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SAN MATEO COMMUNITY COLLEGE FEDERATION OF TEACHERS

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  • AFT 1493ers on picket line with striking Oakland teachers (Feb. 2019)

  • Faculty wear AFT T-shirts to support union negotiators

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  • AFT 1493 members have joined for many reasons. What about you?

  • AFT 1493 fights for part-time faculty seniority rights

About Us

The American Federation of Teachers, Local 1493 represents the faculty of the San Mateo County Community College District at:
* College of San Mateo,
* Skyline College &
* Cañada College.

We are an affiliate of the California Federation of Teachers and the American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO.

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About us

The American Federation of Teachers, Local 1493 represents the faculty of the San Mateo County Community College District at:
* College of San Mateo,
* Skyline College &
* Cañada College.

We are an affiliate of the California Federation of Teachers and the American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO.

JOIN THE UNION! » 

The Advocate

November 2020

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In this issue:

  • Contract negotiations begin on compensation, part-time parity
    Read about the latest district and AFT proposals on compensation, benefits, and part-time parity
  • Why our part-time faculty need equity now!
    Salary comparison chart shows SMCCD’s part-time faculty are not paid equitably compared to full-time faculty in our district and rank significantly below neighboring districts
  • NOVEMBER ELECTION: ONE WEEK LEFT: VOTE BY NOV. 3
    For a full set of ballot recommendations based on your address, go to the: CFT’s EDUCATORS CHOICE VOTERS GUIDE. Be sure to vote on the many critical propositions on the ballot: YES on 15! YES on 16! YES on 17; YES on 18; No on 20; YES ON 21; NO on 22! YES on 25; See our endorsed candidates for the SMCCD Board of Trustees
  • Corporate attacks on Prop. 15 are tightening race
    Proposition 15 has slipped below 50% level in a new statewide poll. Volunteer for phone banks!
  • Prop. 22 would allow gig corporations to gouge workers’ rights
    Proposition 22 guarantees a wage of less than $6/hour and ensures the growth of the gig economy’s “flexibility”, which removes any job security, just like the conditions for part-time faculty
  • AFT launches Anti-Oppression Committee
    The struggle for labor rights and the fight for racial, gender and other forms of social justice are intrinsically connected — only if we are intentional about it. The committee’s first campaign is: “Class Size is a Social Justice Issue!”
  •  50 years ago: Looking back at when the Anti-War Movement came to Skyline
    The second in a series of three articles looking back at events at each of our three colleges fifty years ago as the anti-Vietnam War movement swept college campuses around the country
  • Focusing on part-time equity:
  • – Snapshots from AFT’s survey of SMCCD part-time faculty working conditions
    Some initial views of part-timers’ responses to key questions about the number of courses they teach in and out of our district, whether they have permanent work outside of their faculty work and whether they expect to look for work outside SMCCD if their pay is not significantly increased soon
  • – What Would 85% Parity Mean to You?
    We asked some part-time faculty members what it would mean to them if the district paid them 85% parity (percentage of full-time faculty salary rates for equivalent loads.)
  • – “Safe Space” meetings allow part-time faculty to share experiences and stories with other adjuncts
    Adjunct-only meetings provide mutual support for part-time faculty; themes discussed have included the struggle to afford health insurance, feeling “othered” and difficulties juggling classes at multiple districts.
  • Nominations open for AFT 1493 officers
    Postponed elections to take place in November
  • Final reminder: Please complete the AFT faculty survey on the new Covid MOU
    Please complete the faculty survey by 5 p.m., Tuesday, 10/27,  to help improve the new Spring MOU

AFT1493 Updates

  • IT’S TIME TO VOTE! CFT VOTERS GUIDE

    Oct. 27, 2020

    NOVEMBER ELECTION
    Critical propositions and more on the November ballot
    By Jesse Raskin, Skyline, Paralegal Studies, Academic Senate Vice President

    [ Click here to see ou…

  • AFT 1493 CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS UPDATES

    Oct. 24, 2020

    Part-Timer Specific Bargaining Updates
    Updates:

    October 22nd Negotiations Session
    October 19th Negotiations Session
    October 7th Negotiations Session
    October 1st…

  • WHERE’S THE EQUITY FOR PART-TIME FACULTY?

    Oct. 09, 2020

    Our District has long talked about tackling serious inequities, from the need for diversity to other social justice issues. But they remain complacent about one glaring inequi…

  • TEACH-IN ADDRESSES SYSTEMIC INEQUITIES: VIEW HIGHLIGHTS

    Sep. 09, 2020

    In solidarity with the national #ScholarStrike and with work stoppages undertaken by professional athletes to support the Movement for Black Lives, AFT 1493’s virtual Teach-…

  • SUMMER/FALL 2020 MOU: KNOW YOUR RIGHTS

    Jul. 21, 2020

    AFT has agreed on a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the District around emergency actions relating to the Coronavirus pandemic. Below are highlights and clarificati…

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In the News

10/22/20 — Prop. 16: Why is affirmative action measure struggling in woke Calif.? (S.F. Chronicle)

10/21/20 — Prop. 15 losing ground in new poll; affirmative action initiative trails (S.F. Chronicle)

10/20/20 — Peralta reaches 100 percent pay parity; locals win distance education support (CFT)

10/20/20 — Historic $100-million gift will help Calif. comm. college students most in need (L.A. Times)

10/9/20 — Who’s opposing Proposition 15? Land developers and Big Business (Los Angeles Times)

10/3/20 — Meet the candidates who want to lead the S.M. Co. Comm. College Dist. (Palo Alto Daily Post)

9/30/20 — Quick Guide: Proposition 15, the proposed ’split-roll’ tax on commercial property (EdSource)

9/29/20 — California Community Colleges, the Ban on Affirmative Action, and the Restrictions to Improving Racial Equity (Education Trust—West)

9/29/20 — Pandemic Imperils Tenure and Promotions for Women in Academia (New York Times)

9/21/20 — Whitlock drops out of race for college district board (Palo Alto Daily Post)

9/15/20 — San Mateo Comm. Coll. Dist. candidate defends right to run for seat (S.M. Daily Journal)

9/11/20 — Ex-HR chief at college district got $2.3 million to leave job; now he’s helping the DA build a case against his former boss (Palo Alto Daily Post)

9/3/20 — San Mateo County Community College District weighs student housing (S.M. Daily Journal)

8/24/20 — Overturning Austerity 101: California’s Prop 15 Will Tax the Rich (Labor Notes)

8/20/20 — Galatolo and the community college board (San Mateo Daily Journal)

8/20/20 — A ballot prop that could boost racial equity among university faculty (CalMatters)

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