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SAN MATEO COMMUNITY COLLEGE FEDERATION OF TEACHERS

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  • AFT 1493 members have joined for many reasons. What about you?

  • 95% YES IN OUR STRIKE AUTHORIZATION VOTE!

  • Strike Authorization Vote: March 10-12, 2026

  • Mullin to Moreno: Apply the 50% Law!

  • AFT Members Tell the BOT: 1.5% Raise = Insult

  • AFT Members Gather Before Addressing the Board (2/26/25)

  • AFT Marches in Support of Immigrant Rights (2/16/25)

  • AFT Members Line the Board Room (1/29/25)

  • AFT Members Attend BOT Meeting (1/29/25)

  • AFT Members Gather to Kick-off Contract Campaign (1/29/25)

What’s New?

  • 🚨 PRESS RELEASE! (MARCH 13, 2026)
  • 🚨🚨 95% YES IN OUR STRIKE AUTHORIZATION VOTE!
  • ⇒ WE DID THE MATH. THE ACTUAL COST OF AFT'S ECONOMIC PROPOSALS
  • ⇒ BERMAN TELLS MORENO TO RETHINK HER ECONOMIC OFFER TO FACULTY
  • ⇒ BFA'S "UNSTINTING SUPPORT" OF AFT 1493
  • ⇒ CONGRESS REP. MULLIN TELLS MORENO TO FOLLOW THE LAW!

What’s New?

    • AFT Action Update | October 2024
    • AFT MEMBERS AND STUDENTS MARCH IN SAN MATEO COUNTY PRIDE PARADE
    • PART-TIME FACULTY NEED DENTAL AND VISION INSURANCE!
    • FT FACULTY WILL PAY LESS FOR HEALTHCARE UNDER NEW CONTRACT

In This Issue

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  • “Unstinting support”: Bay Area faculty stand with AFT 1493

    “Unstinting support”: Bay Area faculty stand with AFT 1493

    February 17, 2026
  • AFT’s new AI Task Force

    AFT’s new AI Task Force

    February 17, 2026
  • Student Solidarity with Faculty

    Student Solidarity with Faculty

    February 17, 2026
  • State and County Elected Officials Support AFT

    State and County Elected Officials Support AFT

    February 17, 2026
  • Chancellor Presents Misleading Information to District Community

    Chancellor Presents Misleading Information to District Community

    February 17, 2026
  • Strike Authorization Vote: March 10–12!

    Strike Authorization Vote: March 10–12!

    February 17, 2026
  • Not Livable, Not Fair: District’s Current Pay Offer Fails Faculty 

    Not Livable, Not Fair: District’s Current Pay Offer Fails Faculty 

    October 3, 2025
  • Standing Room Only

    Standing Room Only

    October 3, 2025
  • Solidarity in Motion

    Solidarity in Motion

    October 3, 2025

AFT 1493 Updates

  • AFT 1493 Press Release (March 13, 2026)

    March 13, 2026
  • 95% YES IN OUR STRIKE AUTHORIZATION VOTE!

    March 13, 2026
  • The Actual Cost of AFT’s Proposals

    March 9, 2026
  • Assembly Member Berman to Moreno: Rethink your economic offer to faculty

    February 17, 2026
  • San Mateo Supervisor Canepa Tells the BOT to Treat Faculty with Dignity

    February 4, 2026
     SEE ALL UPDATES »       

In the News

Recent articles related to community college faculty issues, labor and SMCCCD, selected from local, state and national news sources. (For the SM Daily Journal, use an incognito or private browser to slip past the paywall.)

  •  March 16, 2026—SMCCCD faculty union authorizes strike (RWC Pulse)
  • March 16, 2026 — Teachers authorize potential strike (San Mateo Daily Journal)
  • March 15, 2026 — AFT1493 strike authorization passes (The Skyline View)
  • March 14, 2026—College district’s faculty union votes to strike if demands aren’t met (Palo Alto Daily Post)
  • March 13, 2026—KRON News at 6:30 (Report on strike authorization vote)
  • March 10, 2026—San Mateo College Showdown Heats Up as Profs Weigh Strike Threat (Hoodline)
  • February 3, 2026 — San Mateo County Community College teachers may strike (San Mateo Daily Journal)
  • December 5, 2025 — Motion denied to dismiss case against former chancellor (San Mateo Daily Journal)
  • October 28, 2025 — Trial of former college chancellor accused of steering contracts, taking gifts set to begin (The Almanac)
  • October 11, 2025 —San Mateo County Community College District settles contract with one union, AFT1493 rally’s for its own contract (The Skyline View)
  • October 9, 2025 — San Mateo County Community College faculty union demands better raises (San Mateo Daily Journal)

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@Board meeting, announcing the strike vote results @Board meeting, announcing the strike vote results to the Board members and the chancellor. We told them this is REAL; they'd better offer us a fair contract!
After our 95% YES Strike Vote, we’re here to remin After our 95% YES Strike Vote, we’re here to remind the SMCCD Board and Administration that if they continue refusing to provide fair contract offers, we are ready and willing to STRIKE for what we deserve!
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95% of our members voted YES to authorize our Exec 95% of our members voted YES to authorize our Executive Committee to call a legally protected faculty strike if the District fails to make fair contract offers during the impasse process!

This result is an incredibly powerful statement that faculty are united in our fight for a fair contract.
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We are off to a fantastic start in our strike auth We are off to a fantastic start in our strike authorization vote! If you have not yet voted, vote now! It is very easy and will take less than 30 seconds.
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GOOD VIBES for the faculty strike vote today! GOOD VIBES for the faculty strike vote today!
Carl Lafata, Skyline Administration of Justice fac Carl Lafata, Skyline Administration of Justice faculty is one of the first to vote YES to strike authorization vote! VOTE TODAY!
A quick response to the bosses' shamefully inaccur A quick response to the bosses' shamefully inaccurate email and press release on Halloween #aft1493 #union #workerpower
Get Ready! Get Ready!
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