California Educator

Photos by Scott Buschman clockwise from top: Campbell Education Association member Alison LaBouff; Alum Rock Education Association member Vince Iwasaki; East Whittier Education Association member Madeline Shapiro; Sunnyvale Education Asoication member Wendi Smith with student Josh Cohen; United Teachers Los Angeles member Kamal Abdul Jabbaar; Compton Education Association member Regina Tyler-Powell; and United Teachers Los Angeles member Dean Wood. 8 California Educator | october 2009

• Cover
• 8 Our union
• 10 Educators are getting involved with CTA & union work
• 10 Timeline: CTA from 1863 to the present
• 13 What does CTA mean to you?
• 14 Building partnerships helps reform efforts
• 16 Harvard labor leader: Teachers unions help public good
• 18 Labor solidarity agreement brings chapter gains
• 19 Supporting human rights is a proud CTA tradition
• 19 Politics? Of course
• 20 Unjustly accused or harassed? CTA has your back
• 21 Teaching unionism: "What is a labor union?"
• 22 CTA State Council of Education: Democracy in action
• 24 Collective bargaining: The right to a good contract
• 26 The family that organizes together... Three generations ofunion involvement
• 28 Human Rights Awards nominations for 2010
• 29 Fremont members hold town hall meeting
• 30 Richmond educators protest cuts to health care,overcrowded classrooms
• 31 Antioch educators organize, superintendent resigns
• 32 Governor vetoes bill to protect QEIA funding
• 36 CTA-sponsored and co-sponsored legislation for 2009-10
• 38 Making history: CTA publications through the years