New members of the CFT include (left to right) Diana Jones-Hill and Linda Medwin (holding the election results from the National Labor Relations Board), Patty Murphy, Sunita Rajesh, and Sujata Krishna.

The California Federation of Teachers (CFT) announced November 7 that early care and education (ECE) workers at Community Preschool (CP) in Sunnyvale have won the right to be represented by the CFT in contract discussions.

Coming on the heels of Tuesday's National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) election win, Community Preschool staff reached out to CP management calling for mutual collaboration on contract discussions. "We want to work together and engage in a constructive dialogue that we hope will lead to quick agreement on a fair and just contract," said Diana Jones-Hill, a preschool teacher at CP.

Welcoming the newly-affiliated CFT workers to the union, CFT President Marty Hittelman added: "We congratulate you on your organizing success and stand ready to assist you in anyway we can."

The CFT represents 120,000 education professionals working at every level of the education system, from ECE to the University; while the AFT has more than 3,000 local affiliates nationwide, 43 state affiliates, and more than 1.4 million members.

Community Preschool is affiliated with Congregational Community Church in Sunnyvale and administers programs at one site in Santa Clara County. It employs approximately 35 people, serving over 200 families on a budget in excess of $1 million.