This Week in Labor History June 19 – June 24

by | Jun 19, 2017 | Hot Topics

June 19 Eight-hour work day adopted for federal employees – 1912 AFL President Sam Gompers and Secretary of War Newton Baker sign an agreement establishing a three-member board of adjustment to control wages, hours and working conditions for construction workers...

6/17 at 2pm: Bi-national U.S.-Mexico Labor Meeting

by | Jun 12, 2017 | Hot Topics

Cross-Border Labor Solidarity in the Age of Trump Saturday, June 17th at 2 pm A delegation of labor unionists and activists from across Mexico will be joining with labor unionists and community activists from San Diego. The purpose of this historic bi-national...

AFT Mail Driver Position Opening

by | Jun 12, 2017 | Hot Topics

Dear AFT Guild Members,   A job opportunity as the AFT mail delivery driver is now open due to our long term driver Mike Norris’s retirement.  This job involves picking up AFT Guild mail (fliers, newsletters, minutes, new member packets, etc.) from the AFT office...

This Week in Labor History- Week of June 12

by | Jun 12, 2017 | Hot Topics

June 12 Fifty thousand members of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen employed in meatpacking plants walk off their jobs; demands include equalization of wages and conditions throughout U.S. plants – 1904 (No Contract, No Peace: A Legal Guide to...