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We need you… to become a Unionist
Editor’s note: What follows is a condensed version of a very inspired presentation from CFT’s annual Classified Conference.
My name is Carl Williams and I am southern vice president of the CFT Council of Classified Employees, a CFT vice president, proud president of the Lawndale Federation of Classified Employees, a father, a husband… and a Unionist. Now don’t get me wrong, I have not always been a Unionist… the transition from union member is not instantaneous.
What To Do Between Strikes
An essay by Raoul Teilhet
Editor’s note: This essay was
presented to CFT Convention on March 9, 2002. Because of
Raoul Teilhet’s Parkinson’s disease, it was read by then-Vice
President Greg Camacho-Light, a drama teacher from the Gilroy
Federation of Teachers and Paraprofessionals. Gov. Gray Davis
attended convention that day and officially named it Raoul
Teilhet Day.
The birth of a statewide Federation
On May 16, 1918, J.P. Utter wrote to the president of the AFT to remind him that a year earlier Utter had asked about chartering a local. In that year, the Vallejo teachers had organized 57 of 58 teachers and principals, had elected two officers, created a salary committee that delivered a raise, demanded and won 12 monthly paychecks, and had created a temporary organization. Utter enclosed $10 for the charter fee.
100 Years Union Strong – The Fight for Collective Bargaining
May 31, 2019
Watch part two of CFT’s four part series, celebrating our 100 year anniversary!
100 Years Union Strong – The Early Years
May 31, 2019
Watch part one of CFT’s four part series, celebrating our 100 year anniversary!
California governors wish CFT Happy 100th Birthday!
May 31, 2019
Governors Gavin Newsom and Jerry Brown send birthday wishes. Brown talks about signing the collective bargaining bill for teachers and classified employees in 1975.