Roy Hong is the Founder and former Executive Director of Korean Immigrant Workers Advocates (KIWA). Founded in response to the 1992 civil unrest in Los Angeles and situated in the heart of the city’s Koreatown, KIWA organizes workers to hold employers accountable in disputes over wages and working conditions. The organization also provides activist training and mounts voter awareness campaigns targeted toward Korean American and Latino workers. Prior to founding KIWA in 1992, Roy was a Field Representative and Organizing Director of the Services Employees International Union, Local 87, in San Francisco.
* Roy has since transitioned out of his role at KIWA.
