Dear Colleagues, The last edition of our AFT Guild's Get Active for this academic year is now posted. In this series of posts you will find: *An “In Focus” piece by AFT VP Kelly Mayhew: “AFT Members Step Up in the Midst of the COVID-19 Crisis and Stand Ready to Help...
Tell Governor Newsom: We can no longer afford the failed Calbrightexperiment (2020/05/12)
Dear Colleagues, Tell Governor Newsom: We can no longer afford the failed Calbright College experiment With California facing an unprecedented budget crisis, we can no longer afford the failed experiment of Calbright College. Now is the time to take the critical...
California Community Colleges File Federal Lawsuit overImplementation of Emergency COVID-19 Student Assistance (05/12/2020)
Begin forwarded message: From: Chancellor's Office of Communications <Communications@CCCCO.edu> Subject: Press Release: California Community Colleges File Federal Lawsuit over Implementation of Emergency COVID-19 Student Assistance Date: May 12, 2020 at...
CFT Press Release and Analysis on Projected $54 billion California Budget Deficit (05/08/2020)
Dear Colleagues, Please click here to read the press release CFT sent out yesterday afternoon regarding the record setting state budget deficit the Department of Finance (DoF) is predicting. Also, attached is CFT’s analysis of the DoF’s report which I highly recommend...
AFT Guild Union Meeting Thursday, May 7th – in the comfort of your own home! (05/05/2020)
Dear AFT Guild Members, Our last AFT Guild meeting of this academic will be held this Thursday, May 7th beginning at 3:00pm via Zoom (see connection details below). Attached is the tentative agenda for this Thursday's meeting. Please let me know if you have any items...
AFT Launches Landmark Plan to Safely Reopen America’s Schools and Communities (04/30/2020)
Dear Colleagues, Below please find a statement from the AFT National with their recommendations on how to move forward to safely re-open our schools and communities. I would appreciate receiving any feedback you might have either on this proposal or any other thoughts...
History of May Day Presentation (04/30/2020)
Colleagues, Please share broadly, including with students. Fred’s presentation is a great history on the origins of May Day. From: Fred Glass <fglasscft@gmail.com> Subject: Hear my talk on the history of May Day, the Red Holiday Date: April 27, 2020 at 10:38:13...
4/28 Unemployment Insurance update (04/29/2020)
Dear Colleagues, Please forward this information to any friends or family members who may fall into this group. If you are still working for the District, you likely will not qualify until your District assignment ends. In Unity, Jim Subject: 4/28 Unemployment...
Rent Strike this May Day (04/28/2020)
Dear Colleagues, May 1st is International Workers’ Day, and if not for the current COVID-19 crisis, labor councils and community groups would be in the streets this Friday celebrating May Day and pushing for labor rights. This year, while there will be no march or...
Webinar: The Impact of COVID19 on International Students and Scholars (04/24/2020 )
From: "Patricia Cook, Higher Education" <pcook@aft.org> Subject: Webinar: The Impact of COVID19 on International Students and Scholars 4/24/2020 Date: April 20, 2020 at 8:59:51 AM PDT To: "Nicole Hochsprung, AFT Higher Education" <nhochsprung@aft.org> Cc:...