Time to Close Corporate Loopholes, Invest in Public Education, and Rebuild California Make it Fair California is a new movement that aims to place a measure on the state ballot in November 2016 to close the corporate commercial property tax loopholes found in Prop. 13 so we can invest in strengthening our schools and other […]

Based on the 3-year salary agreement negotiated by AFT 1493 for 2012-12 through 2015-16, all faculty salaries (full-time and part-time) will increase at the beginning of the fall 2015 semester by 4.78%! This is based on the following calculation: 2.0%, plus 60% of the increase of San Mateo County assessed property values, above 3%, will […]

Another potential blow to middle class in age of growing inequality The Supreme Court decided today to hear an anti-union lawsuit, Friedrichs v. CTA. Although the California Teachers Association (CTA) was named as the defendant, a ruling in the case will equally impact the California Federation of Teachers. Depending on whether the Court rules narrowly […]

In the U.S. Supreme Court case, Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, a group of educators backed by a right-wing pressure group filed a lawsuit that has made its way to the highest court in America. It asks the court to decide whether public sector unions may continue to charge nonmembers a fee equal to the […]

Five faculty members– two full-timers, three part-timers–made presentations to the Board of Trustees at the March 25 Board meeting. View the presentations below. See a comparison of part-time faculty health benefits in “Bay 10” community college districts.     Links to YouTube videos: Paul Rueckhaus, Skyline College, full-time health sciences instructor Jennifer Mair, Skyline College, […]