The Advocate – 33.6 – May 2010 (2 MB)

In this issue:

• March for California’s Future points to ways forward from state’s budget crisis
• Contract talks focus on Board policies; economic issues still ahead
• More flex days, more non-instructional work, but less real professional development
• AFT and District Academic Senate make plans to collaborate
• Across AFT’s great divide: A part-timer’s view of losing classes
• A history of the neoliberal assault on public education
• Q&A about the District’s post-retirement health care funds
• Part-timers are eligible for unemployment benefits
• AFT 1493 elections have begun; don’t forget to vote