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News for and about classified employees and paraprofessionals working in public schools and community colleges, and support staff in private schools.
Member Speak Out: College staff contribute to student success
FIRST PERSON | Bessie Love
There’s a school of thought that classified employees play a very limited role in student success. In truth, staff members are the unshakeable, earthquake-proof foundation on which students can build success, despite many potential obstacles.
Extreme Makeover: Compton style
The building for rent on South Long Beach Avenue wasn’t much to look at, but officers of the Compton Council of Classified Employees could see exciting new possibilities for their union. First, though, AFT Local 6119 would need to move a wall, install a floor, and paint.
How could the union, which represents 540 employees of the Compton Unified School District, pay for that kind of remodeling? Sweat equity.
CFT budget analysis saves classified jobs in Aromas
At the bargaining table June 8, administrators of the Aromas-San Juan Unified School District proposed layoffs, demotions, and reduced hours for a third of the 68 members of the Federation of Classified Employees. Most of the member negotiators would feel the cuts personally.
Two visitors saved the day: A sympathetic member of the school board joined the district team, and the CFT budget analyst joined the classified team.
Lawndale organizes workers in afterschool program
District voluntarily recognizes 90 workers who provide enrichment to district students
More than 90 academic support employees staffing a successful extracurricular program in the Lawndale Elementary School District recently joined the ranks of the AFT, granting them the same workplace rights as unionized classified employees in the Los Angeles County K-8 district.
Berkeley workers succeed in quest for AFT representation
Operations and support workers reunite with colleagues in Local 6192
For nearly a decade, classified employees in the Berkeley Unified School District were divided between two unions, but when a majority of operations and support workers signed petitions to be represented by the Berkeley Council of Classified Employees, AFT Local 6192, they were reunited. In December the school board agreed to the workers’ decision.