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October 27, 2025
→ Go here for Negotiations Report #22, Part 2, for the gritty details of this week’s bargaining session.
Dear Union Siblings,
In negotiations on Friday, the District said they intend to file for impasse with the Public Employee Relations Board (PERB), thus canceling our last negotiation session we had scheduled for this Thursday.
Here and pasted below is my two-minute instant reaction video we posted to our Instagram account on Friday (spoiler: the last compensation offer the District made was for 2.75% annual raises).
We’ll have more details about impasse and what comes next in future communications, but just know that the fight for a fair contract continues unabated! We need to continue to build solidarity and show that faculty are united in our fight for a fair contract.
⇒ In that spirit, can you join our Informational Picket Line on Wednesday, Oct. 29th, 4:15-5:15 at the SMCCD District Office? RSVP here ⇐
We know many students are planning to join us, so please invite your students, too! The Trustees will be arriving for their 5pm meeting between 4:30-5:00, and our goal is for them to walk into this meeting having just walked through our picket line, a classic symbol of workers on strike ✊.
In solidarity,
Chet Lexvold
Executive Director, AFT 1493
lexvold@aft1493.org
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