In this issue

Part 1: THE EARLY YEARS

The birth of a statewide Federation by former CFT Vice President Dennis Kelly

What To Do Between Strikes an essay by former CFT President Raoul Teilhet

Part 2: WINNING COLLECTIVE BARGAINING

Memoir of a Union Lobbyist: 50 Years Looking Back by former CFT President Mary Bergan

Commemorating 40 years of collective bargaining by former Assistant to the CFT President Elaine Johnson

Part 3: AGAINST AUSTERITY

The March for California’s Future: We walked the valley with a message of hope and justice

The passage of Proposition 25 will help make California a working state

Part 4: THE SCHOOLS OUR STUDENTS DESERVE

CFT members lead in passing Prop 30, defeating Prop. 32

Four years later, voters choose to keep the funds flowing and pass Prop 55