FACULTY SPEAK OUT TO TRUSTEES ABOUT DISTRICT’S LACK OF PROGRESS IN CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS

Four faculty members made public comments at the Nov. 9 SMCCCD Board of Trustees meeting, raising questions and concerns about the District’s apparent unwillingness to make meaningful progress in faculty contract negotiations. Watch the presentations below:

 AFT 1493 VP Katharine Harer reads comments by AFT 1493 President Monica Malamud asking Trustees if they are aware of how the District’s Chief Negotiator has been preventing progress in negotiations with the union

CSM FT ESL professor Evan Kaiser reads CSM PT English professor Laura W’s public comments asking why there has been such lack of progress from the District in negotiations with AFT 1493, especially for part-time faculty health benefits

Cañada College Math Professor Michael Hoffman explains that faculty feel angry and unvalued due to the District’s lack of meaningful progress in negotiations with AFT 1493

Skyline College FT English professor Lucia Lachmayr asks why there has been such lack of progress in negotiations, especially for part-time faculty health benefits