Dear Colleagues, In conjunction with the Guild’s Retiree Chapter, please join us next Friday, September 16th at the AFT Guild office to hand write postcards to be sent out to low propensity voters to encourage them to turn out and vote. Drop in any time from...
AFT Guild Sponsored Student Loan Debt Forgiveness Program Webinar (09/08/2022)
Dear AFT Guild Members, In case you missed our previous webinars on this topic, we have two follow-up presentations led by CFT Organizers Jessica Conte and Erin Conley. (These will not be recorded as this subject matter is constantly changing.) Tuesday, September...
Urge Governor Newsom to Increase the Workload Cap for Part-Time Faculty to 85% (09/08/2022)
Dear Colleagues, Please take a moment and urge Governor Newsom to sign AB 1856, which would formally increase the workload cap available to part-time faculty from 67% up to 85% of a full-time faculty workload in California’s community colleges. Under the current law,...
You Deserve a Fair Retirement – Eliminate the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset (09/08/2022)
Everyone deserves a secure retirement, especially those who have devoted their careers to public service. Now that Congress has returned from its August recess after Labor Day, it has an opportunity to reverse two changes to Social Security that make everyday life...
AFT Guild Meeting October 6
AFT Guild Fall 2022 1st Edition of Get Active! (08/29/2022)
Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to offer you the first Fall 2022 edition of Get Active for your reading pleasure here: https://aftguild.org/get-active. This edition features an “In Focus” piece by AFT Guild VP Jim Miller, “Building Back our On Campus Communities...
Emergency Assistance Needed for Adjunct Faculty Member (08/17/2022)
Dear Colleagues, One of our adjunct faculty members lost her apartment and pretty much everything in it due to a fire. Fortunately, she and her dog escaped unharmed. The Guild is providing assistance and she also has started a GoFundMe page for others to donate....
Social Media Blitz for Adjunct Healthcare Trailer Bill (07/26/2022)
Hello All, I hope you are well. For our social media blitz, a new post is ready to be shared on all 3 platforms (bit.ly/PTHCsocialmedia). Here are two ongoing links for the social media blitz to support trailer bill advocacy: doc with links and instructions (fresh...
2022-23 State Budget Update (06/30/2022)
Dear AFT Guild Members, The Legislature and Governor Newsom reached a deal for the FY 2022-23 state budget over the past weekend. The legislature will be voting on a set of budget bills in the coming weeks, including more than two dozen trailer bills included in the...
REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE AND GENDER EQUALITY (06/24/2022)
Dear Colleagues, In light of today’s US Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade I am re-sending the resolution we had previously passed regarding our support of reproductive justice and gender equality: RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE AND GENDER...