SURVEY CLOSED Dear faculty colleagues, The AFT 1493 bargaining team is preparing to begin faculty contract negotiations with District negotiators on a new three-year contract (July 2019 to June 2022) and we would like to hear from faculty on what issues you think we should focus on and prioritize. Thank you. In Unity, Joaquin Rivera […]

The Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools, a partnership between the AFT and other education and civil rights groups, released a report this month detailing the systemic underfunding of public schools, focusing specifically on black, Latino and low-income students. Instead of funding our schools, policy decisions are made that increase personal and corporate wealth, drawing down […]

Dear Esteemed Faculty, The AFT 1493 Executive Committee is happy to report that you will be seeing a cost-of-living adjustment increase of 4.02% for full-time faculty and 5.02% for part-time faculty beginning this academic year. The increase is effective starting in August, but will begin being paid to you in your September paycheck. The retroactive […]

“A Decade of Neglect: Public Education Funding in the Aftermath of the Great Recession,” details the devastating impact on schools, classrooms and students when states choose to pursue an austerity agenda in the false belief that tax cuts will pay for themselves. The comprehensive report offers a deep dive into the austerity agendas and disinvestment […]

Right-wing groups have been waging war against public sector unions for many years, and, last week, a divided 5–4 conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court handed them a win in Janus v. AFSCME Council 31. This case, which overrules decades of precedent, was about stripping unions of resources, with the ultimate aim of eradicating […]