Apr-May 2012
Volume 65, Number 4
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In this issue…
UP FRONT
ALL-UNION NEWS
Members take decisive action to pass initiative
Political organizers call for defeat of corporate power grab
Primary election to determine candidate choice in November
CFT says Yes to Propositions 28 and 29
Lobby Day: Members bring local reality to legislators in Sacramento
FEATURES
Pajaro Valley community succeeds in banning carcinogenic methyl iodide
CONVENTION 2012
- Educators and San Jose workers join One-Mile March for Fairness
- Delegates debate and pass resolutions
- Velma Butler honored with CFT Women in Education Award
- Paul Fong and Tom Ammiano named Legislators of the Year
- Hittelman attains CFT’s highest honor: The Ben Rust Award
AROUND CFT
- Consider attending the first CFT Union Summer School in August
- Raoul Teilhet Scholarships: high school senior recipients 2012
PRE-K AND K-12
Arizona outlaws core Mexican-American Studies program
CLASSIFIED
Lawndale organizes workers in afterschool program
COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Labor leads opposition to two-tier fee plan at Santa Monica
UNIVERSITY
Classics lecturer maintains classic ideas about unions
Success beyond the classroom…
Signed, sealed, delivered…
Coast on the move…
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