As many of you know, our faculty union has been in contract negotiations for nearly one year.  Although we have had many in-depth discussions with the district, we have not made significant progress to improve the working lives of faculty.  We need your voices and active participation to win a FAIR contract!  Make sure to […]

Are you aware that AFT has been in negotiations with the district for the past 8 months?  And did you know that the proposals put forward by AFT to ensure fair compensation and just working conditions for all the work we do have mostly been met with a terse “NO” from the district? Here’s a […]

Climate Justice September 20 Student Climate Strike On September 20, three days before the UN Climate Summit in NYC, young people from across the world will strike to demand transformative action be taken to address the climate crisis. The day kicks off a week of action across California led by students and supported by environmental […]

Our union, AFT 1493, joins students, faculty & staff to march in 2019 PRIDE.              (photo credit: Manuel Peroni)   SMCCD students, faculty & staff join together to march in 2019 PRIDE

Faculty members made presentations about the need to pay part-time faculty for non-instructional work, at the SMCCCD Board of Trustees Meeting on May 15, 2019. AFT 1493 President, Paul Rueckhaus, introduced the issue and the rest of the speakers. Kathy Haven (Cañada, ESL) spoke and read a letter from Sarah Harmon (Cañada, Spanish); Barbara Corzonkoff […]