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December 5, 2022
Results of LFT Annual Audit
November 5, 2022
Rally for Measure A and Mayor Osborne
September 21, 2022
LFT 2022 School Board Endorsements
September 10, 2022
Lompoc Community Education Foundation Walk-A-Thon
The Lompoc Community Education Foundation is holding a Walk-A-Thon fundraiser that starts TODAY to fund scholarships for seniors and mini-grants for teachers in our local schools. What a great way to get some exercise and support a good cause in the process!
September 6, 2022
Yes on Measure A2022!
LFT endorses Measure A2022, which will allow for a school bond that will help to modernize the schools and worksites in the Lompoc Unified School District.
LFT members know firsthand the challenges our current facilities present to the learning experiences of our students. Our students deserve modern, updated facilities.
For more information on Measure A2022, please visit: https://friendsoflompocschools.weebly.com/
August 15, 2022
Back to School Union Kickoff with CFT
August 2, 2022
Welcome to Lompoc Unified!
We want to extend a big welcome to all of the new hires in LUSD who began orientation this week! Yesterday, LFT officers and site reps had the opportunity to meet the new certificated hires and share with them the many benefits that come with union membership. Already, many of those new hires have joined LFT, and we are very much looking forward to a #UnionStrong 2022-23 with them and all of our returning members!
May 27, 2022
Joint Letter to School Board Regarding LUSD Climate Survey
April 7, 2022
Unfair Labor Practice Charge
Once again, District management submitted an amendment to the unfair labor practice charge previously filed against LFT that (falsely) alleged that LFT circumvented the District’s negotiating team by negotiating directly with the School Board. This second amendment to their charge was submitted on March 10.
Once again, LFT’s attorney submitted a response to this second amended charge to the Public Employee Relations Board (PERB) disputing the District’s allegations. This document was submitted to PERB on March 28.
April 4, 2022
LFT Members Speak
April 3, 2022
LFT Members Speak
April 2, 2022
LFT Members Speak
April 1, 2022
LFT Members Speak
March 31, 2022
LFT Members Speak
March 30, 2022
LFT Members Speak
March 30, 2022
LFT Members Speak
March 29, 2022
LFT Members Speak
March 29, 2022
LFT Members Speak
March 28, 2022
LFT Members Speak
March 2, 2022
Unfair Labor Practice Charge Update
Linked below are two recent filings pertaining to the baseless unfair labor practice charge that LUSD management filed against LFT in September.
The first document is an amended charge filing submitted by Deputy Superintendent Valla to the Public Employee Relations Board (PERB), which adds a whole host of “evidence” that the District claims supports their frivolous charge.
The second document is the response submitted to PERB earlier today by LFT’s attorney, on behalf of the Union. As we have maintained since the District first filed this charge against us, LFT has committed no unfair labor practice, despite the District’s unfounded allegations.
Please feel free to review both documents to see for yourself these publicly filed documents. If you have any questions about any of this, please feel free to reach out to anyone on the LFT Executive Board.
January 29, 2022
LFT Contract Negotiations Update
Below is the update that was sent to our bargaining unit members yesterday, January 28, 2022:
Thank you to the 315 members of the LFT bargaining unit who responded to this week’s contract negotiations survey. Of the 315 who responded, the clear preference from our membership was to declare impasse, with 87.3% of respondents favoring that option.
With that direction from our membership and knowing how long the impasse process may potentially take, LFT filed the paperwork with PERB yesterday afternoon ahead of today’s bargaining session.
Although we filed for impasse yesterday, we remained committed to meet today with the District’s team, in the event that they had any additional new offers they wanted to present to us. Unfortunately, the District’s last, best, and final on-schedule offer–a 1.25% ongoing raise plus an additional one-time $1,000 payment to our members–was not acceptable to our team.
In the survey responses, our membership made it loud and clear that an on-schedule offer that did not match, or at the very least come close to, what the District is providing CSEA with is unacceptable. With that in mind, we ended the meeting with no agreement in place and will continue with the impasse process.
Again, THANK YOU, to everyone who provided input on how our negotiating team should proceed in contract negotiations. Each and every one of you is so valuable to this school district, and we know how hard you work for Lompoc’s students and how much harder that work has been this year. Please know that the LFT negotiating team is so proud to represent all of you at the bargaining table and to fight on your behalf.
Please feel free to reach out with any questions or concerns.
Have a great weekend, LFT!
January 24, 2022
Contract Negotiations Survey Information
January 22, 2022
***ACTION ALERT***
Urge Our Elected Leaders in Sacramento to Restore Emergency COVID Sick Leave in CA!
California’s COVID Supplemental Sick Leave expired on September 30, 2021.
Without this leave, our members have to use their own sick leave days if they contract COVID. The Omicron surge has resulted in more of our members contracting COVID than at any other point in the pandemic, and we know more will get sick in the weeks to come.
Please click the link above to send a letter to our elected leaders to encourage them to restore this needed COVID Supplemental Sick Leave!
January 15, 2022
LFT on Facebook!
LFT is now on Facebook! Like our page to get updates and information relevant to our members:
https://www.facebook.com/LFT3151
December 6, 2021
LFT Update
Please see the document linked below for an important update from the Lompoc Federation of Teachers
Board Members Contact Information: https://www.lusd.org/district-administration/about-school-board
October 22, 2021
Results of LFT Annual Audit 2020-21
Please see the link below for the results from the LFT Annual Audit for the 2020-21 fiscal year.
October 6, 2021
Grievance Update – Optional Summer Classroom Prep Hours and Subbing During Prep Period/Absorbing Other Classes
June 8, 2021
Joint Letter from CSEA and LFT
LOMPOC FEDERATION OF TEACHERS 