Pricey texts cost more than money
Read Mark Miller’s article Pricey texts cost more than money in the October 25, 2013 Santa Maria Times that discusses the implications of costly texts.
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State Parity Funds (Finally) on Salary Schedule
The October 2013 issue of the AFT Community College Perspective includes an article highlighting the results of recent negotiations by the Part-Time Faculty Association. The biggest accomplishment was placing the state parity funds on the salary schedule. Other highlights include: increased pay for office hours by 30% added five new columns to the non-credit salary […]
Read More →Rich Baker elected PFA Secretary-Treasurer
Congratulations to Rich Baker who was elected as the Secretary-Treasurer of the Part-Time Faculty Board. If you’d like to join us in congratulating Rich, please leave a comment below.
Read More →Why we say, “Union Yes!” Number two
Second in a series of articles that address the importance of unions and what, in particular, your union, the Part-Time Faculty Association, has accomplished for part-timers at Allan Hancock College. The Case of the 2008 Summer Paychecks When I received my “offer of employment” for teaching the 2008 summer session, I was pleasantly surprised. Instead […]
Read More →Tri Counties Central Labor Council Labor Leader of the Year Awards
On Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013, the 25th annual Tri Counties Central Labor Council Labor Leader of the Year Awards Dinner was held at the Oxnard Marriot Residence Inn. This year’s honorees were Ricardo F. Icarza, President of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 770, in Los Angeles, and John Beaumont, President of the […]
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