By Robert Reich 15 June 11 Why the Republican war on workers' rights undermines the American economy. he battle has resumed in Wisconsin. The state supreme court has allowed Governor Scott Walker to strip bargaining rights from state workers. Meanwhile, governors and...

By Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog 15 July 11 ecently I debated a conservative Republican who insisted the best way to revive the American economy was to shrink the size of government. When I asked him to explain his logic he said, simply, "government is the source...

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...