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LELO is a 33 year-old racial and economic justice workers rights 501c3 non-profit organization.

  LELO

      Legacy of Equality, Leadership and Organizing
 

SUMMARY HISTORY 1970s 1980s 1990s ACCOMPLISHMENTS

HISTORY  PROJECTS ACWA - LOCAL 37 CARLOS BULOSAN EXHIBIT SEATTLE LABOR HISTORY UCWA

 

LELO HISTORY:    1980s

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LELO CONSTITUENTS:    1981-1990

  • Migrant Filipino and other Asian Pacific Islander & Native Alaskan cannery workers (some in Seattle – others dispersed in other states): specifically those represented in cannery worker lawsuits.
  • Asian Pacific American students and community activists – locally and nationally: organized through campaign to include the Wards Cove workers in 1991 Civil Rights Act.           
  • APA and other civil rights organizations: also organized through Wards Cove workers’ campaign.
  • Black construction workers and other workers of color and white women employed in the unionized construction industry. Organized through internal union caucuses.                                                           
  • Mozambican workers and families impacted by LELO’s material aid campaign and “worker-to-worker” community and economic development strategies.
  • Activists of color and progressive white activists organized around divestment in South Africa; support for the liberation struggle in Mozambique; and other international solidarity efforts.