Become a Member
Support the union by becoming a member today! Our dues-paying members give us the strength to advocate for faculty effectively. To join us, please complete this online membership form.
The CCFT dues deduction is 1.5% of gross salary for all terms, including overload units and summer sessions. Your CCFT membership gives you access to a variety of benefits.
Benefits of union membership:
As a union member, you will have the right to vote in union elections
and on contract ratification. In addition, you will have access to
scholarships, occupational liability insurance, and other discount
programs, including:
- Access to a million dollar occupational liability insurance
- Access to an AFT legal action trust
- Access to various union scholarships
- Access to various services and discounts through our national affiliate, the AFT
- MasterCard: no annual fee, skip-payment privileges during a strike
- Low-cost group insurance plans: term life, hospital income, disability income (short and long term), accidental death, catastrophe, Care Plus (retirees)
- Home mortgage: competitive rates, low down payments
- Prescription drugs: discounts and free delivery
- Legal: free 30-minute consultation with a union-friendly attorney, reduced rate personal legal service
- Loans: low-interest personal loans ($2,500 to $15,000)
- Dental and Vision: average of 20% – 50% savings
- Discounts on travel, theme parks, movies, hotels, motor club, car rentals, etc.
- Discounts on auto buying, computers, flowers, home energy discounts, magazines, flowers, Powell’s Books, Consumer Reports, AT&T wireless services, Goodyear Tires, and more.
- Plus lots more benefits for AFT members
Membership
The Cabrillo College Federation of Teachers, American Federation of Teachers Local 4400, represents all faculty at Cabrillo College. Our membership includes teachers, counselors, librarians, and other academic employees.
Our strength lies in member participation and involvement, and our collective action.
By joining the union, you support our efforts at the bargaining table to improve our conditions of work and the efforts at the state and national levels, where our parent unions work in support of faculty and public education.
For more information on special member benefits, please visit www.aft.org/about/member-benefits.
Activate your AFT membership card online Click on the following link to activate your card: www.aft.org/members. Note that new members should receive an AFT membership card about a month after becoming a member.
Questions?
Contact your division representative, a CCFT officer or the CCFT office daniel@ccftcabrillo.org