Colleagues, Attached please find the latest revision to the 2007-08 calendar. As a result of your survey responses, noteworthy changes from my last communiqué include: Spring semester start date moved back to Monday, January 28th (80% in favor of this); No classes on...
AFT Supports Proposition N
Dear Colleagues, Your AFT Guild has donated $15,000 dollars to the Proposition N campaign and offered whatever logistical help we can provide. Given the fact that the San Diego Union Tribune has taken a position against the bond (as well as the fact that we have...
July 1, 2005 December 31, 2008 Contract Settlement
To: All College Faculty It only took a mere 16 months to complete, but I am finally pleased to announce the successful conclusion of our contract negotiations for the period July 1, 2005 through December 31, 2008. This is quite a complex package containing...
Contributions for Jesse Gregory burial expenses
One of our colleagues, Professor Donna Watson at City College, recently lost her nephew in a car accident. He was 33 years old and had a wife and five children. His family back in Pennsylvania is seeking donations to help defray his burial expenses. If you can...
Prop C Floats Concerns About Drinking Water Safety
Election Day is Here!
With absentee voters beginning to receive their ballots this past Tuesday, voters are now making their decisions about the election. Over 40% of voters will vote absentee this year. We need to contact as many voters as possible before they mail in their ballots!...
One Minute Survey: 07-08 College Calendar
Colleagues, As a result of your feedback to the proposed 2007-08 calendar, two good points were raised by a number of you: 1) We could start the spring semester a week later, on the Monday following the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. The semester would then end just...
Re: You’re Invited! Outstanding Leader’s Award Luncheon
Why would we want to support someone who is attempting to contract out all city jobs, including police and fire services, and doing the best he can to dismantle all of the city's collective bargaining units? As public sector employees, we should not "celebrate" the...
Forum: Privatization or Partnership?
The CENTER ON POLICY INITIATIVES & the LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS are pleased to invite you to an important policy forum Managing Our City: Privatization or Partnership? As San Diego voters prepare to decide on Proposition C, we invite you to a panel discussion about...
Projected 07-08 College Calendar
Colleagues, Based on the feedback we have received over the past couple of years, we have made some dramatic changes to the college calendar that is being proposing for the 07-08 academic year. Most noteworthy are: € Earlier fall start so that that fall semester...