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...
AFT Calls for a National Overhaul of Police Practices (6/08/2020)
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...
Silence is NOT an option… (6/06/2020)
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,...
AFT National Convention, July 28-30, 2020 (6/01/2020)
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,...
Food Pantry NOW OPEN to ALL Families in Need- Donations still needed! (6/01/2020)
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 (5/29/2020)
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...
CFT joins the AFT and Education Minnesota statements on the murder of George Floyd (5/27/2020)
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...
Adjunct Faculty Unemployment Benefits/Emergency Assistance – End of SPRING SEMESTER (5/27/2020)
From: Jim Mahler Subject: Adjunct Faculty Unemployment Benefits/Emergency Assistance-End of SPRING SEMESTER Date: May 26, 2020 at 11:06:10 AM PDT To: Undisclosed recipients:; Dear AFT Guild Adjunct Faculty Members, As the spring semester comes to an end, you should be...
Important COVID-19 Related Contractual Updates GCCCD (05/27/2020)
Dear GCCCD Colleagues, I wanted to share some small, but important, agreements we have reached with the District over the last several weeks in response to the changes in our working conditions brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. These changes will remain in...
Important COVID-19 Related Contractual Updates SDCCD (05/27/2020)
Dear SDCCD Faculty Colleagues, I wanted to share some small, but important, agreements we have reached with the District over the last several weeks in response to the changes in our working conditions brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. These changes will remain in...