by AFT | Aug 1, 2017 | Hot Topics
This Week in Labor History July 31 Members of the National Football League Players Association begin what is to be a 2-day strike, their first. The issues: pay, pensions, the right to arbitration and the right to have agents – 1970 Fifty-day baseball strike ends...
by AFT | Jul 25, 2017 | Hot Topics
Arm Yourself for the Resistance! Take Labor Studies this Fall at City College! THIS CLASS STARTS AUGUST 22nd! Labor Studies 108: Labor and Politics Tuesday evenings 6:55-10:00 CRN 74663 Instructor: Jim Miller AFT 1931 Political Action/Community Outreach VP Come...
by AFT | Jul 24, 2017 | Hot Topics
July 24 The United Auto Workers and the Teamsters form the Alliance for Labor Action (ALA), later to be joined by several smaller unions. The ALA’s agenda included support of the civil rights movement and opposition to the war in Vietnam. It disbanded after four...
by AFT | Jul 24, 2017 | Hot Topics
Thursday, July 20, 2017 10:40 AM Dear SDCCD Colleagues, Below are the details of the final Statewide budget as signed by the Governor. Thanks to our collective efforts, Community Colleges will receive a $270 million increase this year… bringing our total increase...
by AFT | Jul 17, 2017 | Hot Topics
July 17 Two ammunition ships explode at Port Chicago, Calif., killing 322, including 202 African-Americans assigned by the Navy to handle explosives. It was the worst home-front disaster of World War II. The resulting refusal of 258 African-Americans to return...
