A Community & Labor Pancake Social will be held on Sunday, June 11, 2017. Where: IBEW Hall—6363 Edna Road, San Luis Obispo, CA Time:7:30 am–12:00 pm Click here to read the flyer.

Much misinformation and misunderstanding exists about the case of John Miller, the part-time instructor who was terminated from his job at Hancock College in August, 2015. The Executive Board of the Part-Time Faculty Association wants to get the truth out to the campus community. On July 28, 2015, John Miller asked for, and got, permission from his supervisor to take a pellet pistol along when he took his EMS class on a hike into a wilderness...

Published in the May 25, 2017 Santa Maria Times. Connie Ford, president of the Democratic Club of the Santa Maria Valley, has as one of her primary goals to educate local voters so they know who they are voting for. She is convinced, as are many others, that one of the reasons for Donald Trump’s victory last November was the fact many of those who voted for him did not know who he really was and what he stood for. “These are people who are...

On May 4, a retirement party was held for our former CFT representative, Mike Terman. The party was attended by several from the PFA—Mark Miller and his wife Carol, Dorran Nadeau and his wife Joan, and Danielle Blanchard—as well as Josh Pechthalt, Jeff Freitas, and numerous other folks from CFT. There were many tributes to Mike; he is a one-of-a-kind person, and everyone there knew that. We bid him a fond farewell. Mike Terman with Mark...

The following was read to the Board of Trustees on May 9, 2017: Having your case heard before a fair and impartial judge or jury is a basic human right. Violating that right is considered by most to be autocratic and dictatorial. John Miller’s case was heard before a fair and impartial arbitrator, who ruled in his favor. The Board of Trustees, at the behest of the president of the college, chose to retry the case and impose its own verdict....