PAID FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE Will family leave be available again in Spring semester? by Salumeh Eslamieh, Cañada Chapter Co-Chair As we approach the end of 2020, we’ve all had time to reflect on living and working through a pandemic—enduring shocking struggles. Among the many struggles, the members of our district– students, staff, administrators, and […]

Twenty years ago Kathleen Feinblum was advocating for part-timers’ rights, including part-time pay equity, a goal we are still pushing for today Kathleen Feinblum (see Kathleen’s remembrance) was a long-time part-time faculty activist and wrote a column in The Advocate, called “The Part-Timer Voice” over twenty years ago, during the 1999-2000 semester. Looking back on […]

IN MEMORIAM: KATHLEEN DE AZEVEDO FEINBLUM We lost a really good one On Saturday, September 26th, we lost Kathleen de Azevedo Feinblum to pancreatic cancer. Kathleen, English professor at Skyline College since 1995, was a fighter to the core. Her ethics and moral code were unbreakable.  She taught social justice issues in her classroom, spent long […]

IMPACTS OF THE PANDEMIC AFT faculty survey finds the MOU had limited effects on working conditions under Covid By Marianne Kaletzky, AFT 1493 Executive Secretary This summer, AFT 1493 negotiated a Memorandum of Understanding setting forth changes to working conditions for SMCCD faculty during the pandemic. The current MOU applies only to Summer and Fall […]

PART-TIME FACULTY Survey of district part-timers finds most PTers do not have other stable work, rely on SMCCD work to pay for housing and healthcare and are likely to leave district if their pay doesn’t improve soon By Marianne Kaletzky, AFT 1493 Executive Secretary A survey recently conducted by AFT 1493 reveals that most SMCCD […]