Koreatown Immigrant Workers Association
Los Angeles
KIWA is one of the nation’s most established workers centers and one of the few community groups organizing both Korean and Latino workers in the country. Created in 1992, KIWA’s mission is to empower low-wage immigrant workers and to develop a progressive constituency and promote leadership in solidarity with other underrepresented communities. KIWA organizes Koreatown’s low-wage immigrant workers for dignity and respect in the workplace and community and works together with other communities to realize a vision of a just Los Angeles that works for everyone. KIWA’s model brings together workers from targeted local low-wage industries with community members and students in a broad, multi-ethnic vision for social justice. Our strategies include grassroots organizing and leadership development, strategic industry-based campaigns that target employers directly, advocacy, and multi-ethnic coalition building.
Member website: www.kiwa.org
Director: Eileen Ma, Campaign Coordinator
Donate to KIWA: http://www.yacomitservice.com/php/eng/board.php?board=kkkbodyonly&command=body&no=12
Phone: 213-738-9050