This Week in Labor History November 06 French transport worker and socialist Eugene Pottier dies in Paris at age 71. In 1871 he authored “L’Internationale,” the anthem to international labor solidarity, the first verse of which begins: "Stand up, damned of the Earth;...

Dear Colleagues, Our next AFT Guild General Membership meeting will be held this Thursday, November 2nd, 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...

This Week in Labor History October 30 Ed Meese, attorney general in the Ronald Reagan administration, urges employers to begin spying on workers "in locker rooms, parking lots, shipping and mail room areas and even the nearby taverns" to try to catch them using drugs...

Dear Colleagues,   Please consider attending the Make it Fair Community Town Hall next Wednesday, November 1st, at City College, in the MS building, room MS 140 to learn more about how closing the Proposition 13 tax loophole could help boost education in...

Dear Colleagues, Your union is launching an informal happy hour series of lectures entitled “Thirsty Thursdays.”  Bring your friends and join us for good drink, good food, and informed discussion on the issues of the day with your colleagues. Our inaugural event of...

Dear AFT Guild Union Members,   All AFT Guild members and their family members are invited to join us at our Homebuyer Workshop to learn how you can benefit from homeownership. Our Wells Fargo Home Mortgage consultants will present the fundamentals of buying and...

Dear Adjunct Faculty AFT Guild Members:   Due to circumstances beyond our control, we need to re-schedule the panel workshop originally scheduled for this Friday at Cuyamaca College.  Stay tuned for the new date.  Our other upcoming workshops are still on the...

This Week in Labor History October 23 President Theodore Roosevelt establishes a fact-finding commission that suspends a nine-months-long strike by Western Pennsylvania coal miners fighting for better pay, shorter workdays and union recognition.  The strikers ended up...

Dear Colleagues, Your union is launching an informal happy hour series of lectures entitled “Thirsty Thursdays.”  Bring your friends and join us for good drink, good food, and informed discussion on the issues of the day with your colleagues. Our inaugural event of...

Dear Colleagues,   CFT has made its popular “Organize. Resist." t-shirts available again through a new online ordering system. You are able to order the styles and sizes you want and pay online. The t-shirts are shipped directly to you.   This was announced...