Dear Colleagues, Welcome to 2018! Please find a detailed list of all the Professional Development activities your AFT Guild will be sponsoring this week and next. AFT Guild members are welcome to attend any event at any site. We will also have AFT Guild site...
Adjunct Faculty Paid Office Hours Spring 2018-Don’t forget to include in your syllabi!
Dear SDCCD City, Mesa, and Miramar College Adjunct Faculty, In case you were not yet aware of this program, your union negotiated a paid office hour program available for college adjunct faculty who choose to participate. The program was initiated in 2002, and only...
Martin Luther King Jr. Labor Video Clip and This Week in Labor History- January 15
Labor Video: The Dignity of Labor Powerful clip of Martin Luther King Jr. speaking to sanitation workers in Memphis. Click here to watch the video. This Week in Labor History January 15 Wobbly Ralph Chaplin, in Chicago for a demonstration against hunger,...
Take a Labor Studies Class in the Spring!
Spring classes begin on January 29th, 2018 Thursday evenings from 6:55-10pm in AH 414 CRN: 04963 Instructor: Cheryl Coney, Organizer & Labor Educator More information AFT members receive tuition and textbook reimbursement upon successful completion of the course!...
This Week in Labor History – December 11
This Week in Labor History December 11 A small group of Black farmers organize the Colored Farmers’ National Alliance and Cooperative Union in Houston County, Texas. They had been barred from membership in the all-White Southern Farmers’ Alliance. Through intensive...
Helping fellow CFT members who are victims of the Southern California fires
As the tragic fires in Southern California continue to worsen, the CFT has set up an emergency relief fund for members who have suffered catastrophic losses in the fires. Already we know that more than a dozen CFT members have lost everything, while many more have...
Human Rights Day of Action
Sunday, December 10, 2017 at 3:30pm -5:00pm at Waterfront Park, Downtown San Diego 1600 Pacific Highway, San Diego, CA 92101 #ShowUp4Refugees #ShowUp4Humanity Human Rights Flyer
General Meeting
Dear Colleagues, Our next AFT Guild General Membership meeting will be held this Thursday, December 7th beginning at 3:00pm at Grossmont College, in building 60, the Griffin Center, room 180 (south end of building). There is ample parking in the parking...
Special AFT Guild History Edition – AFT Guild Union Advantage
The history of the AFT Guild is one of improbable beginnings, strong leadership, a supportive membership, and joint commitment to meeting the formidable challenges that have confronted us. This short essay highlights essential institutional characteristics of the...
CFT Letter in Opposition to Online College Proposal
Dear Colleagues, Recently, the Governor proposed that the community college system develop proposals for a fully online college. Attached is the letter we submitted in opposition to the proposals which have been put forward. Please let me know if you have any...