(6/30, 9:15am) Reminder: Join us for Tax the Billionaires Car Caravan in San Francisco.
We are meeting at the REI Parking Lot in San Francisco at 840 Brannan Street on Tuesday June 30th at 9:15 am. Please wear your AFT 2121 t-shirt!
We need to address California’s obscene racial and economic inequalities. We need to protect our public schools and community services. We need resources to do that.
While millions have been thrown of out work and many of us still working have been burdened with more demands, California billionaires have actually MADE money during the pandemic. Since the COVID-19 shelter-in-place in March, California’s 161 billionaires have increased their net worth by $141 billion. San Francisco’s Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg alone has seen his wealth increase $32 billion!
It is time for the Governor and the legislature to make taxing the billionaires a central part of California’s recovery.
- Read the facts: CFT’s latest research on addressing our real problems, Resetting Inequity in California
- Take action: Please sign this petition today – Say YES to taxing billionaires to fund our schools.
- Join us on June 30th! Sign up to attend.
(6/30 deadline) Reminder: Final chance to vote on AFT 2121 trustee endorsements
Thanks to all who have participated in our online endorsement process for the CCSF Board of Trustees. The deadline to cast a vote is July 1st, 2020 at 11:59pm! We are considering incumbents President Shanell Williams and Vice President Temprano. The challengers are Aliya Chisti and Han Zou.
To read the candidates questionnaires: https://www.aft2121.org/2020-2/ Password COPE.
To watch the video from the COPE meeting: In the COPE folder above, find the video, when asked for a password, type in #BOT2020
(Deadline, 6/30) Unclaimed checks!
Although the District has provided no explanation, they have confirmed to AFT that they have a list of many unclaimed paychecks that are still available. If your name appears on this list you can still claim your checks until June 30, 2020. Fill out the check request form and submit to Angelina Yau ayau@ccsf.edu (415-452-7787).
Our next budget meeting with the District will be July 1. We don’t know what the District will propose in light of the improved state financial picture. This is what AFT 2121 President Malaika Finkelstein told the Board of Trustees last week:
“State funding will be stabilized. We’ve already taken the giant gut-punch of 200 layoffs to save the college money. We would expect at this point that the District would not come to us with talk of more cuts or concessions. We would expect the conversation would be about how to build and start bringing back those 200 faculty members, their classes, and their students.”
And if administration does propose more cuts or concessions? We’ll listen, gather information we can use to protect our bottom line, and let our members know immediately.
If we do have to go back to the table, bargaining sessions will be open! We would still have to negotiate about the details. But so far:
- We’ll use a zoom webinar format, like the Board of Trustees meetings.– Bargaining will be open to AFT 2121 members but not to the general public.
- If you’re not sure if you’re an AFT 2121 member, you can become a member by filling out a membership form.
- In addition to our open sessions, we will also have smaller budget meetings that will be closed. This is similar to what we did in our last contract negotiation, where we had open bargaining sessions and closed budget meetings.
(7/16) SF Schools & Communities First Kickoff and Phone Bank!
As our city, state, and nation stand up for equity, there has never been a better time to fight to bring resources back to our communities. That is why we are kicking off our efforts here in SF to ensure Schools and Communities First passes this November. Join us on July 16th from 5-7:30pm for our virtual kickoff rally and phone bank to ensure our city shows up!
Register here: https://bit.ly/sfscfphonebank
Call on Mayor Breed and SF Supes to establish the Workforce Education Recovery Fund for CCSF
Our ability to maintain our programs, including the vital training our City’s residents need to get back to work in the wake of COVID-19, is in serious jeopardy. And the scarcity brought on by COVID-19 means that now, more than ever, we need to fight to ensure that our City College has adequate funding to help with the economic recovery of San Francisco and to continue to serve the marginalized communities in our City.
AFT 2121, in collaboration with Supervisor Gordon Mar, the CCSF Chancellor, Board of Trustees, elected Student Leaders, and community allies are working to establish the Workforce Education & Recovery Fund (WERF). If established, the WERF would provide vital funding for CCSF to continue the essential job training it provides for San Francisco and the Bay Area, for social justice and equity classes, and to expand wraparound services for enrollment, counseling, academic support, and job placement for low income students and students of color.
But, in order to make WERF real we need the support of San Francisco Supervisors and Mayor Breed! Now is the time to push. Call on Mayor Breed and the SF Board of Supervisors to establish the Workforce Education Recovery Fund to protect essential services provided at City College.
WERF social media shorts
Check out the videos we’re sharing on social media below from speakers at our WERF townhall earlier this month talking about how CCSF helps people get jobs!
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