooke Anderson
December 4, 2025 at 11:35 PM
We stand in solidarity with the members of United Teachers of Richmond and Teamsters 856 on strike today! Tomorrow, IFPTE Local 21 joins you on the line. ✊ #1u
📷 Photos by Brooke Anderson
📷 Photos by Brooke Anderson
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IFPTE Local 21 members are on sympathy STRIKE for the schools our students deserve! ⚡️⚡️⚡️
We’re proud to join our union siblings on the UTR and Teamsters 856 strike lines! Public school employee working conditions are student learning conditions. Solidarity forever! 💙✊
📸: Brooke Anderson
We’re proud to join our union siblings on the UTR and Teamsters 856 strike lines! Public school employee working conditions are student learning conditions. Solidarity forever! 💙✊
📸: Brooke Anderson
December 5, 2025 at 10:44 PM
IFPTE Local 21 members are on sympathy STRIKE for the schools our students deserve! ⚡️⚡️⚡️
We’re proud to join our union siblings on the UTR and Teamsters 856 strike lines! Public school employee working conditions are student learning conditions. Solidarity forever! 💙✊
📸: Brooke Anderson
We’re proud to join our union siblings on the UTR and Teamsters 856 strike lines! Public school employee working conditions are student learning conditions. Solidarity forever! 💙✊
📸: Brooke Anderson
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APALA (Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, AFL-CIO) seeks an Executive Director. Location is flexible (work can be performed from anywhere in the continental United States). Details can be found at: unionjobs.com/listing.php?... #1u #UnionStrong @apalasf.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 11:18 PM
APALA (Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, AFL-CIO) seeks an Executive Director. Location is flexible (work can be performed from anywhere in the continental United States). Details can be found at: unionjobs.com/listing.php?... #1u #UnionStrong @apalasf.bsky.social
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For South Asian and Muslim Americans nationwide, Zohran Mamdani's historic win for Mayor of New York City is a huge milestone in political representation. Sadly, it has also triggered a backlash of anti-South Asian hate and Islamophobia.
Here’s what you need to know. ⬇️🧵
Here’s what you need to know. ⬇️🧵
November 14, 2025 at 9:47 PM
For South Asian and Muslim Americans nationwide, Zohran Mamdani's historic win for Mayor of New York City is a huge milestone in political representation. Sadly, it has also triggered a backlash of anti-South Asian hate and Islamophobia.
Here’s what you need to know. ⬇️🧵
Here’s what you need to know. ⬇️🧵
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On the final day of #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth, we share the history of Isang Bagsak, otherwise known as the Unity Clap. IFPTE Local 21 is proud to carry this legacy forward. When one of us rises, we all rise!
Voice-over performed by IFPTE Local 21 member JR Santos.
Voice-over performed by IFPTE Local 21 member JR Santos.
October 31, 2025 at 3:53 PM
On the final day of #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth, we share the history of Isang Bagsak, otherwise known as the Unity Clap. IFPTE Local 21 is proud to carry this legacy forward. When one of us rises, we all rise!
Voice-over performed by IFPTE Local 21 member JR Santos.
Voice-over performed by IFPTE Local 21 member JR Santos.
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Today we honor #LarryItliong, a fearless Filipino American labor leader whose vision and courage helped ignite the farmworker movement. His story reminds us of what is possible when communities come together for fairness and dignity on the job.
October 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Today we honor #LarryItliong, a fearless Filipino American labor leader whose vision and courage helped ignite the farmworker movement. His story reminds us of what is possible when communities come together for fairness and dignity on the job.
It's #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth ☀️✊️ and it is a critical time for the AANHPI community to participate in our democracy.
We joined the SF Labor Council the last couple weekends to get out the vote for #YESon50 in California! 🗳
@californialabor.bsky.social
We joined the SF Labor Council the last couple weekends to get out the vote for #YESon50 in California! 🗳
@californialabor.bsky.social
October 11, 2025 at 10:36 PM
It's #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth ☀️✊️ and it is a critical time for the AANHPI community to participate in our democracy.
We joined the SF Labor Council the last couple weekends to get out the vote for #YESon50 in California! 🗳
@californialabor.bsky.social
We joined the SF Labor Council the last couple weekends to get out the vote for #YESon50 in California! 🗳
@californialabor.bsky.social
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"Whether this Administration likes it or not, immigrants in this country are entitled to due process. When they don't get a fair shake from an independent judge in immigration court, they're being denied due process." — Matt Biggs, President of IFPTE @ifpte.bsky.social
Video Firings of immigration judges are 'politically motivated': Union president
IFPTE union president Matt Biggs discusses the impact that the Trump administration's firing of immigration judges is having on the court system.
abcnews.go.com
October 11, 2025 at 12:13 AM
"Whether this Administration likes it or not, immigrants in this country are entitled to due process. When they don't get a fair shake from an independent judge in immigration court, they're being denied due process." — Matt Biggs, President of IFPTE @ifpte.bsky.social
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UFW mourns the passing of our brother Kent Wong. Please watch Kent speak in beautiful short video connecting his time with UFW to his view of the importance of solidary across labor and race and cultural backgrounds.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODkU...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODkU...
Kent Wong on Solidarity: action
YouTube video by W.K. Kellogg Foundation
www.youtube.com
October 8, 2025 at 11:45 PM
UFW mourns the passing of our brother Kent Wong. Please watch Kent speak in beautiful short video connecting his time with UFW to his view of the importance of solidary across labor and race and cultural backgrounds.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODkU...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODkU...
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October is Filipino American History Month! ✊
We’re proud to call the Filipino Cultural Heritage District home for our San Francisco union hall. We encourage you to check out a new exhibit at YBCA titled "MAKIBAKA: A Living Legacy" ybca.org/event/makibaka-a-living-legacy
We’re proud to call the Filipino Cultural Heritage District home for our San Francisco union hall. We encourage you to check out a new exhibit at YBCA titled "MAKIBAKA: A Living Legacy" ybca.org/event/makibaka-a-living-legacy
October 1, 2025 at 6:23 PM
October is Filipino American History Month! ✊
We’re proud to call the Filipino Cultural Heritage District home for our San Francisco union hall. We encourage you to check out a new exhibit at YBCA titled "MAKIBAKA: A Living Legacy" ybca.org/event/makibaka-a-living-legacy
We’re proud to call the Filipino Cultural Heritage District home for our San Francisco union hall. We encourage you to check out a new exhibit at YBCA titled "MAKIBAKA: A Living Legacy" ybca.org/event/makibaka-a-living-legacy
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🚨 @coveredca.bsky.social enrollees: Your premiums are about to DOUBLE in 2026 without Congressional action. And Trump & Republicans’ H.R. 1 bill is only going to make accessing care harder. Here are some upcoming changes that @coveredca.bsky.social for enrollees should be aware of:
September 11, 2025 at 7:50 PM
🚨 @coveredca.bsky.social enrollees: Your premiums are about to DOUBLE in 2026 without Congressional action. And Trump & Republicans’ H.R. 1 bill is only going to make accessing care harder. Here are some upcoming changes that @coveredca.bsky.social for enrollees should be aware of:
#WorkersOverBillionaires
It's #LaborDay and we marched with thousands of people on the streets of San Francisco united on the following demands:
It's #LaborDay and we marched with thousands of people on the streets of San Francisco united on the following demands:
September 2, 2025 at 2:10 AM
#WorkersOverBillionaires
It's #LaborDay and we marched with thousands of people on the streets of San Francisco united on the following demands:
It's #LaborDay and we marched with thousands of people on the streets of San Francisco united on the following demands:
"In many ways, we felt like America had turned their back on us. We don't want to be a part of that again. So we are showing up where we can. We're raising our voices. We're protesting. We're getting the grannies and the grandpas out to tell their stories."
#ICEOutOfDublin
#ICEOutOfDublin
Japanese American internment survivors protest possible ICE detention center at former Dublin prison
With the rhythmic pounding of taiko drums echoing through Don Biddle Community Park, a large group of Japanese Americans and their allies gathered Saturday afternoon to voice opposition to the propose...
www.cbsnews.com
July 20, 2025 at 9:19 PM
"In many ways, we felt like America had turned their back on us. We don't want to be a part of that again. So we are showing up where we can. We're raising our voices. We're protesting. We're getting the grannies and the grandpas out to tell their stories."
#ICEOutOfDublin
#ICEOutOfDublin
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“The Writers Guild of America East and the Writers Guild of America West asked the New York state attorney general, Letitia James, to investigate Paramount over ‘potential wrongdoing’ after the company announced the cancellation of the Late Show on Thursday.” www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Writers’ union urges investigation into Paramount move to cancel Colbert show
Writers Guild of America requests New York attorney general investigate ‘potential wrongdoing’ after shock cancellation
www.theguardian.com
July 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
“The Writers Guild of America East and the Writers Guild of America West asked the New York state attorney general, Letitia James, to investigate Paramount over ‘potential wrongdoing’ after the company announced the cancellation of the Late Show on Thursday.” www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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ICE just got a 265% detention funding boost.
Palantir software is being used to create the federal government’s first national citizenship data bank.
The Trump regime is attacking naturalized citizens and birthright citizenship.
Be warned — Trump’s police state is here.
Palantir software is being used to create the federal government’s first national citizenship data bank.
The Trump regime is attacking naturalized citizens and birthright citizenship.
Be warned — Trump’s police state is here.
July 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
ICE just got a 265% detention funding boost.
Palantir software is being used to create the federal government’s first national citizenship data bank.
The Trump regime is attacking naturalized citizens and birthright citizenship.
Be warned — Trump’s police state is here.
Palantir software is being used to create the federal government’s first national citizenship data bank.
The Trump regime is attacking naturalized citizens and birthright citizenship.
Be warned — Trump’s police state is here.
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Mass detention and tent camps? How can we be talking about this in America? We should strive to lead the world in freedom, not in cruelty. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
US races to build migrant tent camps after $45 billion funding boost, WSJ reports
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is racing to build migrant tent camps nationwide after receiving $45 billion in new funding, aiming to expand detention capacity from 40,000 to 100,000 beds by year-end, The Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.
www.reuters.com
July 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Mass detention and tent camps? How can we be talking about this in America? We should strive to lead the world in freedom, not in cruelty. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
APALA SF & Alameda Chapters unite! ✊️
ICE melts under resistance! 🧊🔥
We joined Tsuru for Solidarity -- drawing on the legacy of Japanese American incarceration during WWII to resist its repetition today.
ICE melts under resistance! 🧊🔥
We joined Tsuru for Solidarity -- drawing on the legacy of Japanese American incarceration during WWII to resist its repetition today.
July 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM
APALA SF & Alameda Chapters unite! ✊️
ICE melts under resistance! 🧊🔥
We joined Tsuru for Solidarity -- drawing on the legacy of Japanese American incarceration during WWII to resist its repetition today.
ICE melts under resistance! 🧊🔥
We joined Tsuru for Solidarity -- drawing on the legacy of Japanese American incarceration during WWII to resist its repetition today.
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Our coalition of 149 ideologically diverse and distinctive national organizations collectively representing tens of millions of people will remember who turned their backs on working families—and who we can count on to fight for us. www.aft.org/they-betraye...
They betrayed us.
President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans promised to make life better for working families. Instead, they passed the so-called big, beautiful bill—a massive transfer of wealth from working...
www.aft.org
July 10, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Our coalition of 149 ideologically diverse and distinctive national organizations collectively representing tens of millions of people will remember who turned their backs on working families—and who we can count on to fight for us. www.aft.org/they-betraye...
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The Supreme Court has given Trump and DOGE permission to throw federal workers out of their jobs and cleared the way for even more mass firings. We’ll keep working and organizing to ensure federal workers know how to exercise their rights. This isn't over. aflcio.org/press/releas...
July 8, 2025 at 9:51 PM
The Supreme Court has given Trump and DOGE permission to throw federal workers out of their jobs and cleared the way for even more mass firings. We’ll keep working and organizing to ensure federal workers know how to exercise their rights. This isn't over. aflcio.org/press/releas...
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Congrats to IFPTE Local 21 Field Director Kat General (@kaygenn.bsky.social), newly elected 1st Vice President of APALA! Kat's served on the APALA National Executive Board since 2019, the same year she won the Art Takei Leadership Award.
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June 30, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Congrats to IFPTE Local 21 Field Director Kat General (@kaygenn.bsky.social), newly elected 1st Vice President of APALA! Kat's served on the APALA National Executive Board since 2019, the same year she won the Art Takei Leadership Award.
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Kat's 20+ years in the labor movement are defined by winning for the people. Even when the odds are against us Kat charts and implements a path to victory. (2/3)
June 30, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Kat's 20+ years in the labor movement are defined by winning for the people. Even when the odds are against us Kat charts and implements a path to victory. (2/3)
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Whether on the picket line, in civil disobedience, or organizing majority action, Kat has done it all and taught others how to do the same. Local 21 is proud and excited to support Kat General in her new role at APALA.
June 30, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Whether on the picket line, in civil disobedience, or organizing majority action, Kat has done it all and taught others how to do the same. Local 21 is proud and excited to support Kat General in her new role at APALA.
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At the APALA Convention opening panel "Resistance: Labor Leading the Way" our Local 21 delegation and SPEEA members heard from unions presidents from AFGE, AFSCME, AFT and IFPTE union President Matt Biggs, on how we are fighting attacks on workers, unions and our democracy.
June 30, 2025 at 4:34 PM
At the APALA Convention opening panel "Resistance: Labor Leading the Way" our Local 21 delegation and SPEEA members heard from unions presidents from AFGE, AFSCME, AFT and IFPTE union President Matt Biggs, on how we are fighting attacks on workers, unions and our democracy.