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The Advocate – 33.6 – May 2010 (2 MB)
In this issue:
- March for California’s Future points to ways forward from state’s budget crisis
- Contract talks focus on Board policies; economic issues still ahead
- More flex days, more non-instructional work, but less real professional development
- AFT and District Academic Senate make plans to collaborate
- Across AFT’s great divide: A part-timer’s view of losing classes
- A history of the neoliberal assault on public education
- Q&A about the District’s post-retirement health care funds
- Part-timers are eligible for unemployment benefits
- AFT 1493 elections have begun; don’t forget to vote
The Advocate – 33.5 –
April 2010 (2 MB)
In this issue:
Extensive coverage & photos from March 4th actions & “March in March”!
- District students, faculty & staff join over 10,000 at “March in March”
- March 4th actions at all 3 colleges & major S.F. event
- AFT1493.org website named best in state!
- California needs to decide budgets by majority vote
- Six AFT 1493 delegates attend CFT Convention
- March for California’s Future challenges state priorities
- AFT 1493 decides to support District parcel tax, despite inequities
- An introduction to retirement health care benefits
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