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CTA Year in Review
Check out our union's short video, CTA Year in Review
Sept. 2024–Aug. 2025. You'll see just a glimpse of the
many impactful actions and bargaining wins by our
locals, and our statewide victories for members' rights
and in the continuing fight for safe and stable schools,
including at the legislative level. Find the video at bit.ly/4rsQ9Tl or use the
QR code. In addition, the CTA Annual Report, Sept. 2024-Aug. 2025, can be
found at cta.org/annualreport.
Parity for
Adjunct Professors
As an adjunct instructor
teaching English, I am happy…
impressed… very surprised…
that some adjuncts are finally
getting some pay for all the
extra time spent that was
unpaid ("Part-time Long Beach
City College Faculty Win Land-
mark Ruling," May 2025).
I spent hundreds of hours
grading essays and research
papers without earning any-
thing except for many letters,
emails and notes of gratitude
from hard-working students.
JOY HANCOCK
Mt. San Antonio College
Faculty Assn.
ART:
MIRIAM
STAHL
/
TEXT:
ERIC
NORBERG
This Issue's Mini-Poster
The inside back cover of this issue contains a mini-poster by Miriam Klein Stahl
that you can put up in your classroom or other public space. It is one of several
designs created by teacher-artists and community-engaged professional artists as
part of the We Can't Wait campaign (wecantwait.info). " Teachers need strong
unions to support the work of providing our students with our best selves so they
can be their best selves," says Stahl. See story on page 52.
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