Alexa Villatoro | The Seattle Collegian A petition organized by part-time and full-time instructors at Seattle Central College demands that Seattle Colleges safeguard a job protection threatened by extraordinary enrollment declines and subsequent layoffs. The protection, called priority-hire status, provides seniority for part-time instructors, who spend years working a minimum 50% quarterly workload to earn the footing. As the pandemic and…
Alexa Villatoro | The Seattle Collegian Though Seattle Colleges has been experiencing budget deficits for years, the district and its colleges today face unprecedented revenue and expenditure shortfalls. But amid efforts from college and district administrations to provide greater financial transparency, ethical questions surrounding budget cuts endure. At Seattle Central College, seven different programs have been under review for reductions and…
Alexa Villatoro | The Seattle Collegian As Seattle Colleges continues to implement budget cut strategies which began in 2020 July, staff union members organized to stand against furloughs and lay-offs at a Counter-Convocation event on Wednesday, September 25. With over 100 attendees collectively on Zoom and in person, the event ran simultaneously with the district’s official convocation event. Organizers and speakers…