Labor stands with St. Charles Community College faculty as administration continues its union-busting agenda

THIS IS WHAT SOLIDARITY looks like. Union, faculty and community supporters attended the St. Charles Community College (SCC) board of trustees meeting Monday, Dec. 4, in a show of solidarity with the faculty union, AFT Local 4803, which has been under withering attacks by the administration ahead of contract negotiations in February.

Faculty union members, Labor and community supporters in attendance at the Dec. 4 meeting included (from left) Teamsters Local 688 organizer Mike Marquardt; Missouri Jobs with Justice Field Lead Rachial Redmond; emeritus math professor Leon Jones; political science professor Paul Roesler; Karen Jones, one of the founders of the college, former English Department chair and former president of Local 4803; faculty member and former Local 4803 president Debra Crank Lewis; Local 4803 President Dr. Virginia Guneyli; former history instructor and Board of Trustees candidate Dr. Gary McKiddy; UAW 2250 member and former president Fredrick Jamison; and political science professor Gabe Harper. – Labor Tribune photo