IMMIGRANT RIGHTS Understanding the “migrant caravan” and building support for immigrant rights By Paul Bissember, AFT 1493 Executive Secretary On Sunday, November 25th, over the Thanksgiving Holiday weekend at the border between California and Tijuana, the US Customs and Border
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UNION SOLIDARITY Yosemite Community College District faculty go on 2-day strike after 3 years of unsuccessful bargaining By Paul Bissember, AFT 1493 Executive Secretary At the November 26 meeting of the Bay Faculty Association (BFA) meetings, our union received a
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UNION SOLIDARITY Solidarity meeting to support Oakland and LA teachers’ unions set for Dec. 15 The Los Angeles and Oakland teachers’ unions (UTLA and OEA) are currently engaged in difficult contract campaigns and both unions are preparing for possible strikes
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COLLEGE AFT CHAPTERS Skyline AFT Chapter holding bi-monthly office hours by Bianca Rowden-Quince, Skyline Chapter Co-Chair & Barbara Corzonkoff, Skyline Part-Timer Rep. Skyline College Executive Committee (EC) members are holding AFT Campus Office Hours from 1:00 – 2:00 pm on
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DUAL ENROLLMENT Questions and concerns about dual enrollment need to be addressed Dual enrollment—when high school students take college courses while enrolled in high school—is growing in our District. Although it is a great benefit to dual enrollment students (credits
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