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Classified Insider: A Season of Solidarity, Together Through Every Challenge
SPRING 2026
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.
CFT Endorses Richard Barrera for Superintendent of Public Instruction
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CFT – A Union of Educators and Classified Professionals
Contact: Matthew Hardy, 510-703-5291
Classified Professionals Turning Pages, Building Power
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.
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.
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