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...
UPDATE: AFT Guild Survey on Student Masking and Vaccination Requirements (06/21/2022)
Dear AFT Guild Members, As described in my email dated May 16th, 2022 below, during the period of May 16-26, 2022 we hired an outside firm to conduct a random poll of our members in order to ascertain how they felt about the District considering changing its policies...
Enroll in Global Issues (Geog 101) this summer online via Grossmont College (05/26/2022)
Knowledge: The First Step to Addressing Global Issues Enroll in Global Issues (Geog 101) this summer online via Grossmont College AFT Guild Executive Council Member and Professor of Geography Judd Curran will be offering this social justice-based course focusing on...
AFT Guild Survey on Student Masking and Vaccination Requirements (05/16/2022)
Dear AFT Guild Members, As I’m sure many of you are well aware, vaccination and masking policies in our community as they relate to students continue to evolve with the ups and downs of the corona virus. For this current spring semester, the District currently has a...
Raoul Teilhet Scholarships Bring the Benefit of Union Membership to Your Family (05/11/2022)
Dear AFT Guild Members, Through this benefit of membership, the CFT has helped hundreds of students reach their higher education goals by awarding them Raoul Teilhet The CFT offers scholarships to high school seniors and continuing college students who are children...