May 2022 Advocate: AFT 1493ers at May Day Parade

AFT 1493 members march in SF May Day – International Workers’ Day parade

On Sunday, May 1, AFT 1493 members—from left to right, Rika Yonemura-Fabian (Skyline), Elinor Westfold (CSM), Kolo Wamba (Skyline), Eric Brenner (Skyline), Katharine Harer (Skyline) and Evan Kaiser (CSM) — marched with thousands of union workers from around the Bay Area in San Francisco’s May Day – International Workers’ Day Parade. They marched aside the AFT 2121/CCSF contingent to show support for the fight against impending faculty layoffs at City College. The march was sponsored by several Bay Area labor councils.