CFT – Time to Take a Stand for Dreamers

Dear CFT Members,   The California Federation of Teachers strongly condemns the Trump administration’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which threatens the future of 800,000 young immigrants brought to the United States...

AFT 0% Computer Loans – 2017

Dear Colleagues, Please see the two attachments below for details on this year’s zero percent interest computer loans, a benefit negotiated by our union. Please let me know if you have any questions. Good luck if you apply! Jim Computer Purchase Guidelines Computer...

This Week in Labor History September 4

September 04 Twelve thousand New York tailors strike over sweatshop conditions - 1894 More than 140 attendees at a benefit for a civil rights group are injured in the “Peekskill Riots” in Peekskill, N.Y.  The victims were among the 20,000 people leaving a concert...

Labor Day Weekend Activities

Brothers & Sisters, This Labor Day week we celebrate the tremendous contributions of workers across San Diego and Imperial Counties. We hope you will join us at the events this weekend! In Solidarity, Keith Maddox,Trustee San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor...

What Good is a Union in 2017?

by AFT Political Action VP Jim Miller What is there to celebrate this coming Labor Day for the average American?  We live in troubled times and many of us in the United States are increasingly anxious or angry as we see the American Dream slipping away right before...

2017-19 CFT Standing Committees Nominations

Dear AFT Guild Members, The standing committees of our statewide affiliate the California Federation of Teachers (CFT) play a critical role in the development and implementation of CFT policy.  Committee members are chosen from all segments of the CFT from pre-school...

This Week in Labor History – August 28

August 28 The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom—the Martin Luther King Jr. "I Have A Dream" speech march—is held in Washington, D.C., with 250,000 participating.  The AFL-CIO did not endorse the march, but several affiliated unions did – 1963 (Martin Luther...