Pam Tau Lee

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Pam Tau Lee (b. 1948) is an American labor and environmental justice advocate. She is fourth generation Chinese-American and was born in 1948 in Northern California. Her work specifically focusses on issues faced by Asian-American restaurant and hotel workers in San Francisco's Chinatown. She worked for 20 years at University of California Berkeley's Center for Occupational and Environmental Health and has 10 years of experience as an organizer with Hotel Employees Restaurant Employees (HERE) Union Local 2.^[1] Currently, she uses her career in advocacy to educate young people on issues of environmental justice and community advocacy.^[1]

Pam Tau Lee is a co-founder of numerous organizations including the Chinese Progressive Association^[2], the Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN), and the Just Transition Alliance where she is currently a board member. Through these organizations, she has built a platform for community improvement, centering Asian-American workers. ^[3]