Hi All,

As you read this, I’m heading downtown to join some of our faculty, asking the Trustees to ensure the district keeps their promises in the contract we ratified last year – particularly around paying our adjuncts for their work and keeping our campuses clean and in working order.  We’ve spent much of this semester working to finish contract implementation, and we will stay locked in on this as the year continues.

We are fighting to ensure our students’ access to and success in education.  Next Friday, we’re holding a Fix AB 1705 Symposium at Mission College, featuring some of our district’s faculty leaders in Math, English, and Counseling, students, and our FACCC President-elect Oranit Limmaneeprasert. As the next legislative session comes up, our Guild and community college faculty are united to Fix AB 1705.  Please RSVP here so we can have enough food and seats – we’ll meet from 9:30-11:00 before commemorating Pat Allen at Valley College midday.

As you know, we are in the middle of a critical election where AFT members are standing for leadership locally and nationally.  Our student internship project has done remarkable work supporting student and faculty-friendly candidates across our region, and you can sign up to join them locally or join our fellow union members in Nevada and Arizona here!  Our first local Faculty Power Friday is set for October 18 at 5!  Please see our AFT and CFT interactive guide to voting and getting involved in the election below.  

As always, your unwavering dedication to our communities fills me with pride as I lead our Guild.  I eagerly anticipate our collective efforts this semester and beyond, united in our commitment to our cause.

Thank you, Chris Cofer, for putting together this list of AFT-endorsed Candidates below:

Los Angeles Community College District

Seat 1 Andra Hoffman

Seat 3 David Vela

Seat 5  Nichelle Henderson

Seat 7 Kelsey lino

Los Angeles City Council

D2 Adrin Nazarian

D14 Ysabel Jurado

Los Angeles Unified School District

District 3 Scott Schmerelson

District 5 Karla Griego

El Camino College Board of Trustees

Area 4  Dr. Nyree Berry

California State Senate

SD 23      Kipp Mueller

SD 27      Henry Stern

SD 33      Lena Gonzalez

SD 35      Michelle Chambers

California Assembly

AD 39      Juan Carrillo

AD 40      Pilar Schiavo

AD 41      John Harabedian

AD 43      Celeste Rodriguez

AD 44      Nick Schultz

AD 46      Jesse Gabriel

AD 49      Mike Fong

AD 51     Rick Chavez Zbur

AD 52     Jessica Caloza

AD 54      Mark Gonzalez

AD 55      Isaac Bryan

AD 56      Lisa Calderon

AD 57      Sade Elhawary

AD 61      Tina McKinnor

AD 62     Jose Solache

AD 64      Blanca Pacheco

AD 65      Mike Gipson

AD 66      Al Muratsuchi

AD 69      Josh Lowenthal

U.S. Congress

CD 27     George Whitesides

CD 28     Judy Chu

CD 29     Luz Rivas

CD 30     Laura Friedman

CD 34     Jimmy Gomez

CD 35     Norma Torres

CD 36     Ted Lieu

CD 38     Linda Sanchez

CD 42     Robert Garcia

CD 43     Maxine Waters

CFT – link to endorsements for your address, accessible by phone

https://www.cft.yourvoter.guide/#/search

 

https://www.cft.org/endorsements

 

LA County Federation of Labor

Additional endorsements from LA County Federation of Labor available @ https://thelafed.org/resource/la-fed-official-endorsement-guide-general-2024/

In Unity,

A. James McKeever, Ph.D
President, AFT Local 1521
Los Angeles College Faculty Guild