Colleagues, For those of you who are CalPERS members, you will soon be receiving a ballot at your home address for the runoff election for the CalPERS Board seat. Both CFT and CSEA have endorsed Michael Bilbrey for this CalPERS Board seat. Michael Bilbrey has been a...

California State Budget Fight Campaign TAKE A NIGHT TO PHONE BANK TO SAVE JOBS & SERVICES June 6th-15th Stop the Cuts - Fight for JOBS, JOBS, JOBS! The target date for a new state budget is June 15th. In order to stave off even more devastating cuts to jobs,...

Colleagues, Our last AFT Union meeting of this academic year will be held this Thursday, May 19th, beginning at 3:00pm at the DoubleTree Hotel in Mission Valley. Click here to view the tentative agenda for the meeting.  Please let me know if you have any other items...

Dear Colleagues, This week is a statewide CTA/CFT week of action.  We will be standing with our students and part-time colleagues who have been hurt the most by the budget cuts with the cancellation of summer school and fall/spring classes.   Please join our students...

Dear Mesa College Colleagues, We will be holding our AFT Mesa College Department Liaison meeting on Thursday, May 12th, from 3:00pm-4:30pm in room H-117/118.  If your department and/or work area does not have a classified staff member or both a contract and an adjunct...

Dear Colleagues, This week is a statewide CTA/CFT week of action.  We will be sending you information about the campaign to get tax extensions passed and to promote progressive tax reform such as AB 1130 which would increase taxes on the top 1% of wage earners (those...

Monday Briefings... 1)  Our annual AFT End of Year Celebration/Retiree Brunch will be held at 11:00am on Sunday, May 15th, at Humphrey's on Shelter Island.  Join your colleagues for a fantastic brunch while we honor our retirees.  Tickets go fast-this event sells out...

Dear Colleagues, For Fall 2011 Staff Development, AFT wants to help instructors better use the technology available in their classrooms to improve student learning and their evaluations. We are looking for presenters who can do the following: provide a powerpoint...

Colleagues, CFT committees play a crucial role in the development and implementation of CFT policy. Committee members are chosen from all segments of the CFT from pre-school to the University of California.  Committee members are appointed for...

May Day is celebrated around the world as International Workers' Day.  On May 1st, join us as we honor the work of all workers and continue the fight to protect workers' rights! May Day Rally Sunday, May 1st at 3 p.m. Civic Center Plaza, San Diego There are a few May...