San Diego Free Speech Fight   During the winter and spring of 1912, members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and their allies in labor and the community engaged in a pitched battle against a city ordinance that banned public speaking in the area...

Remember the Folks Who Brought You the 8-Hour Day? Usually May Day comes and goes with a small march that most people barely notice.  Indeed most Americans don’t know much about May Day and if they do, they associate it with the state sponsored holiday in the former...

Kelly Mayhew and Jim Miller, our amazing Students for Economic Justice (SEJ) advisory board members, are generously hosting a Happy Hour fundraiser at their private residence in support of CPI’s SEJ program! RSVP HERE Since 2000, SEJ has been invested in developing...

Dear Colleagues, I have received several inquiries regarding how exactly to take May 1st off without violating our collective bargaining agreements.  Here’s the skinny: 1)  SDCCD Classified Staff You can use either vacation or comp. time.  Both need to be...

Monday, April 17, 2017 8:45 AM Workers Did Not Always Have It As Easy As We Do Today Workers in the American steel industry, one of the most dangerous in the world, had attempted to organize in 1919.  Their efforts were crushed by a combination of red-baiting,...

Tuesday, April 18, 2017 1:47 PM Click here if we can count on your participation on May 1st! Click here if we can count on your participation on May 1st!

AFT May Day 2017: Social Media Involvment   Below are ways you can start to get involved with AFT May Day and support our students.   The Stand With Students Photo Project #istandwithstudents @istandwithstudents   Our immigrant students, teachers, staff and...

What Is It Really All About? Something special happened in the spring and summer of 1934. Maritime workers who had been considered little more than ignorant roustabouts took history into their own hands. They built a powerful new movement from the ground up, waged a...