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This Week in Labor History – November 13
This Week in Labor History November 13 A total of 259 miners died in the underground Cherry Mine fire. As a result of the disaster, Illinois established stricter safety regulations and in 1911, the basis for the state’s Workers Compensation Act was passed - 1909. A...
CFT Scholarships for High School Students and Continuing College Students
Raoul Teilhet Scholarships for High School Students and Continuing College Students The CFT offers scholarships to high school seniors and college students who are children or dependents of CFT members in good standing. Students enrolled in four-year courses of...
Get Your Tickets Now! – AFT Guild 30th Anniversary Celebration -December 9th!
Take a Hike with your AFT Colleagues on Veterans Day!
Dear Colleagues, Your AFT Guild will be sponsoring a hike this Saturday, Veterans Day, November 11th, from 9-12. Please join us for a beautiful, moderate hike! We’ll hike a lovely trail in Mission Trails Regional Park. (No killer hills, no...
VEBA Alert: Don’t Tax My Health Care
From: VEBA Communications <VEBACommunications@mcgregorinc.com> Subject: VEBA Alert: Don't Tax My Health Care Date: November 7, 2017 at 2:30:59 PM PST To: VEBA Communications <VEBACommunications@mcgregorinc.com> Dear California Schools VEBA Leader:...
This Week in Labor History – November 06
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;...
General Meeting -Thursday Nov 2, 2017
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
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...
Make It Fair Community Town Hall, Wed, Nov. 1, 6:00-8:00pm
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...