June 18 Union and civil rights leader A. Philip Randolph and others meet with President Roosevelt about a proposed July 1 March on Washington to protest discrimination in war industries. A week later, Roosevelt orders that the industries desegregate - 1941 June 19...
This Week in Labor History: 6/11 – 6/17
June 11 Representatives from the AFL, Knights of Labor, populists, railroad brotherhoods and other trade unions hold a unity conference in St. Louis but fail to overcome their differences - 1894 Police shoot at maritime workers striking United Fruit Co. in New...
Final State Budget includes Online College and Performance Based Funding
Dear Colleagues, Despite all of our Herculean efforts to defeat the Governor’s wrongheaded proposals on the Online College and Performance Based Funding, both have survived to make it into the final budget. Although both proposals have been modified...
Adjunct Faculty Unemployment Benefits/Emergency Assistance-End of SPRING SEMESTER
From: Jim Mahler Subject: Adjunct Faculty Unemployment Benefits/Emergency Assistance-End of SPRING SEMESTER Date: May 24, 2017 at 9:23:26 PM PDT Dear Adjunct Faculty AFT Members, As the spring semester comes to a close, you should be aware that you are eligible...
Mahler – SF Chronicle Op Ed
Dear Colleagues, The San Francisco Chronicle picked up my Op-Ed opposing the Governor’s new community college funding formula proposal: https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/Governor-s-proposed-community-college-funding-12976991.php Governor’s...
This Week in Labor History: 6/4 – 6/10
June 04 Massachusetts becomes the first state to establish a minimum wage - 1912 The House of Representatives approves the Taft-Hartley Act. The legislation allows the president of the United States to intervene in labor disputes. President Truman vetoed the law but...
Guild Sweeps all 8 Targeted Board Races!
Dear Colleagues, I’m pleased to report that all eight Guild endorsed and supported Governing Board candidates placed first in yesterday’s primary election! Our two County Board of Education candidates were outright winners, while our other six candidates all...
Election day is Today, June 5th!
Dear Colleagues, Below please find our recommendations for the June 2018 primary election: 1) Your AFT Guild recommendations for our local Governing Board races; 2) Recommendations from the San Diego-Imperial Counties Labor Council on other...
Need Your Calls! Opposition to Online College and new Funding Formula
Dear Colleagues, We are down to the final 2-3 days of the budget negotiations in the Capitol! Please take a moment of your time and make the two calls listed below. We need large numbers of members calling in at this point. All you need to say is:...
June 2018 Primary Election Recommendations
Election day is next Tuesday, June 5th! Dear Colleagues, Below please find our recommendations for the June 2018 primary election: 1) Your AFT Guild recommendations for our local Governing Board races; 2) Recommendations from the San Diego-Imperial...