Time for Change!
Organize!
So we don't have to compromise!
Democratize!
Build a powerful member-driven union!
For a Future at PCC!
Fight to save quality education and our careers at PCC!
For a Future Everywhere!
Join in solidarity with other unions and communities to change the world!
Prepare to Strike!
Our Vision
The Unite for a Future Caucus brings together PCCFFAP members who share a common vision for change.
Our college faces compounding crises: Management is becoming bloated, heavy-handed and removed from the struggles of students and staff. Enrollment is falling, administration is penny-pinching, staff are left out of key decision-making, and students are left with less support and more debts.
On top of the crises in our own institution, our society is reeling from decades of corporate greed, widespread injustice and an unraveling climate.
Together we can build a future at PCC. And alongside our fellow workers across the labor movement, we can fight for a better world everywhere. It's time to be bold and get organized. Educators around the country are defending our profession and our schools. We need to use every tool available to us – including the threat of a strike – to build a better college and a better world.
What's a caucus?
A caucus is a group of union members with a common vision, working together to transform their union.
Workers all over the labor movement have been forming caucuses to fight for more democratic and powerful unions. We’re inspired by the Chicago teachers within the Caucus of Rank-and-File Educators (CORE), who are “united by the principles of member-driven unionism, transparency & accountability, equitable high quality education for all students, defense of publicly funded public education, a strong contract, and anti-racism.” CORE didn’t just transform their union, they reimagined the labor movement as a struggle for working class communities in the broadest terms. They’ve won class size protections, bilingual education, COLA raises, raises for paraprofessionals and COVID safety arrangements. They’ve even fought for housing for unhoused students!
The Unite For A Future Caucus is fighting for a better PCC and a better world. Join us! We’re strongest together!
Image source: https://rampantmag.com/2022/05/core-the-rise-and-resolve-of-ctus-fighting-caucus/
Resources
Press
KBOO Labor Radio: PCC Faculty Reformers Contest for Union Leadership
Books
Alexandra Bradbury, Mark Brenner and Jane Slaughter, Secrets of a Successful Organizer
Joe Burns, Class Struggle Unionism
Mike Parker and Martha Gruelle, Democracy is Power
Articles
Kate Aronoff et. al., “Strike for Sunshine”
Video
PCCFFAP Presidential Candidate Forum (May 2022)
