SanDiego350 will be holding a fundraiser to support our work on public education, outreach, policy advocacy, rallies, and coalition building on a host of climate-related issues. Specifically we’ll be looking to hire several interns in 2015 to support the work of all...

Monday, November 17, 2014 7:27 AM Dear SDCCD Colleagues, I hope this email finds you well. Unfortunately, we have some members (both faculty and staff) facing life threatening illnesses who are in need of sick leave donations. Our catastrophic leave bank is nearly...

Brothers and Sisters, As taxi workers streamed out onto the Civic Concourse Monday night chanting "USA, USA!," we all felt a surge of pride and clarity about what it means to be an American Union Member. The Taxi Workers, proud members of the United Taxi Workers of...

Dear Colleagues, While things certainly did not turn out the way we had wanted nationwide, locally and statewide our endorsed candidates did quite well.   In our #1 targeted statewide race, Tom Torlakson was re-elected as Superintendent of Public Instruction with...

Dear GCCCD Faculty Colleagues, As the first of hopefully many bright spots in tonight's election returns, I am pleased to report that the 2014 RAF settlement (details below) was approved with 91.6% (196) voting YES and 8.4% (18) voting NO. Now if we could only keep...

Dear GCCCD Adjunct Faculty (Department Chairs please forward to your adjunct faculty email lists), I am pleased to be able to send you the process by which you can enroll in fully paid medical, dental, and vision insurance for coverage effective February 1, 2015....

Dear Colleagues, Our next AFT Guild Union Meeting will be held this Thursday, November 6th, beginning at 3:00pm at the Handlery Hotel and Resort, 950 Hotel Circle North, San Diego, CA 92108 in Mission Valley. We will be meeting in the Presidio Ballroom. Agenda  for...

Colleagues, You might have missed it, but next Tuesday, November 4th, is Election Day! Based on the number of mail ballots received by the Registrar of Voters thus far, it looks like we are on track for a record low turnout. Don't become part of that bad statistic! If...

Notes From the Education Wars: Marshall Tuck and the Plot Against Public Education By AFT Guild, Local 1931 Political Action VP Jim Miller After my column last week on the battle between Tom Torlakson and the corporate education reform machine backing Marshall Tuck, I...

Dear GCCCD Faculty Colleagues, Although delayed by nearly a year, I am pleased to finally share with you the terms of our 2014 Resource Allocation Formula (RAF) economic improvements. For those of you who take careful notes, recall that prior to January 2014, the...