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All dues-paying PFT members in good standing are eligible to be elected to serve on the Executive Council. Members may nominate themselves or other members of the union for positions on the Executive Council. Please make sure your nominee is a dues-paying member in good standing of the union and willing to run.
Members of the Executive Council have the overall responsibility of decision-making for the PFT. Elected members of the Council include the Officers (President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer), the Campus Chairs (two from each campus), and the Committee Chairs (Career and Technical Education Representative, Part-Timer Representatives (two Co-Representatives, and Diversity Representative). Each Council member is required to attend PFT Executive Council Meetings, which are generally on the first and third Thursday of each month in regular session (though extra or emergency meetings are sometimes called at any time). Part-time faculty who serve on the Executive Council are eligible for up to 16 hours per month for up to 4.5 months per semester of paid service according to the non-instructional extra service salary schedule as a consultant.
NOMINATIONS ARE DUE BY 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 23, 2023
The 79th Convention of the California Federation of Teachers has been called to convene at The Westin St. Francis in San Francisco, CA on Friday, March 17- Sunday, March 19, 2023. The Peralta Federation of Teachers can send as many as 28 delegates to this convention. The ten delegates with the highest votes, in addition to the PFT President, will be reimbursed up to $200 for documented convention-related expenses and $100 for partial attendance (allocations have been made for 5 full-time faculty and 5 part-time faculty to attend).
The Convention, themed United for Justice. United for Education, is the CFT’s highest governance body, where delegates shape union policy and positions on issues affecting all members. The biennial Convention is open to all CFT members, but only elected delegates can vote.
More information on the CFT Convention can be found here.
NOMINATIONS FOR DELEGATES TO
THE CFT CONVENTION ARE NOW OPEN
