Hello Esteemed Colleagues! April is National Poetry Month but did you also know we love to celebrate our Part-Time Faculty? Join us—Part Time and Full Time Faculty— as AFT 1493 Skyline Chapter celebrates the hard work, dedication and drive of our Part-Timers. Come for the Pizza and Prizes, stay for the conversation and unity! Thursday, […]

Dear Colleagues, Back by popular demand!   Get on your red AFT T-shirt for Workload Wednesday! This coming Wednesday, March 21st, let’s wear our red union shirts to classes, meetings, office hours — wherever you go on campus, show up in your union shirt.  We know our workload is unsustainable — wear the shirt to […]

After nine days on strike, West Virginia teachers—among the lowest paid in the nation—have won sorely needed salary increases and the promise of more affordable health care. In a state with a history of union allegiance, their solidarity resulted in a 5 percent raise for all state employees. “That victory is a testament to the […]

Throughout the month of February, working people have been more energized and organized than any time in recent memory. There have been nationwide moments of silence and fast food strikes to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the 50th anniversary of the 1968 Memphis sanitation workers strike. Tens of thousands took to the streets […]

Let your students know that the deadline to apply for aid through the California Dream Act is March 2.