UNION ACTIVISM Bay Area higher education union activists collaborating to build solidarity Higher Educators United Northern-California is a network of higher education workers union activists and organizers who came together inspired by the 2018 RedForEd strike wave and the need
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IMPACTS OF COVID-19 AFT is making recommendations for how to safely re-open schools & communities: Faculty input needed The AFT has published a set of recommendations on how to move forward to safely re-open our schools and communities. Following
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PART-TIME FACULTY AFT survey looks at adjunct faculty issues; finds low pay, poor benefits, varied job satisfaction The American Academic survey released March 22 by the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) is one of the first national surveys of part-time
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STUDENT ACTIVISM: AN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE 50 years ago a different crisis canceled classes By Jessica Silver-Sharp, AFT 1493 Secretary As Cañada and Skyline Colleges marked their 50th anniversaries this year and last with celebrations of history, defining actions by students
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SUPPORTING UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS Undocumented students more vulnerable than ever. Faculty can make a difference By Jessica Silver-Sharp, AFT 1493 Secretary When I first wrote about our undocumented students for The Advocate in October 2017, I couldn’t have foreseen how things
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