View full September 2019 issue (pdf)
In this issue:
- Red shirts on Wednesdays: District take warning!
The current state of the contract negotiations saga - One way to help improve administrators’ performance? Anonymous evaluations by everyone they supervise
District rejects AFT proposal; wants to keep current policy in which administrators choose who evaluates them and evaluations are not anonymous - College students facing mental health crisis
40% of our students reported mental health issues interfered with their academic success - District rejects pay parity for counselors and librarians
Proposal would have changed salary schedules to just 2 rates: a student contact rate and a non-student contact rate - Faculty wear their AFT 1493 T-shirts to support the union bargaining team
Photos of some of the many SMCCD faculty who wore their union T-shirts on contract bargaining days - New faculty: Welcome, we’re here to help
AFT Outreach Organizers Katharine Harer and Jessica Silver-Sharp want to welcome new faculty - AFT 1493 and SMCCD march at SF Pride
Contingents of faculty, staff and students from all three colleges participated in 2019 SF Pride march - Votes of no confidence in California Community College Chancellor
CFT and FACCC express no confidence in CCC Chancellor over his support for performance-based funding and corporate online college - Public support for unions on the rise
64% of Americans approve of labor unions — highest approval rating in almost 50 years