Hi All,

We wish you a Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year! I want to thank you for a wonderful year. We have been through a lot together. I commend you for your continued commitment to our students and campuses. I know how hard we have worked to return from the pandemic. We must continue that commitment in the upcoming year as we work to get our students back and protect our students’ classes and our jobs.

Thank you for all your support during the contract negotiations. Due to the pandemic, low enrollments, and the eventual end of “held harmless,” people said this would be the “most difficult time to get a fair contract.” With your help, we were able to get one of the best contracts in the history of our union. Our Campus Action Teams (CAT) were crucial to our victory. We have continued to develop our organizing capacity and used the combination of our healthy CAT team and student internship program to stop draconian class cuts at LA Trade Tech.

Also, under the leadership of co-chairs Dr. Jessica Saint-Paul and Karen Sabbah, we have seen our Adjunct Faculty Action Committee (AFAC) flourish. Their latest triumph is the creation of the AFAC Newsletter (below). Thank you, Erinn Horton, for all your work on this incredible newsletter. I hope you all get a chance to check it out. I also hope you get some much-needed and deserved rest, rejuvenation, and time with family. Thank you and here’s to a bright future.

Read the AFAC Newsletter

In Unity,

A. James McKeever PhD
AFT 1521 Faculty Guild President