CFT’s upcoming lobby day will take place on Wednesday, April 26th in Sacramento. We urge you to join us on this critical day, as we lobby for our 2023 legislative agenda.

Chief amongst our goals for the day will be to lobby for CFT-sponsored AB 938 by Al Maratsuchi, which would dramatically increase state funding for K-12 schools with the sole purpose of increasing salaries for both certificated and classified workers. As part of our agenda for the day, we will turn out for an Assembly hearing on the bill to ensure its passage from the committee.

Additional items we will lobby on include:

• Adding rights for classified employees to obtain more hours
• Improving the classified to certificated pipeline program
• Creating a state workgroup to improve classified workloads
• Improving student access to community college classes
• The Tax on Extreme Wealth
• Training for educators on LGBTQIA+ students 
• And more!

We encourage locals from all divisions and all members of all levels of experience to attend!

Schedule

10:00 a.m. – Gather at the California Labor Federation HQ for training and dispatch

10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. – Lobbying training and lunch

11:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. – Lobby teams visit lawmakers’ offices

1:30 p.m. – Attend Assembly Education Committee Hearing for AB 938

6:00 p.m. – Legislation reception at Labor Fed HQ

Logistics

CFT will provide a meal between 10am and 12pm for those who attend. There will also be a light meal served during the legislative reception in the evening.

The day is set up so that CFT members can fly or drive up in the morning and return home the evening of the 26th. However, for those who wish to spend the night after the Legislative Reception, hotel options are included in the registration link. Please make your own hotel reservation.

Financial assistance

Financial assistance is available for locals on a first-come, first-served basis. CFT will fund up to $500 for every other participating member who attends. Please let Steve McDougall know if your local would like financial assistance by emailing him at smcdougall@cft.org.

RSVP

Please register by Wednesday, April 19, using this online form.