AFT 1493 Updates

What’s new and of interest to AFT Local 1493 members

STUDENT INFORMATION SHEET: WHY ARE SMCCD FACULTY FIGHTING FOR A FAIR CONTRACT?

Posted February 6, 2020

  Why Are SMCCD Faculty Fighting for a Fair Contract? Download this page as a PDF file All faculty members at Skyline, CSM and Canada, including Instructors, Counselors, Librarians, Coaches and Nurses, work according to the rules and provisions of a contract between the district and the faculty union, American Federation of Teachers (AFT) 1493.  […]

ARE YOU MAD YET? – WEAR YOUR AFT T-SHIRTS EVERY WEDNESDAY!

Posted January 26, 2020

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! […]

FACULTY SPEAK TRUTH TO TRUSTEES; OVER 90 SUPPORTERS JAM MEETING

Posted November 23, 2019

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 […]

COME TO THE NOV. 20 BOARD MEETING TO SUPPORT A FAIR CONTRACT FOR FACULTY

Posted November 1, 2019

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 […]