Mesa College When: Tuesday, May 16th 11:00 am – 1:00 pm Where: Room H-118 Why:  To eat ice-cream  To meet with your AFT Representatives  To get membership benefits information Build a Sundae while we build A Stronger Union! AFT GUILD PRESIDENT JIM MAHLER AND OTHER...

June Primary Urgent: Calling all Activists RE: We Need Volunteers PHONE BANKING May 1-June 6, 2006 (Monday ­ Thursday nights) Labor Council 4305 University Ave. Suite 340  San Diego, CA 92105  5pm ­ 8 pm  PRECINCT WALKING May 6,13,20,27, and June 3 (Saturdays) IAMAW...

Measured as a share of family income, California¹s poorest families pay the most in taxes. The poorest fifth of the state¹s non-elderly families, with an average income of $11,100, spent 11.3 percent of their income on state taxes in 2002. In comparison, the...

Thank Cingular Wireless! It¹s not every day we have good news to share. But amidst all the layoffs, unionbusting, and offshoring, we wanted to let you know about a company that¹s doing the right thing. Unlike Wal-Mart or its competitors like Verizon Wireless, Cingular...

Several of you have inquired about what exactly was meant by the administration wanting to "opt-out" of certain faculty evaluations. Here is the exact contract language they are seeking:  "For evaluation of second and third year probationary faculty members,...

Dear College Faculty Colleagues, While we have made progress during this round of college faculty negotiations in several areas, it appears as though we are reaching the point of declaring formal impasse with the District over several workload concerns. After...

Colleagues, I am pleased to report that within a few short days we were able to reach agreement with the District regarding their proposed changes to the summer schedule.  The District and the Guild have agreed to: 1)  Include summer session FTEF in the department...