by AFT | Apr 22, 2017 | Hot Topics
San Diego Free Speech Fight During the winter and spring of 1912, members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and their allies in labor and the community engaged in a pitched battle against a city ordinance that banned public speaking in the area...
by AFT | Apr 20, 2017 | Hot Topics
Remember the Folks Who Brought You the 8-Hour Day? Usually May Day comes and goes with a small march that most people barely notice. Indeed most Americans don’t know much about May Day and if they do, they associate it with the state sponsored holiday in the former...
by AFT | Apr 20, 2017 | Hot Topics
Kelly Mayhew and Jim Miller, our amazing Students for Economic Justice (SEJ) advisory board members, are generously hosting a Happy Hour fundraiser at their private residence in support of CPI’s SEJ program! RSVP HERE Since 2000, SEJ has been invested in developing...
by AFT | Apr 20, 2017 | Hot Topics
Dear Colleagues, I have received several inquiries regarding how exactly to take May 1st off without violating our collective bargaining agreements. Here’s the skinny: 1) SDCCD Classified Staff You can use either vacation or comp. time. Both need to be...
by AFT | Apr 20, 2017 | Hot Topics
Monday, April 17, 2017 8:45 AM Workers Did Not Always Have It As Easy As We Do Today Workers in the American steel industry, one of the most dangerous in the world, had attempted to organize in 1919. Their efforts were crushed by a combination of red-baiting,...
