This Week in Labor History-August 21

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...

This Week in Labor History August 14

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...

This Week in Labor History August 07

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...

CFT reaches settlement with ACCJC

  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...