Vote on the Tentative Contract Agreement All faculty: You  should have received an email on Tuesday, 9/8, from AFT 1493 President Teeka James, with the subject “Invitation to vote for the 2015 AFT Contract”. Please click on the link on that email to vote on the following changes to the AFT-SMCCCD contract:  AFT LOCAL 1493 […]

A quick video overview of California labor history: Video of the song Bread and Roses (sung by Judy Collins) inspired by a speech by Rose Schneiderman, immigrant, radical, labor and feminist leader. The song is especially associated with the successful strike by women textile workers in Lawrence, MA, in 1912:

Time to Close Corporate Loopholes, Invest in Public Education, and Rebuild California Make it Fair California is a new movement that aims to place a measure on the state ballot in November 2016 to close the corporate commercial property tax loopholes found in Prop. 13 so we can invest in strengthening our schools and other […]

Based on the 3-year salary agreement negotiated by AFT 1493 for 2012-12 through 2015-16, all faculty salaries (full-time and part-time) will increase at the beginning of the fall 2015 semester by 4.78%! This is based on the following calculation: 2.0%, plus 60% of the increase of San Mateo County assessed property values, above 3%, will […]

Another potential blow to middle class in age of growing inequality The Supreme Court decided today to hear an anti-union lawsuit, Friedrichs v. CTA. Although the California Teachers Association (CTA) was named as the defendant, a ruling in the case will equally impact the California Federation of Teachers. Depending on whether the Court rules narrowly […]