by AFT | Mar 25, 2019 | Hot Topics
March 25 Toronto printers strike for the 9-hour day in what is believed to be Canada’s first major strike – 1872 First “Poor People’s March” on Washington, in which jobless workers demanded creation of a public works program. Led by populist Jacob Coxey, the 500...
by AFT | Mar 19, 2019 | Hot Topics
March 18 Six laborers in Dorset, England—the “Tolpuddle Martyrs”—are banished to the Australian penal colony for seven years for forming a union, the Friendly Society of Agricultural Labourers. Some 800,000 residents of the United Kingdom signed petitions calling for...
by AFT | Mar 14, 2019 | Hot Topics
Dear AFT Guild Members, Just a friendly reminder of our next Thirsty Thursday event – March 14th. There will be a full food and drink menu available at the event. See flier below for more details. We are very fortunate to have labor activist Ken Seaton-Msemaji...
by AFT | Mar 12, 2019 | Hot Topics
Influence Inside and Outside the Workplace For every employee, both those in the public and private sector, what goes on in the world of politics has a direct connection to the union’s ability to advance and protect the members’ interests. Legislatures pass and...
by AFT | Mar 9, 2019 | Photo Galleries
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