Posted March 16, 2011
by Elizabeth Terzakis, Cañada Chapter Co-Chair Two hundred and fifty buses full of college students from all over the state of California converged on Sacramento on March 14 for the yearly March on March in support of public education. The stakes are particularly high this year, given Governor Jerry Brown’s proposed budget, which cuts spending […]
Posted March 16, 2011
Your AFT Negotiating Team has been working for more than a year to hammer out an agreement with the District. As you know, given the drastic state of funding to education, many school districts have taken drastic measures: furloughs, salary and/or step freezes, across the board salary cuts, such as at CCSF, and in the […]
Posted March 16, 2011
Attacks on collective bargaining undermine a basic right for employees: a voice at work by Monica Malamud, AFT 1493 President For several weeks now, we’ve been hearing the grim news about the Wisconsin Governor’s scheme to strip public sector workers, including faculty, of their collective bargaining rights. Unfortunately, similar legislation has been introduced in other […]
Posted March 16, 2011
A personal view of Wisconsin teachers’ fight for collective bargaining rights By Teeka James, AFT 1493 Co-Vice President, accompanying photos by Jennifer James My sister and brother-in-law are secondary school teachers in the Madison Metropolitan School District. Jenny teaches art at an elementary school, and Bill teaches history at a high school. They also have […]
Posted March 16, 2011
The New Faculty Majority and SB 114 by Margaret Hanzimanolis,AFT 1493 Part-time Faculty Organizer Ed. note: This is the inaugural installment of “From the Part-Timers’ Perspective,” which will be a regular Advocate column by Margaret Hanzimanolis, AFT 1493’s new Part-time Faculty Organizer. The numbers are striking: Over half a million contingent faculty nationwide, tipping into […]
