by AFT | Sep 17, 2018 | Hot Topics
September 17 Seventy-five workers die in explosion at Allegheny Arsenal, Pittsburgh, Pa. – 1862 At a New York convention of the National Labor Congress, Susan B. Anthony calls for the formation of a Working Women’s Association. As a delegate to the...
by AFT | Sep 11, 2018 | Hot Topics
If so, please see the message below from CFT President Josh Pechthalt: Begin forwarded message: From: Joshua Pechthalt <jpechthalt@cft.org> Subject: Help in identifying plaintiffs for student loan lawsuit Date: September 10, 2018 at 11:40:01 AM PDT ...
by AFT | Sep 11, 2018 | Hot Topics
Dear AFT Guild Members, Two years ago 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 committee has been chaired by Pegah Motaleb, AFT Guild Executive...
by AFT | Sep 5, 2018 | Hot Topics
Dear Colleagues, As part of your Union’s Climate Justice work, your AFT Guild is a co-sponser of the Rise for Climate March this Saturday, September 8th at 10:00 AM at the San Diego Civic Center at 202 C Street. We invite you to join your fellow AFT...
by AFT | Sep 3, 2018 | Hot Topics
September 03 African-American cotton pickers organize and strike in Lee County, Texas, against miserably low wages and other injustices, including a growers’ arrangement with local law enforcement to round up Blacks on vagrancy charges, then force them to work off...
