Meeting at the Chinese Progressive Association Workers' Center

Item Information

Title:
Meeting at the Chinese Progressive Association Workers' Center
Description:
Unemployment insurance campaign; a meeting at the Chinese Progressive Association Workers' Center. Founded in 1987, the Workers' Center advocated for workers' rights, unemployment insurance benefits, and increased awareness of exploited workers. In this image, with the woman seated in the left foreground is talking and gesturing with her hands while a woman in the center background is standing, trying to talk. In the background, there are two posters on the wall, in Chinese and English, that read: "Need translators & bilingual information; Need to receive support, money for children regardless of husband's employment or resource status; Should change calculation methods; and Minimum benefit allowances should be raised."
Date:
1988
Format:
Photographs
Location:
Northeastern University Library
Archives and Special Collections
(M163) Box 12, Folder 33 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
Chinese Progressive Association records (M163)
Subjects:
Chinese Americans--Massachusetts--Boston
Community organization--Massachusetts--Boston
Meetings
Unemployment insurance
Chinese Progressive Association (Boston, Mass.)
Chinese Progressive Association Workers' Center (Boston, Mass.)
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 photograph : 5 x 3.5 inches
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/2047/d20190824
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Notes:
Collection Finding Aid: http://hdl.handle.net/2047/D20296997
Identifier:
A024880