Videos
Labor Scholar Bill Fletcher, Jr. addresses delegates
March 22, 2019
Guest Speaker Bill Fletcher speaks to delegates during the Convention honoring the CFT’s 100th Anniversary.
Jackie Goldberg, educator and legislator
March 22, 2019
Former Assemblymember Jackie Goldberg welcomes Convention delegates to Los Angeles. Goldberg was the leading candidate for a pivotal seat on the L.A. Unified School Board.
Organize!
March 21, 2018
When we organize, we win! See how CFT local unions are building membership and strong locals in advance of the Janus v. AFSCME Supreme Court ruling.
Assemblymember and candidate Tony Thurmond
March 23, 2018
The union-endorsed candidate for State Superintendent of Public Instruction inspires delegates at the CFT Convention.
Constitutional scholar Erwin Chemerinsky
March 24, 2018
The Dean of UC Berkeley Law speaks to Convention delegates about the anti-union case before the U.S. Supreme Court.
State of the Union 2018: President Joshua Pechthalt
March 24, 2018
President Pechthalt lays it on the line in his SOTU address to Convention delegates.
Organize, Resist!
March 30, 2017
Recapping recent months of resistance for the delegates to CFT Convention 2017.
Prop 55: Help our children thrive
September 9, 2016
Members are featured in this union video focusing on the need to pass Prop 55. Our top priority this year has been to pass Prop 55, an extension of 2012’s Prop 30, which maintains a tax on the wealthiest Californians to provide as much as $8 billion a year in revenue to fund public education and healthcare.
Voters overwhelmingly passed Prop 55 on November 8, 2016.