by AFT | Jun 8, 2019 | Hot Topics
Our first bus sold out quickly, and since we have heard from many more of you who still wanted to attend, we are extending the ticket purchase deadline to Friday, August 2nd. You can click here to purchase your ticket online or see below for details on how to send in...
by AFT | Jun 4, 2019 | Hot Topics
June 03 Int’l Ladies Garment Workers Union founded – 1900 A federal child labor law, enacted two years earlier, was declared unconstitutional – 1918 More than 1,000 Canadian men, working at “Royal Twenty Centers” established by the Canadian government to provide...
by AFT | May 31, 2019 | Hot Topics
PART 1: OUR BEGINNINGS The birth of a statewide Federation This previously unpublished account tells how the first eight AFT locals in California joined together for sharing of information and their own defense. Read this story of solidarity. VIDEO: See part 1 of our...
by AFT | May 22, 2019 | Hot Topics
Museum of Tolerance Bus Trip – Now! download Click here to purchase your ticket...
by AFT | May 20, 2019 | Hot Topics
May 20 The Railway Labor Act takes effect today. It is the first federal legislation protecting workers’ rights to form unions – 1926 Some 9,000 rubber workers strike in Akron, Ohio – 1933 May 21 Italian activists and anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo...
