Dear Colleagues, I am writing to request that you take a few minutes to write a letter of support for Assembly Bill 463 – the CFT-sponsored community college part-time faculty student debt bill. The bill still remains on the governor’s desk. We need as many letters as...
FACCC/CFT Legislative Advocacy Forum at Mesa College, G-101 – 10/25
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Your action needed on AB 500 – Paid Maternity Leave
Urge Governor Newsom to sign AB 500 – Paid maternity leave for teachers and school workers Please take a moment to send a letter to Governor Newsom today, urging him to sign Assembly Bill 500 (Gonzalez, D-San Diego) and stand with educators and support staff who wish...
September 20th Student Climate Strike
Dear Colleagues (please also share with your students), This Friday, September 20th, is the Global Climate Strike inspired by the climate activism of Greta Thunberg, the 16-year old Swedish teenager who spurred a movement by sitting down in front of the Swedish...
Reminder: Chicano Park Tour – only two spaces left for this Saturday!
Chicano Park Tour Dear AFT Guild Members, As a benefit of your Guild membership, we have scheduled tours of Chicano Park with renown Chicano artist, Mario Torero. We will have the opportunity to tour the numerous murals and learn about the little-known history...
AFT Guild “Get Active” Fall 2019 Edition
Dear AFT Guild Members, The first Fall 2019 edition of AFT "Get Active" has just been released. In this series of posts you will find: *A special "In Focus" piece on the national wave of teacher activism and its broader implications: “Teachers are Rising and...
Chicano Park Tour
Dear AFT Guild Members, As a benefit of your Guild membership, we have scheduled tours of Chicano Park with renown Chicano artist, Mario Torero. We will have the opportunity to tour the numerous murals and learn about the little-known history of the local...
AFT Guild Union Meeting: Thursday, September 5th – North City Center
Dear AFT Guild Union Members, Our first meeting of this academic year will be held this Thursday, September 5th beginning at 3:00pm at our North City Center meeting location: North City Center, 8355 Aero Dr., San Diego, 92123. There is ample parking in the parking...
Yes, America Is Rigged Against Workers
No other industrial country treats its working class so badly. And there’s one big reason for that. By Steven Greenhouse Mr. Greenhouse writes about labor. The United States is the only advanced industrial nation that doesn’t have national laws guaranteeing paid...
Labor Day 2019: Unions Weather the Storm and Look to Build a Brighter Future
by Jim Miller, AFT Guild, Local 1931 Political Action VP These last few years have been particularly challenging times for the American Labor movement as we’ve faced everything from a host of anti-labor policies coming from Washington to a Supreme Court decision...