Second in a series of articles that address the importance of unions and what, in particular, your union, the Part-Time Faculty Association, has accomplished for part-timers at Allan Hancock College. The Case of the 2008 Summer Paychecks When I received my “offer of employment” for teaching the 2008 summer session, I was pleasantly surprised. Instead […]

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On Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013, the 25th annual Tri Counties Central Labor Council Labor Leader of the Year Awards Dinner was held at the Oxnard Marriot Residence Inn. This year’s honorees were Ricardo F. Icarza, President of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 770, in Los Angeles, and John Beaumont, President of the […]

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Congratulations and thank you to Marti Fast, Fine Art instructor and director of the Ann Foxworthy Gallery, who has arranged for a group of Tibetan Buddhist monks to create a sand mandala painting. The mandala construction will be on display in the gallery Tuesday through Friday, October 15-18. “We have an extraordinary opportunity to witness […]

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