by AFT | Aug 22, 2017 | Hot Topics
This Week in Labor History August 21 Slave revolt led by Nat Turner begins in Southampton County, Va. – 1831 August 22 Five flight attendants form the Air Line Stewardesses Association, the first labor union representing flight attendants. They were reacting to...
by AFT | Aug 15, 2017 | Hot Topics
This Week in Labor History August 14 President Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act, providing, for the first time ever, guaranteed income for retirees and creating a system of unemployment benefits – 1935 Members of the upstart Polish union Solidarity seize...
by AFT | Aug 11, 2017 | Hot Topics
Dear SDCCD City, Mesa, and Miramar College Adjunct Faculty, In case you were not yet aware of this program, your union negotiated a paid office hour program available for college adjunct faculty who choose to participate. The program was initiated in 2002, and only...
by AFT | Aug 8, 2017 | Hot Topics
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Wobbly organizer, born – 1890Eugene Debs and three other trade unionists arrested after Pullman Strike – 1894 Actors Equity is recognized by producers after stagehands honor their picket lines, shutting down almost every...
by AFT | Aug 7, 2017 | Hot Topics
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 7, 2017 Contact: Fred Glass, 510-579-3343, fglass@cft.org CFT reaches settlement with accrediting agency “Fair accreditation practices will be the norm going forward” San Francisco—In an...