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...

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...