What your AFT Guild, Local 1931 is doing to support the Wisconsin workers and the 14 courageous Democratic Senators who have prevented the stripping of collective bargaining rights for public sector employees: 1)  We wrote to each of the 14 Democratic Senators (click...

February 22, 2011 Like a wind-whipped brush fire, the mass union protests that began in Madison, Wis., last week have spread to the capitals of Ohio and Indiana where Republican lawmakers also are trying to cripple the bargaining power of unions — and ultimately...

By PAUL KRUGMAN Last week, in the face of protest demonstrations against Wisconsin’s new union-busting governor, Scott Walker — demonstrations that continued through the weekend, with huge crowds on Saturday — Representative Paul Ryan made an unintentionally apt...

Annalyn Censky, staff reporter, On Wednesday February 16, 2011, 4:30 pm EST Are you better off than your parents? Probably not if you're in the middle class. Incomes for 90% of Americans have been stuck in neutral, and it's not just because of the Great Recession....

Colleagues, AFT Local 1931’s Jim Miller, our VP of Political Action/Community Outreach, was nominated to be an AFT Everyday Hero and he made it into the finals!  Please click on the link on the bottom of this email to vote for him.  Voting goes from...

Dear Mesa College AFT Members, With the advent of the new decade, we are starting twice per semester AFT site meetings at each campus. Our goal is to establish a permanent AFT liaison council at each campus, with one contract faculty member and one adjunct faculty...

Dear AFT Guild Members: The 69th Annual Convention of the California Federation of Teachers will be held at the Manhattan Beach Marriot commencing Friday, March 18th, 2011 at 10:00 AM and continuing through Sunday, March 20th, 2011 until 1:00 PM. All AFT Guild members...

Dear Faculty Colleagues, As you are inundated with student requests to add your classes, you may want to consider sending the message below to all of your students, or using this text as a permanent out of office reply on your email.  (Thanks to Lyn Neylon at Cuyamaca...

Dear SDCCD Colleagues, Just a friendly reminder that our AFT luncheon and meeting will be held tomorrow, Friday, from 12:00–1:30 in the Mesa College Cafeteria. Come and have a great lunch, in addition to hearing the latest news regarding upcoming negotiations, local...

Please try to make it.  It's just two hours of your time for a good cause. From: "Elizabeth Newman" <enewman@unionyes.org> Date: January 12, 2011 1:57:06 PM PST Subject: Join Us Monday for a Day of Service in Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In honor of Dr....