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AFT 1931 Members Step Up in the Midst of COVID-19 Crisis And Stand Ready to Help Rebuild California

Work had just started on the Fall 2020 schedule in the SDCCD when school secretaries were sent home because of the coronavirus. Faculty were busy making their way through their course materials when the call came to go into remote teaching mode. Our districts’ health services employees and counseling staffs had to figure out how best to serve students online. The libraries and tutoring centers committed to supporting students virtually in a matter of days. IT and Distance Education workers were ...

The War on the Public Sector is On and We are in the Crosshairs

May 11, 2020

The battle is on in earnest. Recently, Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell said it out loud: drop dead blue states—and public sector workers in particularly. More specifically, McConnell took a strong stand against providing any more financial relief to devastated states and local governments in the midst of a pandemic that has caused the biggest economic downturn since the Great Depression. Instead, the Senate leader suggested, states should just consider bankruptcy. In a moment of remarkab ...

The American Legislative Exchange Council’s Agenda is on Full Display: Empowering America to Death

May 11, 2020

At present, it seems like there is no leadership in America. Indeed, as we watch the Trump Administration ignoring their own guidelines as White House aides get sick and the national response slides into a chaotic patchwork quilt of ineffective policies, one might just conclude that we are dealing with a tragic case of national incompetence. That, however, would be a mistake. What we are witnessing is not just simple chaos and mismanagement, it is an orchestrated strategy. Mitchell McConnell i ...

AFT 1931 Calls for More Robust Relief and a Just and Transformative Recovery For All Americans and the Environment

May 11, 2020

AFT 1931 has long supported bold new political and policy initiatives that move beyond lip service to effectively address the two great issues of our age—historic economic inequality and climate change. To that end, AFT 1931 has adopted resolutions that called for the construction of more public transportation, opposed the Keystone Pipeline, supported climate literacy in the schools, and advocated for a Green New Deal. Now that we have all been hit with the COVID-19 crisis, and, as we watched t ...

AFT Intern Lora Mathis Gives Speech on the Need for Change at San Diego’s Virtual Earth Day

May 11, 2020

The Need for Change By AFT Intern Lora Mathis The fight against the climate change crisis is a fight for the future. Changes in our environment are taking place at an unprecedented rate, and they don’t call for passivity as a response. In the face of the pandemic, we are all being called to look at our social systems with a closer lens and seeing flaws of systems around us being exposed. And through this crisis, it is the poorest and most vulnerable who are bearing the brunt of the burden: worki ...

AFT Joins the San Diego Green New Deal Alliance in Calling for More Relief and a Just Recovery

May 11, 2020

For the last several months, a coalition of labor, community, and environmental groups have been meeting to help forge an alliance in support of a local version of the Green New Deal. In the midst of this process, we have all been hit with the COVID-19 crisis, and, as we watched the disaster capitalists seeking to turn this dire moment into an opportunity to profit, we were moved to suggest a better way forward. It is clear to many of us doing this work that the lack of preparedness by the feder ...

Why Do We Pay Dues? SDCCD Trustee and GCCCD AFT Member Craig Milgrim Has One Answer.

May 11, 2020

At present we are in the midst of the most profound health and economic crisis of our lifetimes. What good can the union do for us in times like these? A lot. As Grossmont College Professor, AFT member, and San Diego Community College District Trustee Craig Milgrim observed recently, union benefits that you may take for granted just might be invaluable: As we continue through these uncertain times, it’s a good time to consider all we have to be thankful for as members of AFT Local 1931. For me, ...

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The War on the Public Sector is On and We are in the Crosshairs

The American Legislative Exchange Council’s Agenda is on Full Display: Empowering America to Death

AFT 1931 Calls for More Robust Relief and a Just and Transformative Recovery For All Americans and the Environment

AFT Intern Lora Mathis Gives Speech on the Need for Change at San Diego’s Virtual Earth Day

AFT Joins the San Diego Green New Deal Alliance in Calling for More Relief and a Just Recovery

Why Do We Pay Dues? SDCCD Trustee and GCCCD AFT Member Craig Milgrim Has One Answer.