The Peralta Community College District Board of Trustees gets back to business tonight at seven in the boardroom at 333 E. Eighth St. Agenda items include consideration of the replacement of an administrative appointee to the chancellor-search committee with district payroll manager Fred O’Yang, a first reading of a fat stack of updated board policies, and miscellaneous bond-fund expenditures.
Elsewhere:
*Nine delegates represented PFT March 20-22 at the annual statewide convention of the California Federation of Teachers in Manhattan Beach. CFT President Josh Pechthalt cruised to re-election, as did Jim Mahler, president of the CFT’s Community College Council. Judges at the CFT Communications Awards named the Peralta Teacher, PFT’s hardcopy quarterly, the state’s premier six-page newsletter among large locals, and honored PFT with a Solidarity Award for its special fall 2014 publication Who Is Cynthia Mahabir?
*Save the date: PFT will hold its final general membership meeting of the school year Th., April 23, 3-5 p.m., in Room E 211 at Laney.
*PFT urges all faculty members to review their paystubs each month to make sure that they’re being paid properly, that all deductions are accurate, and that any changes to step or column placement are reflected. Please contact Anna Roy, PFT labor representative, at 510.763.8820 or anna.pft@gmail.com if you have concerns about your paycheck.
Matthew M. Goldstein, President
Peralta Federation of Teachers, AFT Local 1603
union@pft1603.org, 510.763.8820
Website: pft1603.org
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