Dear Adjunct Faculty Members, During the break between semesters, you are eligible to apply for unemployment benefits, even if you have an assignment in the spring. To receive the maximum benefit, applications should be submitted immediately following the completion...

Please see the attached flyer for the Professional Development workshops your AFT Guild will be sponsoring this week and next.

Thanks to all of your help and support, our endorsed candidate David Alvarez made it into the run-off for Mayor of San Diego with a cushion of 2,638 votes, despite an abysmally low voter turnout overall of only 35% of registered voters. Alvarez will face the top...

As you can see, the Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice is honoring our own Jim Mahler at their 15th Anniversary Voices for Justice gala on December 4th from 5:30-8:30.  This organization is amazing—it helps our community’s most vulnerable people give voice to...

There are just 6 days left to get out the vote for San Diego's next mayor:  Councilmember David Alvarez!   The special election for mayor of San Diego is next Tuesday, November 19th and the AFT endorsed candidate David Alvarez is in a dead heat with Nathan Fletcher to...

Colleagues, Below please find a copy of the latest poll results that shows Alvarez and Fletcher virtually tied for second place in the mayor's race. (Note the contrast in this real poll to the automated robot-driven poll the UT released earlier.) Bottom line, we need...

Attention Part-Time Faculty Members, A hard copy of the CFT Part-Time Faculty Newsletter is on its way to your campus mailbox, but in the meantime you can view it here:...

Just in time for Halloween, please check out this short video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWI7sEX3ME8&feature=youtu.be More info here: http://zombiesforresponsiblegovernment.com/ (and another video J) Please distribute widely. Jim

ICS - Logo Attention all Mesa College Faculty and Staff: Brighten up your day by coming by today (October 28th) and building your favorite sundae! Room H-117/118, 1:30-3:00PM We will have all of your favorite toppings, in addition to no sugar added, lactose free, and...

Dear Colleagues, As you are probably aware, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is the extreme right wing organization that helped bring us things like Governor Scott Walker’s assault on collective bargaining rights in Wisconsin, the notorious “stand your...