Social Media Blitz for Adjunct Healthcare Trailer Bill (07/26/2022)
Hello All, I hope you are well. For our social media blitz, a new post is ready to be shared on all 3 platforms (bit.ly/PTHCsocialmedia). Here are two ongoing links for the social media blitz to support trailer bill advocacy: doc with links and instructions (fresh posts every few days): bit.ly/PTHCsocialmedia form for activists to [...]
2022-23 State Budget Update (06/30/2022)
Dear AFT Guild Members, The Legislature and Governor Newsom reached a deal for the FY 2022-23 state budget over the past weekend. The legislature will be voting on a set of budget bills in the coming weeks, including more than two dozen trailer bills included in the budget package. The new budget deal includes record [...]
REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE AND GENDER EQUALITY (06/24/2022)
Dear Colleagues, In light of today’s US Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade I am re-sending the resolution we had previously passed regarding our support of reproductive justice and gender equality: RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE AND GENDER EQUALITY Whereas, the Mission Statement of the American Federation of Teachers Guild, Local 1931 (AFT Local [...]
UPDATE: AFT Guild Survey on Student Masking and Vaccination Requirements (06/21/2022)
Dear AFT Guild Members, As described in my email dated May 16th, 2022 below, during the period of May 16-26, 2022 we hired an outside firm to conduct a random poll of our members in order to ascertain how they felt about the District considering changing its policies regarding student masking and vaccination requirements. We [...]
Enroll in Global Issues (Geog 101) this summer online via Grossmont College (05/26/2022)
Knowledge: The First Step to Addressing Global Issues Enroll in Global Issues (Geog 101) this summer online via Grossmont College AFT Guild Executive Council Member and Professor of Geography Judd Curran will be offering this social justice-based course focusing on issues including the climate crisis, labor and trade, and the importance of Unions in providing a [...]
AFT Guild Survey on Student Masking and Vaccination Requirements (05/16/2022)
Dear AFT Guild Members, As I’m sure many of you are well aware, vaccination and masking policies in our community as they relate to students continue to evolve with the ups and downs of the corona virus. For this current spring semester, the District currently has a policy in place that requires students to be [...]
Raoul Teilhet Scholarships Bring the Benefit of Union Membership to Your Family (05/11/2022)
Dear AFT Guild Members, Through this benefit of membership, the CFT has helped hundreds of students reach their higher education goals by awarding them Raoul Teilhet The CFT offers scholarships to high school seniors and continuing college students who are children or dependents of CFT members in good standing. Students enrolled in four-year courses of study [...]
June 7, 2022 Statewide Direct Primary Election Voter Information (05/10/2022)
***Please distribute widely.*** Dear Colleagues, Attached please find the San Diego Labor Council's election recommendations for the upcoming primary election, which include all of our local Board of Trustee races. If a race is not listed, it is because we have not taken a position in that race (we’re not keeping any secrets-promise). Z Click [...]
Financial Literacy Speaker Series and Financial Opportunity Clinic (05/10/2022)
Dear AFT Guild Members, Please see the attached two fliers regarding the last Financial Literacy Speaker Series of the semester this Thursday, May 12th, and the Financial Opportunity Clinic which will also end this month. This week’s seminar is “Let’s Talk Cars." In Solidarity, Jim Jim Mahler, President AFT Guild, Local 1931 PDF - Full [...]
AFT Guild Union Meeting this Thursday, May 5th – City College (05/04/2022)
Dear AFT Guild Union Members, Just a friendly reminder that our last Union meeting of this academic year will be held in-person this Thursday, May 5th, 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 meet in room MS-140. [...]
The American Federation of Teachers Guild, Local 1931, CFT/AFT, AFL- CIO, is an open, active, vital, member-driven organization serving college and continuing education faculty, classified professionals, and non-academic, non-classified employees in the San Diego Community College District and the college and continuing education faculty of the Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District.
