The Opportunity Agenda highlights several Asian American pioneers in the labor movement, including Chinese American women. Ah Quon McElrath promoted racially equitable labor practices in Hawaii, Grace Lee Boggs was a key figure in activism and racial justice in Detroit, and May Ying Chen has been a vocal advocate for immigrant workers and served as vice president of the union organization United Here.
以反对种族主义、倡导机遇平等为宗旨的左翼非盈利组织“机遇议程”(The Opportunity Agenda)网站历数了数位亚裔美国人劳工运动先驱,其中包括这几位华裔女性。梁玉群(Ah Quon McElrath,1915-2008)是夏威夷的社会活动家,推动了以种族平等为基础的劳工运动,推动夏威夷五大公司实现同工同酬,退休后仍继续倡导各种社会正义问题。陈玉平(Grace Lee Boggs, 1915-2015)是一位美国华人作家、社会运动家和哲学家,是亚裔美国人活动主义的关键人物,在民权运动期间及之后,她与黑人活动家和社区成员密切合作,追求种族正义,她和她的丈夫成为底特律黑人权力运动的有影响力的组织者。陈梅英(May Ying Chen, 1948-)是一名劳工组织者,一直都在为移民工人发声,她帮助创建了美国劳联产联的亚太裔美国人劳工联盟(APALA),并担任代表了30万名酒店业工人的工会组织United Here的国际副总裁。