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March 2021
AFT Guild Union Meeting March 4
All will run from 3:00-5:00pm, and all will be via Zoom on the computer. Dear AFT Guild Members, Our next AFT Guild meeting will be held this Thursday, March 4th 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 you would like to see added to the agenda. Looking forward to connecting with you electronically on Thursday! In Solidarity, Jim Jim Mahler, President AFT Guild,…
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AFT Guild Union Meeting April 8
Union Agenda April 2021 Dear AFT Guild Members, Our next AFT Guild meeting will be held this Thursday, April 8th 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 you would like to see added to the agenda. Looking forward to connecting with you electronically on Thursday! In Solidarity, Jim Jim Mahler, President AFT Guild, Local 1931 All will run from 3:00-5:00pm, and all will…
Find out more »Retirement 101 — What I Wish I Had Known When I Was 30
PRESENTER Doug Orr, Chair, CFT Retirement Policy Committee What’s the difference between “defined benefit,” “defined contribution,” and “cash balance” retirement plans? What does CalSTRS offer? What about Social Security, the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP), and the Government Pension Offset (GPO)? What are traditional IRAs, self-directed IRA’s, 403(b) plans, 457 plans, and Roth versions of these plans? What’s an annuity? What can a financial adviser do for you? This session answers all these questions and more. About our webinars When you…
Find out more »Short Documentary on Early Years of Domestic Workers United
Dear AFT Guild Members, Care workers–like nurses, teachers, social workers, domestic workers, etc.–have historically been at the forefront of movements for social justice, although they are seldom given that credit. This three part series will focus on movements of care workers that exemplify how structural disadvantage can be used to leverage collective power and dismantle structures of social inequity. This Friday, April 9th, from 12-1pm we'll meet on Zoom to watch an independently made, short documentary about the early years of Domestic Workers United, an organization of Caribbean, Latina, and…
Find out more »Stress Management and Self Care for Educators
PRESENTERS Elaine Merriweather, Chair, CFT Civil, Human, and Women’s Rights Committee Nancy Smith, Member, CFT Civil, Human, and Women’s Rights Committee The past year has been an extremely stressful one for all of us. Stress can have severe impacts on our health and well-being, and we often haven’t learned healthy ways to cope. Controlling one’s stress level improves everyday function and health. In this workshop we will discuss sources of stress and techniques to manage it. We will share self-care…
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