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California Federation of Teachers
CFT: Dignity, Respect, Security, which provides an overview of the CFT's structure, values, and functions.
Seventy Years: A History of the California
Federation of Teachers, 1919-1989, with an overview history of the statewide federation as well as more than forty local histories.
Taxes
CFT Talking Taxes pamphlet.
CFT Progressive Tax Policy brochure.
California's Budget Gridlock: Grandma Tells the Story
El presupuesto de California ha llegado un punto muerto
Labor in the Schools
 Trouble in the Hen House: A Puppet Show
Flexible elementary curriculum based on a play/puppet
show about hens organizing against a mean farmer. Read as a story to K-1 students; grades 2-3 children can stage the puppet show; grades 4-5, use in a ‘readers theater’ format or students can stage play for a younger group. Students can make puppets and learn about the
potential for power in collective action. 20 pages. $3
 Let Me Tell You About This Man: Cesar Chavez,
Union Organizer A biography of the most successful
farm labor organizer in American history, the man who
built the first farm workers union that lasted. An icon for
Latinos and unionists alike, Chavez created a movement
based in the principles of union organizing and non- violent civil disobedience. Fourth and fifth grade. 24 pages. Spanish/English. $3
I, Tomato A booklet for fourth graders, chronicling the life of a tomato—from the point of view of the tomato, with an emphasis on its interactions with workers who nurture it from seed to your table. Gives children a sense of the work that goes into food production and distribution. With
study questions. 24 pages. Spanish/English. $3
 The Yummy Pizza Company: A Labor Studies Curriculum for Elementary Schools Ten lesson plans for elementary students (grades 1-5) introducing them to the world of work in a pizza factory simulation. Students learn how to apply for jobs, to work cooperatively on an assembly line, to retail their wares, to bank their earnings and—most importantly—to resolve conflicts through organization and negotiation. Available with student handouts in Spanish. 30 pages. $3
Along the Shore
A coloring book (grades K-3) presenting scenes from the lives of working people, focusing especially on longshore workers, but including many others, and simply but effectively showing the importance of unions in workers’ lives. Excellent for geography lessons as well. 24 pages. Spanish or English. $3
American Federation of Teachers
AFT Publications
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