Classified Insider Index
Spring 2020
Volume 10, Number 2
Coronavirus Issue
In this issue…
Food service workers whip up millions of Grab & Go meals during pandemic
Custodians on the front lines of COVID-19 pandemic
Health clerk looks back on early signs of pandemic
More members join Classified Employee Summer Assistance Program
Nearly 300 classified employees have become teachers, 2000 in pipeline
CFT advances bill for classified staff to close part-time loophole
Falll 2019
Volume 10, Number 1
Spring 2019
Volume 9, Number 2
In this issue…
Classified members share spotlight with teachers at Centennial Convention
Transportation services: Jobs returned when contracting out fails, drivers get more training
New law brings more part-time workers into the classified service
Omnibus legislation creates Summer Assistance fund for classified staff
Summer 2018
Volume 8, Number 2
FINAL PRINT ISSUE
Workplace organizing: Facing new threat, members recommit to their unions
Common sense gun control: A school security guard lives with the loss of his son
Compton campus police choose AFT as their union
Fall 2017
Volume 8, Number 1
Know your rights: Family and medical leave
Legislature’s actions benefit classified
Annual conference highlights role of members and communities
Summer 2017
Volume 7, Number 2
Delivering for the union: Signing up new members one stop at a time
Bringing playground aides into the classified servicer
Union success: Audit to analyze technology and training plans
Fall 2016
Volume 7, Number 1
Free community college: Support staff in higher education rise to the new challenge
Classified Conference 2016: Black Lives Matter conversation engages, unites
Classified win family sick leave and grants to become teachers
Summer 2016
Volume 6, Number 2
Right for the job: When classified and paras become teachers
How we made history at Classified Lobby Day: CFT champions bills for classified
LCAPs create new classified jobs: Engaging families helps close student achievement gap
Winter 2015-16
Volume 6, Number 1
Food service workers serve up fresh attitude
Worksite organizing fires up classified local unions
Highlights of Classified Conference 2015; three topnotch staff named Members of the Year
Spring 2015
Volume 5, Number 2
AB 1066 aims to stem widespread and long-standing abuse
Guardian of campus computer network offers advice
Classified make a splash at CFT Convention
Fall-Winter 2014
Volume 5, Number 1
Classified Conference: Support staff wear many hats…proudly
Prop. 30 delivers salary relief in recent contracts
College classified are partners in accreditation process
Summer 2014
Volume 4, Number 2
Legislation would bring reporting of pesticide use
Staff seek fair unemployment compensation
Small AFT locals get big attention from new task force
Fall 2013
Volume 4, Number 1
Affordable Care Act helps uninsured part-time workers
Preventing violence on campus and preparing for disaster
Unions partner with community allies, old and new
Spring-Summer 2013
Volume 3, Number 2
Unions find innovative solutions for staff development
Union working to keep campuses safe and secure
Our work contributes to quality of education
Fall-Winter 2012
Volume 3, Number 1
Classified Conference highlights staff as partners in student success
Classified rise to the challenge of passing Prop. 30
When workers stand together, we can win
Spring-Summer 2012
Volume 2, Number 2
Classified employees choose AFT as their union
YES on revenue measure, NO on Special Exemptions Act
What labor lost and won in Wisconsin
Fall-Winter 2011
Volume 2, Number 1
Aides and classified will feel impact of new Diastat law
Unions help protect workers from student bullying
CFT proposes raising taxes the right way
Spring-Summer 2011
Volume 1, Number 2
Faculty stand with classified against threat of layoffs
Classified lobby Capitol lawmakers, oppose Diastat bill
Convention moves to strengthen classified-faculty unity
Fall-Winter 2010
Volume 1, Number 1
CFT wins seat on advisory panel to the community colleges
Workplaces will be safer with doors that lock from inside
Annual conference celebrates the year’s victories