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SAN MATEO COMMUNITY COLLEGE FEDERATION OF TEACHERS

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  • 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.

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The Advocate

February 2021 (Issue 44, Number 4)

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In this issue:

  • Negotiations Report
    New Covid MOU for the Spring semester includes renewed family leave and monthly stipends for all faculty teaching online. Negotiations are continuing on compensation.
    – Faculty parents spoke out at two Board of Trustees meetings to push for renewed family leave in the Spring MOU. The Board and District listened.
  • AFT exposes district budget and salary data
    As the district bargaining team has been slow in negotiating on compensation, especially on pay equity for part-time faculty, AFT has begun highlighting district budget data showing SMCCD’s extremely healthy revenues and administrators’ salaries continuously ranked #1 in the state, while adjunct instructors’ salaries are significantly behind other Basic Aid districts and in the bottom half of all Bay 10 districts.
    – The district is continuing to willfully and excessively violate the 50% law, which shows their unwillingness to prioritize salaries for classroom instruction
    – AFT faculty reps highlight district budget data:
    — Psychology instructor Shaun Perisho made a brief comparison of SMCCD administrators’ and faculty salaries
    — Physics instructor Kolo Wamba asked the Board if the District’s commitment to equity includes the commitment to a fair contract for our faculty
  • Introducing newly-elected AFT Executive Committee Members:
    Annie Corbett, Evan Kaiser, David Lau, Tim Rottenberg and Kolo Wamba
  • AFT 1493 Executive Secretary Marianne Kaletzky is at center of our Local’s work in advocating for all faculty
  • AFT grievance officers work to resolve faculty issues and improve working conditions
  • AFT 1493’s Anti-Oppression Committee organized a Flex Day workshop to allow faculty to explore classroom practices and conditions for equitable teaching and learning
  • New crisis has developed at City College of San Francisco
    Hundreds of classes cut, hundreds of part-time faculty jobs lost, pink slips coming for full-time faculty
  • CCSF again in the Crosshairs
    An economic and historical analysis of the CCSF crisis
  • 21-year-old social justice activist wins a seat on South San Francisco City Council
  • Adjunct Safe Space meetings set for next three months
  • Attend or view a faculty evaluation orientation
  • Feedback needed on 2022-23 Academic Calendar

AFT1493 Updates

  • FACULTY SPEAK TO BOARD IN SUPPORT OF EQUITY FOR ADJUNCT FACULTY

    Feb. 25, 2021

    Jessica Silver-Sharp, Timothy Rottenberg, Michael Phipps and Lucia Lachmayr made comments to the Board of Trustees at the February 24 Board meeting calling on the Board to…

  • AFT 1493 CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS UPDATES

    Feb. 17, 2021

    Questions? Contact: AFT 1493 Executive Secretary Marianne Kaletzky
    Part-Timer Specific Bargaining Updates

    Updates:

    February 26th Negotiations Session
    Februar…

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

    Feb. 09, 2021

    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…

  • USE AFT ZOOM BACKGROUNDS TO HIGHLIGHT DISTRICT INEQUITIES

    Jan. 18, 2021

    To highlight SMCCD pay inequities between administrators and faculty and between SMCCD part-time faculty and neighboring districts, AFT 1493 has created three Zoom backgrounds…

  • PARENTAL LEAVES RENEWED FOR SPRING!

    Dec. 23, 2020

    We are happy to share some good news!  Through the hard work and heartfelt testimonies of a number of union members, especially faculty parents, we have now settled a Memoran…

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In the News

3/5/21 — Calls to change funding to increase faculty diversity at Calif. Community Colleges (EdSource)

3/1/21 — California’s failure to diversify community college faculty tied to arcane state law (EdSource)

3/1/21 — California Community College Districts: race/ethnicity of students and faculty (EdSource)

2/28/21 — Big new cuts at City College (48 Hills)

2/24/21 — Black students succeeding in college at higher rates, but far behind white peers (L.A. Times)

2/16/21 — LAO Report: 2021-22 Budget: California Community Colleges (Legislative Analyst’s Office)

2/16/21 — Why More Latino Students Are Deciding Against College (Chronicle of Higher Education)

2/13/21 — San Mateo County Comm. College District seeking internal auditor (San Mateo Daily Journal)

2/13/21 — Documents detail allegations from the San Mateo County Community College District over the firing of Ron Galatolo (San Mateo Daily Journal)

2/11/21 — ‘New Deal for Higher Education’ could restore public colleges and universities (AFT)

2/11/21 — San Mateo college dist. chancellor fired as DA probes alleged unethical behavior (Mercury News)

2/10/21 — After allegations of secret gifts, a chancellor emeritus is fired (Inside Higher Ed)

2/9/21 — San Mateo Comm. College District says Ron Galatolo hid gifts, funds (San Mateo Daily Journal)

2/9/21 — San Mateo Community College’s highest-paid employee fired; secret unethical practices cited (San Francisco Chronicle)

2/8/21 — Chancellor emeritus Galatolo fired by college district board (Palo Alto Daily Post)

2/8/21 — San Mateo County Community College District dumps Galatolo (San Mateo Daily Journal)

2/3/21 — Newsom’s proposal would create “dual admission” program for community college transfer students (EdSource)

2/2/21 — Community colleges and their students were already vulnerable. Then the pandemic hit (Market Watch)

1/16/21 — San Mateo County Community College District eyes zero tuition (San Mateo Daily Journal)

1/15/21 — Why students are abandoning community colleges in droves (Hechinger Report)

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