This Week in Labor History: 5/6 – 5/12

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...

Update on Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness Program

Dear AFT Guild Members, If you are an AFT member whose application for the Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness program has been denied and you meet the following criteria: Made 120 payments on their federal student loans; Worked in a public or private school, for...

Re: Participating in May Day activities today?

Participating in May Day activities today or wearing #RedforED? Share them with us! Post on your page or ours with the hashtags #AFTGuild1931 #MayDaySD #WorkersUnited Facebook, Twitter, Instagram: @AFTGuild1931   Reminder:  May Day March Kickoff: 3:30pm at Thomas...

Participating in May Day activities today

Participating in May Day activities today or wearing #RedforED? Share them with us! Post on your page or ours with the hashtags #AFTGuild1931 #MayDaySD #WorkersUnited Facebook, Twitter, Instagram: @AFTGuild1931   Reminder:  May Day March Kickoff: 3:30pm at Thomas...

Labor Exhibit at the San Diego REP theater

Dear Colleagues, In case you need more motivation to attend our May Day rally tomorrow, please see the information below regarding the play Sweat now showing at the San Diego Rep.  Also, if you scroll further down, you can see a sample of the labor posters they have...

Join San Diego Labor TOMORROW – May 1st

Dear Colleagues, Tomorrow is the big May Day march with the San Diego Labor Council and our community allies.  Why does this matter for labor?  By remembering the forgotten history of American workers we both honor their legacy and understand that our current rights...

This Week in Labor History: April 29 – May 5

April 29 Coxey’s Army of 500 unemployed civil war veterans reaches Washington, D.C. - 1894 An estimated one thousand silver miners, angry over low wages, the firing of union members and the planting of spies in their ranks by mineowners, seize a train, load it with...

New Board Members = New Faculty Contract!

Dear GCCCD AFT Members, It is with great pleasure that I am able to announce that subsequent to only two Board meetings after being sworn in, newly elected Board members Linda Cartwright and Brad Monroe provided the needed votes, joining with Debbie Justeson and Elena...