by AFT | Jun 12, 2020 | Hot Topics
Dear Colleagues, “‘Defunding the police’ is not as scary (or even as radical) as it sounds, and engaging on this topic is necessary if we are going to achieve the kind of public safety we need.”* Tonight at 6:00pm, Pillars of the Community is holding a webinar...
by AFT | Jun 12, 2020 | Hot Topics
AFT Guild, Local 1931 Stands Committed to Fight for Racial Justice on Our Campuses and in Our Community In the immediate aftermath of the George Floyd murder, we shared the National AFT and CFT statements of outrage and solidarity with the protests against...
by AFT | Jun 9, 2020 | Hot Topics
Jim Mahler From today’s LA Times: The coronavirus shutdown is widening the racial divide in unemployment numbers across the U.S. Black Americans saw their jobless claims rise to a staggering 16.8%, up a notch from 16.7% in April, according to the most recent jobs...
by AFT | Jun 9, 2020 | Hot Topics
Dear Colleagues, As the pressure builds for campuses and offices to re-open, we want to be sure this is done in a careful and thoughtful way with the health and safety of our employees and students being our number one concern. To this end, your AFT Guild Executive...
by AFT | Jun 8, 2020 | Hot Topics
We’re calling for a national overhaul of police practices The AFT has joined the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and hundreds of other organizations in sending a letter to Congress demanding it create a federal standard for when police officers can use...
