New flier Your AFT Guild, the San Diego Labor Council, and thousands of working families stand behind Councilmember David Alvarez for San Diego Mayor. The February 11th election for San Diego’s next mayor is critical for working families. There are major...
Labor Council Hiring Canvassers for Get Out The Vote (GOTV) Weekend
If you know of anyone interested in applying to work these hours below, please contact them at the phone number or email listed below. Begin forwarded message: From: Kirsten Clemons Subject: Labor Council Hiring Canvassers for Get Out The Vote Weekend Date: January...
Adjunct Faculty Unemployment Benefits/Emergency Assistance
Dear Adjunct Faculty Members, During the break between semesters, you are eligible to apply for unemployment benefits, even if you have an assignment in the spring. To receive the maximum benefit, applications should be submitted immediately following the completion...
AFT Spring 2014 Flex Week Activities
Please see the attached flyer for the Professional Development workshops your AFT Guild will be sponsoring this week and next.
We did it! Alvarez makes the run-off!
Thanks to all of your help and support, our endorsed candidate David Alvarez made it into the run-off for Mayor of San Diego with a cushion of 2,638 votes, despite an abysmally low voter turnout overall of only 35% of registered voters. Alvarez will face the top...
Honoring Jim Mahler at ICWJ’s Voices for Justice Fiesta de Quinceañera!
As you can see, the Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice is honoring our own Jim Mahler at their 15th Anniversary Voices for Justice gala on December 4th from 5:30-8:30. This organization is amazing—it helps our community’s most vulnerable people give voice to...
#WalkTheVote: Support David Alvarez for Mayor of San Diego!
There are just 6 days left to get out the vote for San Diego's next mayor: Councilmember David Alvarez! The special election for mayor of San Diego is next Tuesday, November 19th and the AFT endorsed candidate David Alvarez is in a dead heat with Nathan Fletcher to...
Working Families Poll-Alvarez and Fletcher Virtually Tied in Mayor’s race
Colleagues, Below please find a copy of the latest poll results that shows Alvarez and Fletcher virtually tied for second place in the mayor's race. (Note the contrast in this real poll to the automated robot-driven poll the UT released earlier.) Bottom line, we need...
CFT Part-Timer Newsletter: Available Now Online
Attention Part-Time Faculty Members, A hard copy of the CFT Part-Time Faculty Newsletter is on its way to your campus mailbox, but in the meantime you can view it here:...
Zombies for Responsible Government, Opposing Nathan Fletcher for Mayor
Just in time for Halloween, please check out this short video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWI7sEX3ME8&feature=youtu.be More info here: http://zombiesforresponsiblegovernment.com/ (and another video J) Please distribute widely. Jim