by CCFT | May 16, 2018 | Contract Development, May 2018, Negotiations, Part-timers, Struggle in the Courts
by David Lau There is an intensity and vehemence of purpose in the voice of Julie Olsen Edwards. The daughter of two leftists—Tillie Olsen, the journalist and legend of the short story, was her mother; her father Jack Olsen, a warehouse worker and organizer for the...
by CCFT | Mar 4, 2018 | Legislation, March 2018 Faculty Voice, Negotiations, Struggle in the Courts
by David Lau Spring Semester 2018 at the Outset CCFT has held several meetings in the opening weeks of the semester. It is a season of transition for our local and for Cabrillo College. For flex week we welcomed our new executive director, Daniel Dodge, the former...
by CCFT | Mar 4, 2018 | March 2018 Faculty Voice, Struggle in the Courts
by Debora Bone Marc A. Thiesson’s recent editorial in Santa Cruz Sentinel attacking public workers and their unions is filled with the blatant misrepresentations that underlie the Janus v American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) case...
by CCFT | Nov 12, 2017 | Accreditation, November 2017 faculty voice, Part-timers, Struggle in the Courts
by David Lau CFT President Joshua Pechthalt Goes to CCFT Council Attacks on public sector unions are set to escalate in a new way. The Janus case before the Supreme Court—court observers predict the case decision will reverse the precedent of Abood (1977)—will weaken...
by CCFT | May 5, 2017 | Accreditation, May 2017 Faculty Voice, Struggle in the Courts
by David Lau A new interim ACCJC President spoke before the Community College Council at the CFT Convention in April. Dr. Richard Winn struck an amicable note in his seemingly apologetic comments and then took questions from the crowd for several hours. Winn sounded...
by CCFT | Feb 12, 2017 | Accreditation, Elections, Feb 2017 Faculty Voice, Legislation, Repeatability, Struggle in the Courts, Student Equity
by David LauCCFT Flex Week EventsOn Tuesday January 17, the part-timers Solidarity lunch saw a great turnout. More than fifty faculty members and three governing board members shared mole enchiladas, salad, frijoles, and refreshments. The speak-out and...
