Retired
Retired
Our retirees are a vital force in the union
The power of organized retirees is not to be underestimated and the Council of Retired Members knows that. Every retired member is eligible to remain a member for life, for free, and that membership provides subscriptions to CFT and AFT publications.
The best way for retirees to get involved is through your local union. A number of CFT local unions have retiree chapters; to find out if your local has one, please contact your union officers.
Council Officers
John Perez, President
United Teachers Los Angeles, Retiree Chapter, AFT Local
1021-R
Ann Killebrew, Northern
Vice President
San Francisco Community College District Federation of Teachers,
Retiree Chapter, AFT Local 2121-R
Dennis Cox, Southern
Vice President
ABC Federation of Teachers, Retiree Chapter, AFT Local 2317-R
Michael Nye,
At-Large Representative
Member-at-Large, California Federation of Teachers, AFT Local
8004
Sandra Baringer,
Secretary Treasurer
University Council-AFT, Retiree Chapter, AFT Local 9999-R
The Council of Retired Members Constitution governs the division.
Support paid office hours for part-time faculty
Send a letter to Gov. Brown asking that more money be put in the State Part-time Office Hours Fund. These letters work. A similar campaign last year helped secure a $5 million increase in the fund, an increase of over 70 percent. That said, the state fund only matches about 10 percent of paid part-time office hours funds, which is why office hours funding is either limited or non-existent in most districts.
Council of Retired Members taps a resource: Retirees are “stickin’ to the union”
Download a single-sheet illustrated history of the Council of Retired Members
What retirees have that unions need — knowledge, experience and memories — are concentrated in the Council of Retired Members, the newest division of CFT. Convention delegates in 2014 overwhelmingly voted to add the council to the union’s governance structure so retirees could contribute in the same way as working teachers and classified employees.