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 work...

PART 1: OUR BEGINNINGS The birth of a statewide Federation This previously unpublished account tells how the first eight AFT locals in California joined together for sharing of information and their own defense.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...

  Museum of Tolerance Bus Trip -  Now! download   Click here to purchase your ticket online.

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 Vanzetti,...

May 13 Western Federation of Miners formed in Butte, Mont. - 1893 The Canadian government establishes the Department of Labour. It took the U.S. another four years - 1909 Some 10,000 IWW dock workers strike in Philadelphia - 1913 UAW President Douglas A. Fraser is...

Friendly reminder:  Deadline to contact Jim Miller <jmiller229@icloud.com> is Monday, May 13th. Begin forwarded message: From: Jim Mahler Subject: Who is your best student? Date: May 7, 2019 at 11:46:18 AM PDT   Dear Colleagues, We are in the process of...

Raoul Teilhet Scholarships for Continuing College Students The CFT offers scholarships to college students who are children or dependents of CFT members in good standing. Students enrolled in four-year courses of study are eligible for $3,000 scholarships; those...

Dear Colleagues, We are in the process of recruiting a new cohort of students to serve in our paid AFT Student Intern program in the fall.  Would you please consider sending your best and brightest our way? We are looking for students with an interest in unions and...

Act fast, this event will likely be sold out by the end of the week!  You can purchase your ticket online by clicking here, or use the form below and send in a check. ***This celebration cannot happen without our retirees, so if you're retiring please let us know, we...

May 06 Works Progress Administration (WPA) established at a cost of $4.8 billion—more than $80 billion in 2015 dollars—to provide work opportunities for millions during the Great Depression - 1935   Four hundred Black women working as tobacco stemmers walk off...