Videos
Back to School in Petaluma
September 15, 2021 (AFT)
In this extraordinary time, teachers and school staff are hard at work, as they have been since the start of this pandemic, to create safe and welcoming environments in every school so we can help kids not only recover from the disruptions of the past 18 months, but to thrive. #Back2School
Back to School in Environmental Education
September 10, 2021 (AFT)
The purpose and promise of public education is being realized in Petaluma with environmental programs that give students hands-on opportunities to learn and thrive. High school students run a wildlife museum visited by 3000+ elementary school students a year. And Casa Grande High School students run a fully functional fish hatchery raising Coho Salmon. #PublicSchoolProud #Back2School
President Jeff Freitas on the CFT Back-to-School Tour
August 15, 2021
In this media interview, CFT President Jeff Freitas speaks with Southern California’s Spectrum News as part of our Back-to-School: Forward Together tour. Freitas shares CFT’s goals are for the coming academic year and what he has learned after meeting with hundreds of teachers, classified employees, parents and students across the state.
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to CFT Convention
March 26, 2021
Delegates and guests to the CFT Convention 2021 were thrilled to hear from U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, who offered her support and encouragement to education workers across the state. Vice President Harris thanked educators and classified professionals for their dedication and their lifelong impact on California’s students and communities.
State of the Union 2021: CFT President Jeff Freitas
March 26, 2021
Delegates and guests hear about the State of the Union from CFT President Jeff Freitas.
Our Schools Are Worth Fighting For!
May 22, 2019
On May 22, thousands of teachers, schools workers, parents, and students took a stand in Sacramento to demand fully funded schools and to stop the privatization of public education in a Day of Action. Join the movement to #FundOurFuture and protect public education! Together we can do this!
100 Years Union Strong, Part 4 – The Schools our Students Deserve
May 31, 2019
Watch the final installment in CFT’s four part series, celebrating our 100 year anniversary! From Proposition 30 to the historic UTLA strike, the CFT fights for the future of public education in California.
100 Years Union Strong, Part 3 – Against Austerity
May 31, 2019
Watch part three of CFT’s four part series, celebrating our 100 year anniversary! From Prop. 13 to Arnold Schwarzenegger, CFT defends our schools and our rights.
100 Years Union Strong, Part 2 – The Fight for Collective Bargaining
May 31, 2019
Watch part two of CFT’s four part series, celebrating our 100 year anniversary!
100 Years Union Strong, Part 1 – The Early Years
May 31, 2019
Watch part one of CFT’s four part series, celebrating our 100 year anniversary!
California governors wish CFT Happy 100th Birthday!
May 31, 2019
Governors Gavin Newsom and Jerry Brown send birthday wishes. Brown talks about signing the collective bargaining bill for teachers and classified employees in 1975.
Happy 100th Birthday, CFT! #2
May 31, 2019
Elected officials and other state dignitaries wish CFT Happy 100th Anniversary!
Happy 100th Birthday, CFT! #3
May 31, 2019
California elected officials and other dignitaries offer the CFT their centennial greetings!
Time to fix California’s broken charter school laws
April 10, 2019
CFT President Elect Jeff Freitas speaks at the Capitol about the need to fix our broken charter school laws by passing AB 1505, 1506, and 1507, and SB 756.
California Assembly recognizes UC-AFT
April 1, 2019
Assemblyman Jose Medina, D-Riverside, Chair of the Higher Education Committee, recognized the University Council-AFT on the Assembly Floor during UC-AFT’s first group lobby day.
Freitas, Smith elected top CFT officers
March 24, 2019
Convention delegates overwhelmingly elected Jeff Freitas as CFT president and Luukia Smith as Secretary Treasurer.
Women in Education Award: Arlene Inouye
March 24, 2019
Arlene Inouye, secretary of United Teachers Los Angeles, was honored with the Women in Education Award at CFT Convention.
Fifth grader Aryana Fields performs “Strike Song”
March 23, 2019
Convention delegates heard this powerful performance that went viral on social media during the five-day Los Angeles teacher strike in January.
State of the Union 2019: President Joshua Pechthalt
March 23, 2019
President Pechthalt presents his final SOTU before delegates to CFT Convention 2019, also the CFT’s 100th Anniversary year.
Historian Nancy MacLean speaks to delegates
March 23, 2019
Duke Professor Nancy McClean, author of Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America, was a guest speaker at CFT Convention.