As the statewide affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers, the CFT represents faculty and other school employees in public and private schools and colleges, from early childhood through higher education.

November 18-20—Several UC campuses erupted in various forms of struggle Wednesday through Friday as students, faculty, and staff protested against the stiff increase in student fees being proposed by the UC Regents. See UC-AFT president and UCLA lecturer Bob Samuels discuss the issues (go to minute 15) on the Friday morning, 11/20 edition of Amy Goodman's Democracy Now! photo by Richard Mellor

Dennis Kelly (left), president of the United Educators of San Francisco, co-hosted the Education Town Hall meeting in San Francisco. Similar events were held in half a dozen locations to demonstrate the impact of budget cuts and help move public understanding toward reform of the state budget process and tax policies. Matthew Hardy photo

November 20—Educators in Sacramento, San Francisco, Costa Mesa, San Diego, San Jose and Watsonville held rallies, press conferences, and a town hall to draw attention to the impact of the worst budget cuts to education since the Great Depression, and to call for reform of the state budget process and tax policies in order to restore the programs that have been slashed.