A year at the bargaining table & still no significant movement forward. Unacceptable! At the last bargaining session, the District bargaining team wasn’t prepared and sent everyone home two hours early! Deplorable! This is after 100 of us showed up at the Board of Trustees on 11/20/2019 to inform them about faculty working conditions. Disrespectful! […]

More than 90 faculty members from all three colleges crowded the District Board Room on Wednesday evening, Nov. 20, to support nine courageous colleagues who spoke eloquently to the Trustees about why faculty need a fair contract. They urged the administration and elected leaders to do the right thing by addressing workload issues, equity for […]

S is for SOLIDARITY. And S is for SALARIES! Our Administrators’ salaries rank #1 in California. (Let me repeat: Number One!) Not so for Faculty (Read up!) Is this Fair? Are you ready to win a Fair Contract this November? Here are ACTIONS you can take: STAND in solidarity with your colleagues who will speak […]

INTRODUCTION September 13, 2019 marked the end of the first year of the two-year legislative session. The legislature will be on Interim Recess until January 6, 2020. The governor had until October 13, 2019 to sign or veto those bills that made it to his desk. An unprecedented 10 CFT-sponsored/co- sponsored bills passed the legislature […]