by AFT | Aug 21, 2018 | Hot Topics
August 20 The Great Fire of 1910, a wildfire that consumed about 3 million acres in Washington, Idaho and Montana—an area about the size of Connecticut—claimed the lives of 78 firefighters over two days. It is believed to be the largest, although not deadliest, fire...
by AFT | Aug 20, 2018 | Hot Topics
From: Jim Mahler Subject: AFT Guild Sponsored Classes Offered for Salary Advancement – Fall 2018 Date: August 20, 2018 at 9:58:36 AM PDT Reply-To: Victoria Curran Dear AFT Guild Members, Your AFT Guild is proud to host Closing the Equity Gap:...
by AFT | Aug 13, 2018 | Hot Topics
August 13 Striking miners at Tracy City, Tenn., capture their mines and free 300 state convict strikebreakers. The convicts had been “leased” to mineowners by officials in an effort to make prisons self-supporting and make a few bucks for the state. The...
by AFT | Aug 9, 2018 | Hot Topics
August 06 Cigarmakers’ Int’l Union of America merges with Retail, Wholesale & Department Store Union – 1974 American Railway Supervisors Association merges with Brotherhood of Railway, Airline & Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express &...
by AFT | Aug 3, 2018 | Hot Topics
Check out Labor Studies at City College this Fall! CLASS STARTS AUGUST 21st! Labor Studies 100: American Labor Movements Tuesday evenings 6:55-10:00 in AH 421; CRN 70163 Instructor: Jim Miller AFT 1931 Political Action/Community Outreach VP Want to find...
