Negotiations Rally (Apr 2022)
faculty gather at SCC South Plaza before rallying outside Siegal Center/SCD District Offices (4/24/2022)
Negotiations Update February 19, 2013
Dear Sisters and Brothers,
The one year “anniversary” of the start of negotiations has arrived. I hate to think of how many trees we’ve used up, with our multiple drafts of proposals, counter proposals, tentative-tentative agreements and volumes of minutes. All that paper represents a lot of thinking, reflection, consideration…and in the near future, we hope, a contract worthy of ratification.
Introduction to Successful Investing
View and print the booklet Introduction to Successful Investing provided by The Washington State Labor Council.
AFT Seattle Resolution Supporting Garfield Highschool Teachers...
...In Defending Against the Use of Meaningless Standardized Tests in Education, January 22, 2013. Read the whole Resolution here.
Brown Looks at Reshaping California's Higher Education
Decades of state budget cuts have chipped away at California's community colleges, but now Gov. Jerry Brown seems determined to restore some of the luster.... See the whole article here.
High-tech expects breaks while education funding suffers
"If you had to put a face on the tech industry in Olympia, perhaps it should be that of Dudley Dursley, the pudgy, spoiled cousin of Harry Potter...." Read the rest of Brier Dudley's Seattle Times Technology Column here.
Negotiations update – 11/29/12
You’ve certainly seen, and hopefully are wearing, a Respect button; within the next few days we’ll have Respect signs for your doors. These buttons and signs beg the question - what does RESPECT mean to you? What does RESPECT mean in our workplace? For months now, your negotiating team has been working to translate respect into concrete contract language.