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Santa Clara University Faculty and Allies Rally Outside the Golden Circle Fundraiser to say “Let Us Unionize. Let us Vote!”
On January 19, 2019 at the San Jose Center for Performing Arts,more than 100 faculty, students and community supporters were outside the black-tie Golden Circle fundraiser in support of SCU adjuncts and lecturers voting on whether or not to join together in a union.
Mendocino College Workers Stand Up for Community Needs Over Administrators’ Greed
Top college district administrators keep wages down, while inflating their own salaries.
On January 24, Mendocino Lake Community College District (MLCCD)
Classified and Temporary workers picketed at the college campus
in Ukiah to protest unnecessary takeaways, including
workers’ ability to use earned time off in cases of extended
illness or injury.
Top administrators have inflated their own salaries while
trying to hold down wages for faculty and staff, and
replace good jobs with temporary positions
that lack benefits.
End the Government Shutdown
America is the land of opportunity, a loving and accepting country where families come first and people who are seeking safety in our country are treated with compassion.
SEIU members have rallied from Sacramento to Washington, D.C. to stand up for these values and to call on the President and Congress to respect the priorities of working people and reopen the government.
From LA to Oakland, California is #RedforEd
Yesterday, 32,000 Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD)
teachers went on strike for the first time in nearly three
decades. Walking on rain-soaked picket lines, thousands of
parents, students, and allies joined teachers in our country’s
second-largest school district to speak out
against austerity measures and increased privatization in
our public school system.