Published in the August 29, 2014 Noozhawk. The American system of higher education is widely regarded as the world’s best. More than half of the top 100 universities in the world are American. In 2013, Fareed Zakaria proclaimed in Time magazine that American higher education is “the envy of the world.” But beneath the congratulatory […]

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On September 1 the Part-Time Faculty Association, working in collaboration with the United Domestic Workers Local 3930, the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 770, Laborers Local 220, the Tri Counties Central Labor Council and the Service Employees International Union Local 721, will be hosting the First Annual Santa Maria Valley Union Picnic. The event […]

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Published in the August 21, 2014 Santa Maria Times. In Greek mythology, the Phoenix is a great bird that rises from the dead. Even when consumed by fire, the Phoenix emerges from the ashes to live again. Unions, like the Phoenix, are rising again, rising from the ashes of near-extinction and unrelenting assault by corporate […]

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I am very happy to announce that starting Fall 2014, part-time academic employees will no longer have to pay for parking at Allan Hancock College.  From now on, parking on both campuses is free for all members of our bargaining unit when they are employed by Hancock College. Beginning Monday, August 4, you can go […]

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