Dear AFT Guild Members, Our first union meeting of the semester will be held this Thursday, February 7th beginning at 3:00pm at our North City Center meeting location: North City Center, 8355 Aero Dr., San Diego, 92123. There is ample parking in the parking structure...
AFT Guild Larry Schwartz Memorial Scholarships for Union Members
Dear AFT Guild Members, The AFT is awarding eight $500 scholarships to SDCCD and GCCCD students who are union members or in a family of union members (mother, father, son, daughter, husband, wife). If you are a student, have a family member who is a student, or...
This Week in Labor History: 2/4 – 2/10
February 04 The Ohio legislature authorizes construction of the 249-mile Miami and Erie Canal, to connect Toledo to Cincinnati. Local historians say "Irish immigrants, convicts and local farmers used picks, shovels and wheelbarrows," at 30 cents per day, to construct...
Scholarship Opportunities – Please announce to students
Dear AFT Guild Members, Please announce the following two scholarship opportunities to any students who you think might benefit: 1) Students for Economic Justice summer fellowship is a paid $15-an-hour intensive 6-week fulltime employment opportunity. Application is...
Class Starts Tonight! Enroll Now in Labor Studies for the Spring Semester!
AFT Guild members receive tuition and book reimbursement upon successful completion of the course! Enroll Now in Labor Studies for the Spring Semester! Check out the Labor Studies Program at City College this Spring 2019! CLASS BEGINS ON JANUARY 31st REGISTRATION IS...
Ratification Voting: GCCCD Faculty-New Union Contract!
Dear GCCCD AFT Guild Members, As I announced on January 16th and discussed during our professional development week presentation last week, we have reached a tentative agreement with the District on a new faculty contract which will run from January 1, 2019...
This Week in Labor History: 1/28 – 2/3
January 28 American Miners’ Association formed - 1861 First U.S. unemployment compensation law enacted, in Wisconsin - 1932 January 29 Responding to unrest among Irish laborers building the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, President Andrew Jackson orders first use of...
This Week in Labor History: 1/21 – 1/27
January 21 Some 750,000 steel workers walk out in 30 states, largest strike in U.S. history to that time - 1946 Postal workers begin four-day strike at the Jersey City, N.J., bulk and foreign mail center, protesting an involuntary shift change. The wildcat was led by...
UTLA Teachers Walking the Picket Line in the Footsteps of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
United Teachers Los Angeles Are Walking the Picket Line in the Footsteps of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by Jim Miller, AFT Guild, Local 1931, Political Action VP This year the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday falls in the midst of one of the biggest teachers...
NEW! GCCCD Adjunct Faculty Paid Office Hours for Spring2019-Don’t forget to include in your syllabi!
Dear GCCCD Adjunct Faculty Members, In our recent contract negotiations we were able to win a new paid office hour program available for college adjunct faculty who choose to participate! The program is effective this spring semester, and only applies to fall and...