Dear AFT Guild Members, Earlier this semester I sent you an announcement of the launch of the Substack, The Jumping-Off Place: Politics, Labor, Culture, San Diego which has been growing steadily over the last three months since its inception in March. Over that...
Join the AFT Guild Artificial Intelligence Sub-Committee!
Dear AFT Guild Members, Generative Artificial Intelligence has already dramatically transformed Higher Education and things are only getting started. Furthermore, administrators from the state on down are actively pushing AI as the solution to a variety of problems....
AFT National Convention, July 22-25, 2024
Dear AFT Guild Members: The 88th Biennial Convention of the American Federation of Teachers will be held at the at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas, commencing Monday, July 22nd and continuing through Thursday, July 25th, 2024. All AFT Guild...
Opinion: May Day still has significance to our workforce in San Diego. Here’s how.
By Jim Miller Community voices contributor April 30, 2024 3:10 PM PT Miller is a local author, professor at San Diego City College, and vice president for the American Federation of Teachers, Local 1931. He lives in Golden Hill. May 1 is International Workers’ Day, a...
AFT Guild Union Meeting this Thursday, May 2nd – César Chávez Campus
Dear AFT Guild Members, Our last Union meeting of this academic year will be held this Thursday, May 2nd, beginning at 3:00pm on the rooftop of the César Chávez Campus. The address is 1901 Main Street and there are two levels of parking inside the building. It’s a...
The Ghosts of American Labor’s Radical Past Speak Volumes About Our Future
Jumping-Off Place Launch Celebration and Screening of American Socialist: The Life and Times of Eugene Debs, Sunday, May 5th at 4:00 at the Digital Gym By AFT Guild Political Action VP Jim Miller This coming Sunday, May 5th at 4 PM, the Jumping-Off Place will...
May 5th Jumping-Off Place Launch: Labor, Literature, and Film
May Day March – May 1st @ 4 PM
Dear Colleagues, Please turn out if you can or at least sign their petition! In Solidarity, Jim Jim Mahler, President AFT Guild, Local 1931 Begin forwarded message: From: SDICLC <sdiclc@unionyes.org> Subject: May Day March - May 1st @ 4 PM Date: April 29, 2024...
AFT Guild 26th Annual Retiree Brunch – Sunday, May 19th
Dear AFT Guild Members, I am pleased to invite you to join us for our 26th Annual Retiree Brunch honoring our retirees from the current year. Please find the details for this event below, and note that the ticket prices are greatly reduced from the actual cost for...
Annual Update of Dr. Kelly Mayhew’s “Gender Timeline”
Dear Colleagues, The Reproductive Rights and Gender Equality Committee cordially invites you to our annual update of Dr. Kelly Mayhew's "Gender Timeline." Dr. Mayhew, Professor of English and Gender Studies at San Diego City College, has maintained this timeline that...