The Advocate

The Advocate, newsletter of the San Mateo Community College Federation of Teachers, AFT Local 1493, is available in .pdf format– by clicking on the links for the specific issues below. Links to individual articles in an issue are listed under the link for that issue. (To read .pdf files, download Adobe Acrobat Reader.)

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October 2017

October 2017 (pdf)

In this issue:

• New contract approved after long campaign
• CFT reaches settlement with ACCJC
• How to be your own best witness
• Who will pay for KCSM in the end?
• Results from faculty observation forms survey
• Supporting undocumented students
• Early history of AFT 1493 – part 2
• Are you a member or fee payer?
• Keep your AFT T-Shirts handy

May 2017

May 2017 (pdf)

In this issue:

• No agreement reached at fact-finding hearing
• District’s Fund 1 has $50M surplus over four years
• KCSM-TV spectrum pot of gold dissolves into dueling lawsuits
• Cañada community stands up for social justice
• CFT Convention report
• AFT 1493 wins 9 CFT Communications Awards
• Cañada students, faculty and staff join together at May Day rally
•  Joe McDonough AFT Social Justice Scholarship awarded to Laurie Myers
• AFT 1493 Scholarships awarded to Rebecca Chow and Iridian Martinez
• How AFT Local 1493 became sole bargaining agent for SMCCCD

March/April 2017

March/April 2017 (pdf)

In this issue:

• Negotiations Update: Some progress, but not enough
• District’s revenues continue healthy growth
• District spends less than 50% on faculty salaries
• Questioning CCCE
• Improvements in parental leave for faculty
• Monica Malamud testifies against ACCJC
• Faculty’s long commutes: Another perspective
• Unfair Labor Practice Complaint issued against District
• A plan to recollect AFT 1493 history
• Letter to The Advocate

February 2017

February 2017 (pdf)

In this issue:

• Negotiators back at the table
• Students walk out
• AFT 1493 supports student organizing
• Adjuncts need fair compensation
• SMCCCD faculty come out for Women’s Marches
• Know your Union, Know your Contract
• Adjuncts still eligible for unemployment
• In Memoriam: Joyce Unger
• AFT student scholarships
• Evaluations don’t improve teaching
• Pat Manning become Pres. of Amer. Hist. Assoc.
• NY Times prints letter from John Kirk

December 2016

December 2016 (pdf)

In this issue:

• “We Ask for Respect, Fair Treatment, and Dignity”
• How do our salaries compare statewide?
• Unfair Labor Practice Charge filed against District
• More faculty commuting longer distances
• Negotiations Update
• Fight for tenants’ rights continues in San Mateo