Chen, May Ying

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May Chen (1948- ) is a labor organizer who for more than twenty years has been actively engaged in outreach and advocacy for immigrant workers. Born and raised in Boston, MA, she worked as a high school teacher, wrote for the Asian-American publications Gidra and Roots, founded a day-care center that employed mainly immigrant women, and served as a local officer (Local 23-25) and International Vice President of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (later UNITE, UNITE/HERE, and Workers United).

From the guide to the May Chen Papers, 1980-2009, (Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archive)

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referencedIn Bartolotto, Julie. Asian American women's movement. California State University, Long Beach
referencedIn Guide to the Rocky Chin Papers, 1968-2016 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
creatorOf Guide to the May Chen Papers, 1980-2015 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
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