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Celebrate AAPI Heritage Month at school and home
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
The month of May was chosen to commemorate the arrival of the first Japanese immigrants to the United States on May 7, 1843, during the beginning of the California Gold Rush. It also marks the anniversary of the completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad on May 10, 1869. Most of the workers who laid the tracks that connected the frontier to the rest of the country were Chinese immigrants.
CFT Endorses Al Muratsuchi for Superintendent of Public Instruction
CFT – A Union of Educators and Classified Professionals announced today that their members voted to endorse Al Muratsuchi for Superintendent of Public Instruction.
As Assembly Education Committee Chair, a community college educator, and a union member, Muratsuchi has a long record of working alongside educators, classified professionals, and organized labor to strengthen public education — from early childhood and K-12 schools to California’s community colleges.
CFT United: Strengthening Our Movement Through Solidarity
SPRING 2026
A note from the editor
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.
Classified Appreciation Week 2026
May 17-May 23
The “Classified Professionals – We Do It All” week of action is a high-visibility, union-led celebration designed to move classified staff from the background to the forefront of the educational conversation.
By combining traditional appreciation with strategic solidarity actions—ranging from a unified Monday Solidarity Walk-In to a local-wide Friday Union Shirt Day—this week creates a powerful narrative of essentiality and strength.
Governor’s proposal for 2026-27 budget reflects ongoing uncertainty, borrows from Prop. 98 to address state deficit
Governor Newsom’s final state budget proposal addresses an anticipated deficit, but is based on revenue estimates that are higher than anticipated and does not assume a recession or market downturn in the 2026-27 fiscal year. The proposals for education include modest increases and largely avoids cuts but also includes a controversial proposal to withhold $5.6 billion from Prop. 98. CFT is aligned with other education labor and advocacy groups in opposition of this proposal.
Part-Timer Fall 2025
The Part-Timer promotes the interests of part-time faculty working in the California community colleges. It contains news about the movement to establish better conditions of employment for adjunct faculty, both in California and North America.
Special Report: CFT all in for Prop 50
CFT United Special Report
As educators and classified professionals, we teach our students about fairness and justice. These very principles are at stake in the upcoming November special election, where Proposition 50 gives us a chance to defend democracy and protect fair representation in Congress.
What does Prop. 50, The Election Rigging Response Act, do?
Defending Immigrant Students and Families
California has the largest concentration of immigrants in the country. Many of our students and their families are anxious about the threats of mass deportation by the incoming administration. CFT is dedicated to defending our immigrant students, families, and communities.
Download CFT resources linked below
How Unions Can Protect Immigrant Workers and Students
Additional Resources
CA Resources from AG Bonta’s Office