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Los Angeles Unified union members, both teachers and support workers, attend a rally last month at Los Angeles Historic State Park. United Teachers Los Angeles and the district announced a tentative agreement Tuesday. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times) BY HOWARD BLUME STAFF WRITER APRIL 18, 2023 9:58 AM PT The Los Angeles school district and the teachers union…

AFT 1521 in Los Angeles secures major healthcare settlement Earlier this week, dozens of leaders and members from AFT Local 1521, the Los Angeles College Faculty Guild, were joined by officials from their college to announce a breakthrough agreement that secures affordable healthcare for over 1,500 part-time faculty at the LACCD. The agreement was achieved…

BY HOWARD BLUME, STAFF WRITER DEC. 6, 2022 5 AM PT https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-12-06/l-a-teachers-union-is-demanding-a-20-raise-and-rallies-to-step-up-contract-talks The Los Angeles teachers union is pressing its demands for a 20% raise over two years, smaller class sizes and a steep reduction in standardized testing — the latest stress test for the nation’s second-largest school district and Supt. Alberto Carvalho as the system struggles to…

Many of us at El Camino College have attended the University of California. Our friends and family have gone there. Thousands of our students have transferred there. Currently, the UC Office of the President is engaged in unfair bargaining, refusing to make good faith proposals at the bargaining table in the area of salary and…

CAMPUS EQUITY WEEK | October 24-28, 2022The Federation’s Part-time Faculty Committee annually holds a Campus Equity Week (CEW) to recognize the contributions and working conditions of part-time faculty who make up the majority of instructors at El Camino College. CEW is an opportunity to raise awareness of the unequal working conditions of part-time faculty and…

September 5, 2022 update Because of the mobilization of faculty, family, friends, and allies across the state (see original story and ask below), the California legislature allocated $200 million for PT health care benefits. This historic victory means that community college districts can be reimbursed from this $200 million fund to provide PT health care…

Dear colleagues, What a year 2021 was! We are hopeful and excited about 2022 despite the continued challenges of COVID. Here is the Federation’s 2022 State of the Union Address. Membership Federation membership remains strong, though we have a few colleagues who are not currently members. Throughout the spring semester, the Federation will be directly…

Arlene Holt Baker served as AFL-CIO Executive Vice President from 2009–2013. Arlene’s commitment to activism on behalf of working families has been a source of strength that has empowered her to overcome challenges and disappointments that might have deterred a leader of lesser mettle. As a grade schooler in Fort Worth, Texas, Arlene Holt Baker…

A RESOLUTION of the El Camino College Federation of Teachers, AFT Local 1388 (ECCFT) to declare the lives of Black, Indigenous, and all Peoples of Color (BIPOC) matter; and WHEREAS, we uphold the ideals of equal justice under the law, racial justice, and human dignity for all of our students and faculty; and WHEREAS, allowing…

The El Camino College student newspaper has published a series of articles on the Federation’s efforts to recapture COLA for faculty. Most articles were authored by journalism student Elizabeth Basile, who attended every on-campus event we hosted from start to finish. We believe it was a collective effort on the part of faculty, Federation leadership,…