Published in the May 27, 2016 Santa Maria Times. When Gov. Jerry Brown signed California’s $15-per-hour minimum wage law, he called the landmark legislation a matter of economic justice. The millions of workers who will benefit from this increase will certainly agree. At Allan Hancock College I deal with many students who come from poor […]
Read More →Published in the April 28, 2016 Santa Maria Times. In July 2015 I devoted a column to the Friedrichs vs. CTA case, which was on its way to the Supreme Court and hanging over the heads of public-sector unions like the sword of Damocles. The case revolved around a suit brought by some K-12 teachers […]
Read More →Some nice news: We learned yesterday that we as a bargaining unit have used up all of the Professional Development Conference Funds available to us for fiscal year 2015—2016. This is important because there was a sense in some quarters that we part-timers were not interested in attending conferences and this money set aside for […]
Read More →If you are overpaid, read this to learn you rights. Mark James Miller, President, Part-Time Faculty Association of Allan Hancock College, CFT Local 6185, Santa Maria, CA
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