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Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Profiles: Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes
… Month this year, the AFL-CIO is spotlighting various Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders who have worked and continue to work at the intersection of civil and labor rights in the United States. Today's profiles are Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes. … Texas , in 1952. His father was a Filipino immigrant who had served in the U.S. Army during World War II. The family moved to Seattle in 1960, where Silme attended high school and college. Meanwhile, Gene Viernes was born in Yakima, Washington, in …