No other industrial country treats its working class so badly. And there’s one big reason for that. By Steven Greenhouse Mr. Greenhouse writes about labor. The United States is the only advanced industrial nation that doesn’t have national laws guaranteeing paid...
Labor Day 2019: Unions Weather the Storm and Look to Build a Brighter Future
by Jim Miller, AFT Guild, Local 1931 Political Action VP These last few years have been particularly challenging times for the American Labor movement as we’ve faced everything from a host of anti-labor policies coming from Washington to a Supreme Court decision...
SDSU College of Extended Studies course announcement
Dear AFT Guild Members, Don't miss out. Classes start next week! Your AFT Guild is proud to host Are we Student-Ready?: Supporting Students in the era of AB705. Creating Equitable Learning Experiences Through Effective Community Building, a 2-unit course...
AFT Guild Sponsored SDSU College of Extended Studies Course Announcement
Dear AFT Guild Members, Your AFT Guild is proud to host Are we Student-Ready?: Supporting Students in the era of AB705. Creating Equitable Learning Experiences Through Effective Community Building, a 2-unit course offered through the College of Extended...
AFT Guild Sponsored Professional Development Activities – Fall 2019
Dear AFT Guild Members, Welcome back to the new academic year! Below please find a detailed list of all the Professional Development activities your AFT Guild will be sponsoring. AFT Guild members are welcome to attend any event at any site. We will also have AFT...
Museum of Tolerance Bus Trip – Deadline to Purchase is this Friday!
Museum of Tolerance Bus Trip - Now! download Dear AFT Guild Members, We still have a few seats left to fill our second bus – ticket purchase deadline is Friday, August 2nd. You can click here to purchase your ticket online or see below for details on how to...
Museum of Tolerance Bus Trip – Deadline Extended!
Museum of Tolerance Bus Trip - Now! download Dear AFT Guild Members, We still have about two dozen seats left to fill our second bus, so we are extending the ticket purchase deadline to Friday, August 2nd. You can click here to purchase your ticket online or...
CFT to Initiate Litigation Against Online Community College “CalBright”
Dear Colleagues, Please see the message below from CFT President Jeff Freitas regarding our potential litigation against the Online College. Please let me know if you have any questions or need any additional information. In Unity, Jim Original copy of letter Dear...
This Week in Labor History: 7/15 – 7/21
July 15 Some 50,000 lumberjacks strike for 8-hour day - 1917 Ralph Gray, an African-American sharecropper and leader of the Share Croppers Union, is murdered in Camp Hill, Ala. - 1931 A half-million steelworkers begin what is to become a 116-day strike that...
This Week in Labor History: 7/8 – 7/14
July 08 First anthracite coal strike in U.S. - 1842 Labor organizer Ella Reeve "Mother" Bloor born on Staten Island, N.Y. Among her activities: investigating child labor in glass factories and mines, and working undercover in meat packing plants to verify for...