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Cerritos College • Norwalk, Calif.

Talon Marks

Cerritos College • Norwalk, Calif.

Talon Marks

Cerritos College • Norwalk, Calif.

Talon Marks

Jeffery Freitas, president of the California Federation of Teachers, speaking at the board of trustees meeting on Sept. 11 in the Cheryl A. Epple Board Room at Cerritos College.

Faculty union urges board to pass healthcare agreement

Andrew Pilani and Laura Bernal
September 16, 2024
The Cerritos College Faculty Federation took to the board of trustees meeting to urge that the college adopts their tentative agreement.
Cerritos college faculty and staff picket on the corner of Alondra and Studebaker during contract negotiations with the college on Oct. 6, 2021. The district wants to implement a CAP on healthcare plans that will increase premiums raising the costs for full-time employees.

College upsets full-time employees with healthcare negotiations

Lily Marmolejo and Jazmin Taha
October 7, 2021
Cerritos College disappoints employees with ongoing healthcare negotiations and district criticizes educators for 'interfering with students academic objectives.'
Healthcare workers protest for fair compensation outside the Kaiser in Downey on March 30, 2021. Union leaders from the OPEIU Local 30 and the SEIU-UHW peacefully protested for the "Hero's Bonus" Kaiser promised.

Healthcare workers protest for fair compensation outside Kaiser in Downey

Vincent Medina, Community Editor
April 6, 2021
Healthcare workers and the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions protested outside the Kaiser Permanente Downey medical center for fair compensation on March 30.
Registered Nurse Ana Valdoria, wears a mask as she arrives at White River, Arizona on Aug. 14. Valdoria was deployed to assist with the Apache Tribe and Navajo Nation COVID-19 patients.

California nurses face stress and heartache battling COVID-19

Emily Melgar, Opinion Editor
January 31, 2021
Nurses on the front line live with stress, fear and death as they continue to fight the COVID-19 pandemic while hoping the vaccine offers them the possibility of better days.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a news conference at the California justice department on September 18, 2019 in Sacramento, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/TNS)

Healthcare and school budgets slashed as Newsom calls upon federal government for aid

Daniel Suarez Jr., Staff Writer
May 18, 2020
California Governor Gavin Newsom calls for federal government aid. "The enormity of the task at hand cannot be borne by a state."

“A day in the Life of Luis”: The Healthcare system is a joke

Luis Lemus, Co-Sports Editor
February 13, 2020

Let’s face it: medicine or medical treatment in the U.S. is insanely expensive. Millions of people will be forced to make a choice between having a medication to keep them alive or starve, and possibly...

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