by AFT | Oct 29, 2018 | Hot Topics
October 29 Japanese immigrant and labor advocate Katsu Goto is strangled to death, his body then strung from an electric pole, on the Big Island of Hawaii by thugs hired by plantation owners. They were outraged over Goto’s work on behalf of agricultural workers and...
by AFT | Oct 24, 2018 | Hot Topics
Dear AFT Guild Members, Thanks to all of you who have RSVP’d but we are now sold out! We will try to record the presentation so those of you that could not attend can view it later. In Unity,...
by AFT | Oct 23, 2018 | Hot Topics
Labor History Trivia Question of the Week: How long has the 40 hour workweek been in effect? Answer can be found below… October 22 Bank robber Charles Arthur “Pretty Boy” Floyd is killed by FBI agents near East Liverpool, Ohio. He was a hero to...
by AFT | Oct 22, 2018 | Hot Topics
Dear AFT Guild members, Please consider joining your colleagues and inviting friends and family to our first ever AFT Guild 1931 sponsored San Diego Gulls Hockey 🏒🥅 night on Friday, November 9th! Face off is at 7:00 pm, and we’ll arrange for some fights in the...
by AFT | Oct 19, 2018 | Hot Topics
Dear Colleagues, In case you missed them, below are our election recommendations. Please note these may all be found on our website, aftguild.org. Below please find three sets of recommendations: 1) Your AFT Guild recommendations for our local Governing Board races;...