What should post COVID-19 crisis America look like? This summer your national union, the American Federation of Teachers, was thinking big at its biennial convention in late July. Clearly, the activist spirit sweeping the country was in the (virtual) air. Building...
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AFT 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 police brutality. We are pleased that the statewide body of which we are a part has clearly stood with the Black...
The War on the Public Sector is On and We are in the Crosshairs
The battle is on in earnest. Recently, Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell said it out loud: drop dead blue states—and public sector workers in particularly. More specifically, McConnell took a strong stand against providing any more financial relief to devastated...
The American Legislative Exchange Council’s Agenda is on Full Display: Empowering America to Death
At present, it seems like there is no leadership in America. Indeed, as we watch the Trump Administration ignoring their own guidelines as White House aides get sick and the national response slides into a chaotic patchwork quilt of ineffective policies, one might...
AFT 1931 Calls for More Robust Relief and a Just and Transformative Recovery For All Americans and the Environment
AFT 1931 has long supported bold new political and policy initiatives that move beyond lip service to effectively address the two great issues of our age—historic economic inequality and climate change. To that end, AFT 1931 has adopted resolutions that called for...
AFT Intern Lora Mathis Gives Speech on the Need for Change at San Diego’s Virtual Earth Day
The Need for Change By AFT Intern Lora Mathis The fight against the climate change crisis is a fight for the future. Changes in our environment are taking place at an unprecedented rate, and they don’t call for passivity as a response. In the face of the pandemic, we...
AFT Joins the San Diego Green New Deal Alliance in Calling for More Relief and a Just Recovery
For the last several months, a coalition of labor, community, and environmental groups have been meeting to help forge an alliance in support of a local version of the Green New Deal. In the midst of this process, we have all been hit with the COVID-19 crisis, and, as...
Why Do We Pay Dues? SDCCD Trustee and GCCCD AFT Member Craig Milgrim Has One Answer.
At present we are in the midst of the most profound health and economic crisis of our lifetimes. What good can the union do for us in times like these? A lot. As Grossmont College Professor, AFT member, and San Diego Community College District Trustee Craig Milgrim...
Key Wins from Our Contract Settlements
As a result of our last several contract settlements, we have made a lot of big gains for both our classified professional and faculty members. Our AFT Guild negotiating teams worked hard to improve our working conditions on multiple fronts from safety issues, to job...
Union Density in the United States Continues to Decline: What Does this Mean for American Democracy?
If you’ve been paying attention to the news about labor over the last year or so, you’d think we were in an era of a resurgent union movement. We’ve seen a wave of inspiring, militant teachers’ strikes from West Virginia to Los Angeles along with a successful...
