by AFT | Oct 16, 2017 | Hot Topics
From: Randi Weingarten and Joshua Pechthalt Subject: California wildfires Date: October 15, 2017 at 12:20:36 PM PDT I’m writing from Puerto Rico, where I’m spending the weekend working with our leaders and activists from the Asociación de Maestros de Puerto...
by AFT | Oct 12, 2017 | Hot Topics
Dear Jim, As the tragic fires in Northern California continue to worsen, the CFT and the AFT have set up an emergency relief fund for members who have suffered catastrophic losses in the fires. Already we know that several CFT members have lost everything, while many...
by AFT | Oct 10, 2017 | Hot Topics
This Week in Labor History October 09 United Hebrew Trades is organized in New York by shirt maker Morris Hillquit and others. Hillquit would later become leader of the Socialist Party – 1888Retail stock brokerage Smith Barney reaches a tentative sexual...
by AFT | Oct 3, 2017 | Hot Topics
Dear AFT Guild Members, Last fall our AFT Guild formed a task force to address the issues of racial equity for the safety of our students, members of the community, and law enforcement. The task force has been chaired by Pegah Motaleb, AFT Guild Executive...
by AFT | Oct 2, 2017 | Hot Topics
This Week in Labor History October 02 American Federation of Labor officially endorses campaign for a 6-hour day, 5-day workweek – 1934 Joining with 400,000 coal miners already on strike, 500,000 CIO steel workers close down the nation’s foundries, steel and...
