Labor Struggles and Youth Solidarity in 1990s Chinatown
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A Note from the Youth Researcher
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Organized Labor in Chinatown
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Restaurant Work and the CSWA
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Youth Solidarity and Activism
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Betty Yu’s Documentary
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Works Cited
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Brian’s project shines a spotlight on Chinese immigrant labor organizing in New York City’s Chinatown, focusing on garment workers, restaurant employees, and the youth activists who stood alongside them. Immigration history is often presented as a story of individual success or assimilation, with labor struggles within Asian American communities largely absent from the conversation. Even when labor movements are discussed, women workers, in particular, are often overlooked. This project responds to those omissions by showing how bustling Chinatown was a site of collective resistance and survival.
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A Note from the Youth Researcher
02
Organized Labor in Chinatown
03
Restaurant Work and the CSWA
04
Youth Solidarity and Activism
05
Betty Yu’s Documentary
06
Works Cited
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