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The Advocate – 33.4 – February 2010 (2.1 MB)
In this issue:
- Hundreds attend teach-ins on budget crisis at all three colleges
- District decision-making must be transparent and inclusive
- Contract talks continue, but progress is slow
- Senate leaders respond to budget crisis in our District
- Opinion: One way to reduce college costs: Cut from the top
- In memoriam: George Goth
- AFT 1493 is looking for a few new leaders
The Advocate – 33.3 – December 2009 (2.2 MB)
In this issue:
- Community college faculty and students begin organizing against cuts
- District offers zero, wants to roll back faculty rights
- Administrators’ pay rose 11 – 16% in last two years, faculty lag far behind
- Resource Allocation Model appears to favor District Office
- CSM community organizes vigil to “save education”
- Skyline “Concerned Faculty” challenge budget cut strategy
- Part Time Faculty Group joins AFT
The Advocate – 33.2 – November 2009 (1.2 MB)
In this issue:
- President’s Letter: Budget situation is worse than a Halloween horror movie
- Is there a better way to reduce the budget? – Consider structural reorganization & centralization
- District part-time faculty group proposes new social contract
- Know your rights in evaluation procedures
- Letter: Community colleges’ transfer function needs support
- A part-timer’s view on the state budget and our colleges
- Retirees’ group planning two end-of-year events
- We need to fight for California’s future