Council of Classified Employees  

 AFT Convention in Chicago

Classified employees from California came to Chicago in July to attend the AFT national Convention. One highlight was the apperance by Hillary Rodman Clinton. After her speech, she waded into the crowd, where she was greeted by, among others, Sandra Lepore of AFT Local 1521, Los Angeles Community College Staff Guild. Matt Hardy photo

The Council of Classified Employees (CCE) is an organization dedicated to supporting classified employee members of the CFT. Throughout California, the CCE represents thousands of classified employees working as bus drivers, secretaries and office workers, paraprofessionals and teaching assistants, custodians and maintenance workers, food service workers, and other non-certificated employees in early childhood centers, schools, and on college  campuses.

The CCE is a division of the California Federation of Teachers (CFT). The CFT is an affiliate of the over one million-member American Federation of Teachers, which represents 200,000 classified employees nationwide.