Winning New Members from the Start: New Hire Orientations
Webinar
Our experience since the Janus decision highlights the importance of a well-executed new hire orientation program. Good relationships forged at the beginning of employment between the union and new employees are stronger and tend to persist over time. The most successful union orientations are those that utilize a team, a well-prepared presentation, good materials, and advance preparation. The good news is that every local union is capable of such a program!
Legal Update: Parental Leaves for Education Workers
Webinar
Members frequently ask how to prepare for childbirth or adoption, and which laws and programs provide benefits. Are school employees entitled to the leave and pay provisions of FMLA and CFRA? How do members know if they’re eligible for disability benefits, and under which plans? What are my rights to child-bonding leave? What benefits are common in union contracts, and how do members coordinate all of these benefits with the employer? Join one of our attorneys to find out how it all works and provide the answers your members need.
Compliance with Union Legal and Constitutional Requirements
Webinar
Learn how to keep your union operations legal, and consistent with important requirements of the AFT and CFT Constitutions. There are layers of requirements concerning representation, negotiations, officer elections, and convention representation that derive from both the law and our parent unions. Ensure your local practices are consistent with these requirements to avoid potential problems that could divert precious time, energy, and money away from your local priorities.
All Politics is Local: Lobbying Legislators and Other Elected Officials at Home
Webinar
To many of our members, Sacramento seems far away and we only engage with our elected representatives around elections. But there is great value to building relationships with local representatives through our union worksites, and many opportunities to engage them at home throughout the year. Join our legislative staff to learn how to build your political engagement locally. We’ll cover the best ways to develop and maintain local relationships, including successful member lobbying visits with your representatives.
Union Summer School 2020
Join us in San Diego for this four-day training intensive
The CFT Union Summer School program is geared for emerging and veteran local leaders who want to take their skills to the next level. The week-long event, to be held at UC San Diego, is filled with rigorous workshops, motivated and skilled trainers, and applied learning. There is also the opportunity to share best practices with local leaders from across the state and to find inspiration in one another’s work.
UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0021
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0021
Organizing for Equity in Higher Education
Part-Time and Contract Faculty Conference
Join us at this CFT conference that will bring together part-time faculty in the community colleges and lecturers at the University of California to focus on part-time issues and advocacy. The conference will be held in Burlingame at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport.
Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport
1333 Old Bayshore Highway
Burlingame, CA 94010
1333 Old Bayshore Highway
Burlingame, CA 94010