Can you live on $9 an hour?

Can you really live on $9 an hour in San Diego? Next Monday, July 14, the City Council will vote on the minimum wage and earned sick days measure! Please join us at the 5:30 p.m. meeting and bring your friends and family. Let’s pack the house and send the message that...

Community Organizer Job Announcement – San Diego

Jim Mahler Actions Saturday, July 05, 2014 6:23 PM Please forward to any friends or family members who may be interested:   Community Organizer Job Announcement – San Diego  The Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE) is seeking committed and...

More Info. on STRS Rates

2012 PENSION LEGISLATION AND ITS IMPACT ON CALSTRS BENEFIT PROGRAMS pdf   Faculty Colleagues in CalSTRS, In response to the budget update I sent out several of you have inquired about the differences in benefits between pre-2013 and post-2013 CalSTRS members.  In...

CFT press release on State Audit of ACCJC

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release, June 26, 2014 Contact:  Fred Glass, 510-579-3343, fglass@cft.org State Auditor’s Report on Community College Accreditation confirms deep problems with Accrediting Commission Sacramento—Today the California State Auditor issued a...

State Budget Finalization/STRS Rate Increases

Jim Mahler Actions Thursday, June 26, 2014 12:56 PM Faculty Colleagues, By now you have probably read many messages concerning the finalization of the state budget.  Essentially there were no changes in addition to my earlier communication dated June 11 below.  The...

2014-15 Budget Update: Conference Committee Agreement

Jim Mahler Actions Wednesday, June 11, 2014 10:08 PM Colleagues, Below please find the latest 2014-15 State budget update from CCC Vice-Chancellor Dan Troy. Unfortunately, the Governor prevailed once again in the budget deliberations by not recognizing any of the...