This Week in Labor History: April 9 – April 15
April 09, 2018 April 09 IWW organizes the 1,700-member crew of the Leviathan, then the world’s largest vessel - 1930 April 10 Birth date of Frances Perkins, named Secretary of Labor under President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933, becoming the first...
AFT Sponsored Student Loan Debt Clinic-Register Today
Dear Colleagues, In an effort to help our members get access to the loan forgiveness programs, your union, AFT Local 1931, and the national American Federation of Teachers are proud to host a Student Debt Clinic which will provide information on how to enroll...
AFT Guild Union Meeting: Thursday, April 5th – Mesa College
Dear AFT Guild Members, Our next AFT Guild Union meeting will be held this Thursday, April 5th, beginning at 3:00pm 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 also...
This Week in Labor History: April 2 – April 8
April 02, 2018 April 02 The Union Label Trades Department is chartered by the American Federation of Labor. Its mission: promote the products and services produced in America by union members, especially those products identified by a union label, shop card, store...
Marking Martin Luther King’s death with action
Today is the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis, Tenn. AFT officers and members from all over the country are marking the occasion at AFSCME’s I Am conference, working with other union activists to carry King’s work forward. “We...
SDCCD Faculty – Initial Contract Proposal for Period 7/1/18 – 6/30/21
Dear SDCCD Faculty Colleagues, Based on the input we have received from you, and after nearly a year of work from your AFT Guild Executive Council faculty members, I am pleased to present to you an initial draft of what will become our proposal to the District to...
March for Our Lives – March 24th
Colleagues, AFT Guild members will be participating in this march, both here in San Diego and in Orange County at the CFT Convention. If you would like more information or have questions regarding this San Diego event, please contact Wendy Kinsinger...
This Week in Labor History: March 5 – 11
https://unionist.com/blogs/news/this-week-in-labor-history-march-5-11 March 05 British soldiers, quartered in the homes of colonists, took the jobs of working people when jobs were scarce. On this date, grievances of rope makers against the soldiers led to a fight....
AFT Thirsty Thursday Event – March 8th
Dear Colleagues, Our next informal happy hour event “Thirsty Thursday,” will be held on Thursday, March 8th, from 5:00-6:30 at Burning Beard Brewing Company located at 785 Vernon Way, El Cajon, CA 92020 just north of Parkway Plaza. Bring your friends and join us for...