by AFT | Aug 28, 2018 | Hot Topics
August 27 Some 14,000 Chicago teachers who have gone without pay for several months finally collect about $1,400 each – 1934 President Truman orders the U.S. Army to seize all the nation’s railroads to prevent a general strike. The railroads were not...
by AFT | Aug 24, 2018 | Hot Topics
Dear Jim, $11 billion more for schools and communities As a new year gets underway at schools, colleges, and universities across the state, we have some good news to report. Last week, as part of a broad coalition of 90 different organizations, we turned in over...
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...
