April 19th – next AFT Thirsty Thursday – Please RSVP

Dear AFT Guild Union Members,   Come join us on Thursday, April 19th for an awesome happy hour from 5-6:30pm at Bull's Smokin' BBQ on Morena Boulevard! This upcoming Thirsty Thursday event will quench your thirst for camaraderie with your colleagues while...

KPCC Report on Online College

Faculty union says they don't want a new online community college   Adolfo Guzman-Lopez | April 12, 2018 Community college faculty are raising their voices in opposition to the creation of a new online community college. That opposition has extended from...

International Workers’ Day – May Day Planning

Dear AFT Guild Members, Our sponsored May Day events last year were a rousing success!  On some campuses our May Day event was one of the most active and student-engaging events on the campus in years.  We had literally hundreds of students, staff, faculty, and...

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...