Ben Fee

Ben Fee was a Chinese American writer and labor organizer who rose to prominence in the Chinatowns of San Francisco and in the mid-twentieth century. He was president of the Chinese Workers Mutual Aid Association and leader of the Chinese section of the United States Communist Party.

Labor organizer

The son of an American-born Chinese interpreter Fee moved to the United States at the age of 13. In 1934 he was employed by the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union to organize Chinese garment workers in San Francisco. However his subsequent membership of and advocacy for the Communist Party alienated the Chinatown establishment and the union, which terminated his employment in 1938.

Further Reading

* "Ben's Way" by Don Wong in ''Chinese Americans Past & Present" by Don Wong and Irene Dea Collier, 1977.