Article 20 Conversations
Your contract expires in June. Now is the time to prepare. Next week we will be holding the first of several contract article discussions in preparation for contract negotiations next year.
- Monday, Oct 20, 3:30-5 pm HBB (MUB) 361, Ocean Campus
- Wednesday, Oct 22, 7-8:30 pm on Zoom
Meet with your colleagues and union leadership for a facilitated discussion of your ideas for salary increases. All members of AFT are welcome–FT or PT, we need all our voices in the room! Register for zoom here.
Wins through Unity: What Difference Does a Union Make?
Contract negotiation is a complicated process – with so many different needs and concerns from faculty, not everybody always gets everything they want. But, our best strategy for winning has always been staying united. This short fact sheet provides examples of how our union has won by sticking together, on issues of salary, leaves, and more. We encourage you to print, share, discuss & engage: https://bit.ly/UnityWinsAFT
Screening of Block by Block: The Struggle for CHNB
On Tuesday, October 21 at 3pm, in STEAM 104 we will have a very special in-person COPE* meeting featuring a screening of the film, Block By Block. This film documents the incredible struggle that it took to create the City College Chinatown campus. Come to view the film and join in a discussion with some of the people involved in the struggle afterwards. Block by Block offers an incredible lesson in the power of organizing!
*Committee on Political Education
No Kings, No Loyalty Pledge, Saturday 10/18
AFT members will join with allies nationwide on Oct. 18 for a “No Kings” day of action even bigger than the one we held in June. Millions of people are coming together to reclaim our democracy, denouncing Trump’s authoritarian power grab and peacefully embracing the power of the people to demand dignity, affordability and opportunity for all. There will be a big gathering in SF as well as across the state and around the US. Here’s where you can find an event near you.
When the Trump administration demanded “loyalty oaths” to force colleges and universities to support the president unconditionally, top leaders at the AFT and the American Association of University Professors called the move what it is: “entirely corrupt.” The offer of preferential treatment for institutions that court government favor “stinks of favoritism, patronage, and bribery in exchange for allegiance to a partisan ideological agenda,” said AFT President Randi Weingarten and AAUP President Todd Wolfson, who urged institutions to reject such collusion. Read their scathing statement here and sign the petition against compacts here.
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