Immigrant Girl, Radical Woman By Matilda Rabinowitz Immigrant Girl, Radical Woman is an illustrated memoir that challenges assumptions about the lives of early twentieth-century women. Radicalized by her experience as a young immigrant worker in U.S....

Dear Colleagues, Your AFT Guild is working hard to provide you with the information and training you need by expanding your options for professional development. In order to help us achieve this goal, we need a little bit of information from you! The 4-question survey...

AFT to Trump: Meet with us to talk about how to make schools safe The AFT sent an open letter to President Trump yesterday asking him to meet with our leaders to ensure that schools are safe sanctuaries and to listen to our concerns about arming teachers. "I hope that...

I don’t write emails to our full membership and activist community often, but the Janus v. AFSCME U.S. Supreme Court case warrants it. The case is challenging the 45-year-old precedent that 23 states have used to determine wages, hours, and other terms and conditions...

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...

Dear AFT Guild Members,   Our next AFT Guild Union meeting will be held this Thursday, March 1st beginning at 3:00pm at City College, in the MS building which is on the corner of 16th and C Streets downtown.  There is a parking structure in the building.  We will...

  The Supreme Court heard a case this morning (Janus v. AFSCME) brought by the rich and powerful who are trying to take away your freedom to join in union. The American labor movement is a family that will not be pushed around or denied. Working people pave the...

This Week in Labor History February 26 Congress OKs the Contract Labor Law, designed to clamp down on "business agents" who contracted abroad for immigrant labor. One of the reasons unions supported the measure: employers were using foreign workers to fight against...

Dear Colleagues, Just a friendly reminder that the epic Working Peoples Day of Action is coming up this Saturday, February 24th from 3:30-5:00pm at the Convention Center Park East.  Please consider coming out to show your support for unions and workers' rights in the...

This Week in Labor History February 19 American Federation of Labor issues a charter to its new Railroad Employees Department - 1909 A few weeks after workers ask for a 25¢ hourly wage, the Philadelphia Rapid Transit (streetcar) Co. fires 173 union members “for the...