SMCCD faculty wear their AFT 1493 T-shirts to support the union bargaining team Faculty members throughout the district showed their support and solidarity for their AFT negotiating team on bargaining days–Wednesdays, August 21 and 28–by wearing “Red for Ed” AFT
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Gov. Newsom signs bill removing SSN barrier for undocumented students On August 30 Governor Newsom signed AB 595 (Medina) which allows undocumented students to use Individual Tax Identification Numbers (ITIN) in lieu of social security numbers when enrolling in community
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LABOR UNIONS Public support for unions on the rise Public support for unions has reached 64 percent in a recent Gallup poll. Gallup has been asking the public about support for unions since 1936. Since 1967, the polling agency observes
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CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES CFT and FACCC express no confidence in California Community College Chancellor over his support for performance-based funding and corporate online college Last May 3, the Executive Council of the California Federation of Teachers (CFT), approved a resolution
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AFT CONTRACT PROPOSALS District rejects pay parity for counselors and librarians by SMCCD Counseling Faculty Over the summer, we presented a proposal to the district on pay parity for counselors and librarians, which the district was not willing to go
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