Standing Together for Education.
The stories in this issue share a common thread: progress comes from organizing. From a major healthcare victory at the bargaining table to ongoing legislative efforts in Sacramento and a tribute to a member whose dedication helped move our union forward, these stories show what member power can achieve—and why we must keep carrying the fight forward.
Early in the morning of June 28,1969, police raided the Stonewall Inn in New York City’s Greenwich Village, a place where gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgender people gathered. Police officers entered the club, roughed up patrons and arrested 13 people, including employees and people violating the state’s gender-appropriate clothing statute.
Teanna Tillery, the United Educators of San Francisco Vice President for Paraeduators, has been involved with the local for a couple decades, and she wants to do whatever she can to make things better for classified workers.
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There is no shortage of challenges facing classified professionals today. Too many workers are still fighting for the respect, protections, and economic security they deserve. Yet the stories in this issue remind us of something just as important: when we organize, stand together, and refuse to be ignored, progress is possible.
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On Saturday, April 24, kids in the Lawndale school district got to pick three free books for preschoolers through 8th graders, on topics ranging from history to biography to science as well as fiction. There were Disney books and chapter books for older kids — such as the 20-book Diary of a Wimpy Kid series by Jeff Kinney, who has sold more than 300 million copies — more than the number of albums Led Zeppelin has sold.
Across California, educators and classified professionals are already in motion—and building power in real time.
This issue of CFT United brings those stories together: from the surge of May Day organizing, to hard-won contract gains, to getting books into students’ hands and defending our schools. None of this is isolated. It’s connected, deliberate, and growing. The task in front of us is not to wait for momentum—it’s to deepen it, and make it impossible to ignore. And CFT is doing that every day.
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