DA & COPE | Hearing on AMT at SFO| UESF wins TA on safety | Memorial for CTU’s Karen Lewis

Posted on February 9, 2021 by AFT 2121

(2/16) Delegate Assembly

All AFT 2121 members are invited to participate in our February 16th Delegate Assembly from 3-5pm.

At this Delegate Assembly, we’re going to be discussing strategic campaign planning as a group. Join us!
RSVP here: http://bit.ly/rsvpAFT2121.

To attend, follow this link from your computer or smartphone: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81016718065?pwd=UFk0SzdUY2FLdXdLL2RLZW1wdnhRZz09 OR call 1-669-900-6833 then follow the prompts to enter the meeting ID #810 1671 8065 and password: 783119.

(2/17) COPE meeting 2/17

Our next COPE meeting will be Wednesday, 2/17 from 1:30-3pm.

To attend please go to the zoom link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87551341568?pwd=bEQwSjVJYVg0S0puRGh0UzR0QkNIZz09 from you computer or smartphone or dial the number 669-900-6833 and enter the passcode 566388.

(Save the date, 2/26) Supervisor Walton and the San Francisco Labor Council call hearing to keep Aircraft Maintenance Program at SFO

Supervisor Walton and the San Francisco Labor Council are calling a hearing on keeping CCSF’s Aircraft Maintenance Technology Program at the airport: Friday, February 26 3:30-5:30pm (Zoom info forthcoming).

Co-hosted by SF BOS President Shamann Walton, San Francisco Labor Council, and CCSF Associated Students, this information-finding forum brings together decision makers from San Francisco Airport (SFO) and City College along with student leaders and labor allies to discuss the revitalization of the Aeronautics Maintenance Technology (AMT) program at SFO.

How you can help:

Faculty can help by telling admin what specific actions to take to protect AMT. You can attend the Academic Senate meeting, learn more, and make public comment: https://ccsf-edu.zoom.us/j/96406746184 or email your comment to eshanson@ccsf.edu by 2pm on the day of the meeting and it will be read into the record.
Invite your students to share their concerns about the potential loss of AMT and Evans programs at the Associated Student Executive Council meetings Fridays between 1-3pm. https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/99773871426#success
If you have not done so, please sign the petition urging the CCSF administration to work with officials at SFO to find a location for the program at the airport.

K-12 Unions win Tentative Agreement on school safety

Congratulations to our allies at the San Francisco Unified School District! Unions representing all school workers – United Educators of San Francisco, SEIU 1021, and others – joined forces and won a deal late on Saturday night. They now have a tentative agreement on health and safety protocols for in-person instruction. Negotiations continue around classroom instruction, schedules, and remote learning.

CFT President Jeff Freitas says that “School communities throughout the state should look to this agreement as a road map for in-person education. San Francisco has shown that the key to in-person instruction is the combination of reducing community spread, implementing multi-layered safety protocols, and offering vaccines to teachers and school staff. The health and safety of students, teachers, and school staff must always be our number one priority.”

Press release from our allies at San Francisco Labor Council and the unions at San Francisco Unified

(2/10) Memorial Service for CTU’s Karen Lewis

‘Karen did not just lead our movement. Karen was our movement.’

Karen taught us how to fight, and she taught us how to love. She bowed to no one, and gave strength to tens of thousands of Chicago Teachers Union educators who followed her lead, and who live by her principles to this day. Karen had three questions that guided her leadership: ‘Does it unite us, does it build our power and does it make us stronger?’

The Chicago Teachers’ Union will be holding a public shiva for Karen Lewis on Wednesday and Thursday evenings from 5:00-7:00 pm. A shiva is observed in the Jewish faith as an opportunity to offer condolences and share stories about Karen.

A religious service will be conducted at 6:30 pm central time for those who wish to participate.

Wednesday, Feb. 10, and Thursday, Feb. 11
Zoom shiva, 5 pm – 7 pm central time

The shiva will feature a video tribute to Karen produced by the Illinois Federation of Teachers; a reading of CTU member Erik Young’s poem about Karen entitled “Cerebral, Regal & for the People”; and remembrances by other speakers as well as those in attendance.

To attend the event, go to www.ctulocal1.org/tribute between 5 pm and 7 pm on Wednesday and/or Thursday.

Donations in memory of Karen can be made to the Chicago Teachers Union Foundation and Congregation Rodfei Zedek.