SATURDAY: Help Us Stamp Out Hunger with the NALC Food Drive!

Dear Colleagues, Our national union, the American Federation of Teachers, is working closely with our sister union—the National Association of Letter Carriers—to support the 22nd annual Letter Carriers’ Food Drive. In the week leading up to SATURDAY, MAY 10 your...

“Taxifornia” Dreaming: Who Really Pays in California?

by Jim Miller Today is tax day, and we are likely to hear the usual histrionics from the pity the millionaire crowd about how the draconian taxes on the affluent and businesses in “Taxifornia” are killing growth and jobs and driving folks out of the...

FACCC Elections–Your Vote for Monteiro & Harris Needed

Dear Faculty Colleagues, FACCC Executive Board elections are occurring this month.  Of the contested seats, there are three open seats for Governor-at-Large and two of the candidates are CFT members.  I would like to highly encourage all CFT members who are also FACCC...

AFT Adjunct Issues Sub-Committee Meeting

Dear AFT Faculty Colleagues, We are looking for both Part-Time and Full-Time faculty from all campuses to participate in an AFT Adjunct Issues Sub-Committee.  Based on the recent increase in mainstream media coverage of the disparity in adjunct/full-time pay, the goal...

2014 CFT Convention

2014 CFT Convention

Dear AFT Guild Members: The 72nd Annual Convention of the California Federation of Teachers will be held at The Manhattan Beach Marriott commencing Friday, March 21st, 2014 at 10:00 AM and continuing through Sunday, March 23rd, 2014 until 1:00 PM. All AFT Guild...

Post-election Report

Post-election Report

To all our friends in labor and the community who worked hard to elect David Alvarez as mayor of San Diego: We did not win the day but we were still part of an historic effort to elect not just San Diego's first Latino mayor, but someone who would have been the most...