"...fair contract now!"
Tuesday, April 25, 2006 at 07:17PM
Fabian Lewkowicz in Protests, Santa Monica College

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 Lantz Simpson, 52, president of SMCFA (Santa Monica College Faculty Association) yells through the megaphone during SMC faculty march down Pico Bl. on Tuesday April 25, 2006.

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Mitra Moassessi, 51, a math professor and the chief negotiator for the SMCFA also yells through the megaphone during SMC faculty march

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A crowd between 100 and 200 marched from campus to SMC's administration office to demand a pay raise. The college has offered faculty professors a 3.5 percent raise. The professors want 5 percent.

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