Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to offer you the first Fall 2021 edition of Get Active for your reading pleasure here: https://aftguild.org/get-active. These new pieces include: *This edition features an “In Focus” column by former CFT President Marty Hittleman on the...

Dear Colleagues, As we are all painfully aware, this has been a difficult, stressful period for most of us in dealing with what feels like the never-ending COVID-19 pandemic. We’ve learned new skills, done emergency professional development to address our dramatically...

From: Fair Employment and Housing Council <fehcouncil@DFEH.CA.GOV> Sent: Thursday, July 8, 2021 10:42 AM Subject: Fair Employment and Housing Council - Training on bystander intervention against harassment (Free and open to the public) Click Here to Register...

P.S. Unless the Chancellor decrees that tomorrow is a day off, then I guess it does apply to us… 😎 On Jun 17, 2021, at 4:05 PM, Jim Mahler wrote: Now that President Biden has signed this legislation into law, you can click here for more detailed information on its...

Now that President Biden has signed this legislation into law, you can click here for more detailed information on its passage.  As I noted below, this will not affect state workers in CA (like us) until the state takes separate action. On Jun 17, 2021, at 1:08 PM,...

Dear Colleagues, You might recall that a year ago we circulated a petition asking Congress to make Juneteenth a national holiday. Yesterday, Congress made history by overwhelmingly passing legislation to make Juneteenth a national holiday. The bill now goes to...

Dear Colleagues, This new report referenced below, which CFT had a part in sponsoring, is indeed groundbreaking.  AFT Guild VP Kelly Mayhew is quoted/referenced in the LA Times article below. In Solidarity, Jim By Sammy Roth LA Times Staff Writer June 10, 2021 6 AM PT...

New York Times California By Jill Cowan Good morning.   This week, California set out on a fraught, complicated mission that no other state has attempted: come up with proposals to provide reparations to Black Californians for slavery and centuries of...

Dear Colleagues, Please see the two hour per day, three day, Racial Justice Bootcamp being sponsored by the Labor Council. The facilitator, Bill Fletcher, is a great leader and advocate if you have not had the chance to interact with him. I highly recommend this three...

Dear Colleagues, In case you missed this event but wanted to make a monetary donation, here is the link. Many thanks in advance! In Solidarity, Jim Please do what you can to help out here: