Dear Colleagues, Less than 24 hours after we sent out our statement below, yet another black man was needlessly murdered at the hands of the police. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Mr. Brooks’s family, and we ask each of you to do everything in your power to help...

Dear Colleagues, “‘Defunding the police' is not as scary (or even as radical) as it sounds, and engaging on this topic is necessary if we are going to achieve the kind of public safety we need.”* Tonight at 6:00pm, Pillars of the Community is holding a webinar on this...

AFT Guild, Local 1931 Stands Committed to Fight for Racial Justice on Our Campuses and in Our Community   In the immediate aftermath of the George Floyd murder, we shared the National AFT and CFT statements of outrage and solidarity with the protests against...

Jim Mahler From today’s LA Times: The coronavirus shutdown is widening the racial divide in unemployment numbers across the U.S. Black Americans saw their jobless claims rise to a staggering 16.8%, up a notch from 16.7% in April, according to the most recent jobs...

Dear Colleagues, As the pressure builds for campuses and offices to re-open, we want to be sure this is done in a careful and thoughtful way with the health and safety of our employees and students being our number one concern. To this end, your AFT Guild Executive...

We’re calling for a national overhaul of police practices The AFT has joined the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and hundreds of other organizations in sending a letter to Congress demanding it create a federal standard for when police officers can use...

Dear Colleagues, In case you missed it, I wanted to share this excellent piece written by Doug Moore, Executive Director of UDW/AFSCME Local 3930. In Solidarity, Jim Saturday, June 6, 2020 America Must Be Held Accountable for the Original Sin of Slavery By Doug Moore,...

Dear AFT Guild Members: The 86th Biennial Convention of the American Federation of Teachers will be held online July 28-30. The national leadership of the American Federation of Teachers has voted to hold the union’s biennial national convention virtually this year,...

Brothers and Sisters, We are proud to announce, that our Labor Council is opening our City Heights Food Pantry to provide food to ALL local families in need.   Please call 619-321-6851 to make an appointment if you or someone you know is in need. Eight weeks ago, with...

CFT joins the AFT and Education Minnesota statements on the murder of George Floyd AFT President Randi Weingarten, Secretary-Treasurer Lorretta Johnson, and Executive Vice President Evelyn DeJesus issued the following statement after the death of George Floyd, a black...