Dear AFT Guild Members,   This is a reminder of our new “Get Active” site which is replacing our old paper and electronic newsletters with what we hope is a better format.  Included in our second installment is:   The latest “In Focus,”AFT’s Ian Duckles and...

April 01 Many believe that Cincinnati on this day became the first U.S. city to pay fire fighters a regular salary. Others say no, it was Boston, back in 1678, exact date unknown - 1853 United Mine Workers of America win 8-hour day - 1898 San Francisco laundry workers...

March 25 Toronto printers strike for the 9-hour day in what is believed to be Canada’s first major strike - 1872 First “Poor People’s March” on Washington, in which jobless workers demanded creation of a public works program. Led by populist Jacob Coxey, the 500 to...

March 18 Six laborers in Dorset, England—the “Tolpuddle Martyrs”—are banished to the Australian penal colony for seven years for forming a union, the Friendly Society of Agricultural Labourers. Some 800,000 residents of the United Kingdom signed petitions calling for...

Dear AFT Guild Members, Just a friendly reminder of our next Thirsty Thursday event - March 14th.  There will be a full food and drink menu available at the event.  See flier below for more details. We are very fortunate to have labor activist Ken Seaton-Msemaji...

Influence Inside and Outside the Workplace For every employee, both those in the public and private sector, what goes on in the world of politics has a direct connection to the union’s ability to advance and protect the members’ interests. Legislatures pass and...

Dear AFT Guild Members,   Just a friendly reminder of our next Thirsty Thursday event coming up in five days.  There will be a full food and drink menu available at the event. We are very fortunate to have labor activist Ken Seaton-Msemaji available to share his...

Dear AFT Guild Members,   Our next AFT Guild Union Meeting will be held this Thursday, March 7th beginning at 3:00pm at at Mesa College in the Mesa Commons, room MC-211 A/B.  There is parking available along the street in front of the MC building, and there is...

Union Organizing in the Early Days Almost all current union members were hired into an already represented workplace. But while you personally may have played no role in unionizing your place of work, you can’t assume that those who did had an easy time of it. In the...