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The CFT Labor In The Schools Committee was formed to assist teachers in reaching students with information about the history and current place of the labor movement in American democracy. The members of the committee are classroom teachers as well as faculty from community college and university labor studies programs. The committee meets several times a year to plan, develop and evaluate various programs. These include a clearinghouse of curricular materials and labor education activities around the state; development of lesson plans on labor across all subject matter areas and grade levels; workshops for teachers and interested trade unionists to give them access to these materials and tips on teaching about labor; and overseeing work on two long-term projects: Golden Lands, Working Hands, and the Collective Bargaining Education Project.

The CFT Labor in the Schools Committee is available to assist teachers in all aspects of teaching young people about the labor movement, and welcomes comments and suggestions about these topics. Communications may be directed to Chair, Labor in the Schools Committee, CFT, 1201 Marina Village Parkway, Suite 115, Alameda, CA 94501, 510/523-5238.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Tom Edminster, Co-Chair, United Educators of San Francisco		Bill Morgan, United Educators of San Francisco
Linda Tubach, Co-Chair, United Teachers Los Angeles		Sheri Pavelka, United Teaches Los Angeles
Diane Bush, UC Berkeley Labor Occupational Health Program		Marchand Russell, AFT Local 1521A
Phyllis Chiu, United Teachers Los Angeles		Emily Selden, Part-Time Faculty United
Jose Colon, Berkeley Federation of Teachers		Bill Shields, AFT Local 2121
John Delloro, AFT Local 1521		Fred Glass, Staff Liaison
Jennifer Laskin, Pajaro Valley Federation of Teachers		Julien Minard, Staff Liaison
June McMahon, UCLA Labor Center