AFT Guild Launches New “Get Active” Website

Dear AFT Guild Members, Your AFT Guild, Local 1931 is happy to announce our new “Get Active” site which is replacing our old paper and electronic newsletters with what we hope is a better format.  Included in this initial version is: *A special “In Focus” essay by...

New AFT/GCCCD Contract Info. on Guild Website

To: Grossmont Faculty <GrossmontFaculty@gcccd.edu>, Cuyamaca Faculty <CuyamacaFaculty@gcccd.edu>   Dear GCCCD AFT Guild Members, I just wanted to let everyone know that the new contract and salary schedules have been posted on our website on this...

This Week in Labor History: 2/11 – 2/17

Solidarity Read of the Week How Black Activists Shaped the Labor Movement MLKs emphasis on supporting striking workers helped to illustrate just how firmly enmeshed the labor movement was with the greater struggle for civil rights. Click here to read the article....

CFT to celebrate its 100th Anniversary at Convention 2019

Dear AFT Guild Members:   The 77th Annual Convention of the California Federation of Teachers will be held at the  Millennium Biltmore in Los Angeles commencing Friday, March 22nd, 2019 at 10:00 AM and continuing through Sunday, March 24th, 2019 until 1:00 PM....

This Week in Labor History: 2/4 – 2/10

February 04 The Ohio legislature authorizes construction of the 249-mile Miami and Erie Canal, to connect Toledo to Cincinnati. Local historians say "Irish immigrants, convicts and local farmers used picks, shovels and wheelbarrows," at 30 cents per day, to construct...

Scholarship Opportunities – Please announce to students

Dear AFT Guild Members, Please announce the following two scholarship opportunities to any students who you think might benefit: 1)  Students for Economic Justice summer fellowship is a paid $15-an-hour intensive 6-week fulltime employment opportunity. Application is...

Ratification Voting: GCCCD Faculty-New Union Contract!

Dear GCCCD AFT Guild Members,   As I announced on January 16th and discussed during our professional development week presentation last week, we have reached a tentative agreement with the District on a new faculty contract which will run from January 1, 2019...