This Week in Labor History September 18 The Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU) is formally founded at an Ohio convention, during a period of serious corruption in the union. Two years earlier at an IBT convention in Las Vegas, a union reform leader who...

Dear Faculty and Classified Staff Colleagues,   Your AFT Guild has created a professional development course through SDSU College of Extended Studies for Guild members.  The details are below.  You may enroll for TWO UNITS, which may be used for salary...

Dennis, As you know, Hurricane Irma hit Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Florida in the last few days, and its unprecedented wind and rain caused flooding, damaged homes and schools, and left millions without power—and the storm is not yet over. Our leaders...

  This Week in Labor History September 11 Some 75,000 coal miners in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia end a 10-week strike after winning an 8-hour day, semi-monthly pay, and the abolition of overpriced company-owned stores, where they had been forced to shop....

Call Your Reps to vote NO on AB 726 & AB 813 Climate Warriors, We need your help today! SDG&E engaged in last-minute backroom dealmaking to freeze our energy freedom and deny families the choice of their energy provider. Our friends at Center for Climate...

Dear Colleagues, I am informed by the national AFT office that there is no local capacity in Houston to distribute or store clothes or other types of hard goods.  They do have a need for school supplies, but they prefer cash donations which you can send by clicking...

Dear Colleagues, As I am sure you are well aware, last Tuesday the President decided to make the cruel and heartless decision to eliminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that protects more than 800,000 young, undocumented immigrants brought...

Dear Colleagues,   Have you been wondering how you can help the people that have been negatively impacted by Hurricane Harvey?  How about we put together a care package with donated items from all of us and send it to the relief efforts in the City of Houston!...

Dear CFT Members,   The California Federation of Teachers strongly condemns the Trump administration’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which threatens the future of 800,000 young immigrants brought to the United States...

Dear Colleagues, Please see the two attachments below for details on this year’s zero percent interest computer loans, a benefit negotiated by our union. Please let me know if you have any questions. Good luck if you apply! Jim Computer Purchase Guidelines Computer...