EARLY HISTORY OF LOCAL 1493 When the Game Changed: How AFT Local 1493 Became Sole Bargaining Agent for SMCCCD by Rich Yurman, Skyline College professor emeritus When I set out to write an obituary for Joyce Unger (which appeared in
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UNITING WITH STUDENTS & STAFF Cañada students, faculty and staff join together at May Day rally By Doniella Maher, AFT 1493 Cañada Executive Committee Co-Rep. On May 1st students, faculty and staff joined to hold a Speak Out and Rally
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SOCIAL JUSTICE AT CAñADA A Community of Learners and Teachers Stands Up by Julie Carey, ESL, Cañada On Thursday, April 25, a speaker, Rabbi Daniel Lapin, was brought to Cañada College by a local chapter of the national right-wing group,
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UNION SCHOLARSHIPS 2017 AFT 1493 Scholarships awarded to Rebecca Chow and Iridian Martinez by Dan Kaplan, AFT 1493 Executive Secretary, and Doniella Maher, AFT 1493 Cañada Executive Committee Co-Rep. AFT is pleased to announce that this year’s AFT 1493 Scholarships
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UNION SCHOLARSHIPS Laurie Myers is recipient of 2017 Joe McDonough AFT Social Justice Scholarship by Susan McDonough, daughter of Joe McDonough (former CSM psychology professor) and creator of the Joe McDonough AFT Scholarship, which honors her father’s years of activism
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