May Chen
May Ying Chen is married to Rocky Chin. She served as an adjunct professor at CUNY’s Joseph S. Murphy Institute and coordinates the US-China Exchange Program – Advancing the Field of Labor Relations from 2009 to 20015. Until her retirement in 2009, May was the Manager of Local 23-25 Workers United/SEIU and Vice President of the International Union. Chen graduated with a BA from Harvard-Radcliffe and a Masters in Education from UCLA.[1]
Sister of Wilma Chan.
Radical background
May Chen has been active in the Asian American movement and the Chinese community for many years. She has been a teacher and community organizer. In 1982 she worked for the Chinese Committee of Local 6 (the Hotel, Restaurant, Club Employees and Bartenders Union) in New York City. She also participated in the struggle to build a child care center in Los Angeles Chinatown.[2]
Chinese CLUW
The 1995 photo of the ILGWU Chinese Coalition of Labor Union Women 10th Anniversary Group ncludes Shui Ying Yan, Ying Ya Tsai, Cindy Sai Leung, Betty Leung, Jenny Shig Jing Ng, Alice Ip, Edgar Romney, Katie Quan, Shui Mak Ka, Doris Kee, Shun Nan Young, Sau King Chew, Ying Fong Chan, Wai Chun Ng, Lana Cheung, Ching Hang Lee, Ying Yi Deng, Kuen Li, Yuk Lin Sun, Yook Chee Hom, Anita Sheung Ngor Leung, Miu Shun Chan, Kam Fan Li, May Chen, Anges Wong, Connie Ling, Yim Un Chan, Mei Yung Liew, Lai Fong Leung, Chung Ng, Mei Yin Tsang.[3]
Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance
May Chen serves on the board of the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance[4].
How Class Works
At the How Class Works - 2002 Conference, panels included; 6.0 Class, Power, and Social Structure
- Juan Gonzalez, New York Daily News – columnist
- May Chen, UNITE! – Vice President
- Jose Feliciano, Chair, Stony Brook - Physics[5]
Vietnam trip
In the mid or early 2000s May Chen and Greg Mantsios were part of a labor delegation to Vietnam.[6]
Lui Cheng 2007 American tour
The American Center for International Labor Solidarity and the National Labor College recently hosted Professor Liu Cheng for Shanghai Normal University to discuss the evolution of the new draft contract labor law in China. Cheng’s visit to the NLC on March 27th was the culmination of a multi-state tour meeting with union leaders and members of Congress.
For the report by Global Labor Strategies analyzing the impact of transnational corporations on the first draft of the Contract Law go to: UNDUE INFLUENCE: Corporation Gain Ground in Battle Over Chinas New Labor Law
Liu Cheng's tour included nearly 45 events over 17 days, in the Bay Area, Boston, Amherst, New York and Washington DC. A partial list of the many sponsoring organizations, and their key contact, includes:
UNITE-HERE, New York - Wilfredo Larancuent & May Chen.
References
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ of Anti-Revisionism On-Line Philip Vera Cruz, Lillian Nakano, Happy Lim, Lori Leong, May Chen, Alan Nishio and Wes Senzaki Personal Reflections on the Asian National Movements Cover
- ↑ Guide to the ILGWU Local 23-25 Photographs Collection Number: 5780/059 P Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
- ↑ http://www.apalanet.org/ht/d/sp/i/80015/pid/80015
- ↑ How Class Works - 2002 Conference Schedule (accessed July 24 2010)
- ↑ Youtube, Vietnam in Transition, April 16, 2010]