You are not alone in the workplace! For many of us, it's back to work this month. New employees may be learning about the union for the first time in an orientation. Your union meeting may be scheduled. Please, if there are new employees in your workplace, reach out, invite t…

Dear CFT Members,   We have a unique opportunity to provide feedback on a model curriculum for Ethnic Studies being prepared by the California Department of Education for K-12 schools, but the timeline is short. For years, educators of color and their allies have worked to p…

Dear CFT members, As too many of you know, there are major problems with the way federal student loans and loan forgiveness programs are administered for CFT members. AFT recently filed a major lawsuit against Betsy DeVos for the US Department of Education’s failures to corre…

Dear Friend, Critical charter school reforms pass out of the Senate Education Committee On Wednesday, charter school reform came one step closer to becoming reality when the Senate Education Committee passed AB 1505 and AB 1507. The critical reforms in both bills go a long…