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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)

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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.

JOIN THE UNION! » 

The Advocate

March 2021 (Issue 44, Number 5)

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In this issue:

  • Contract negotiations are down to one final issue
    AFT’s proposal will move adjuncts 3 percentage points closer to the 85% parity goal. Under the District’s proposal, adjuncts would still be in the high 60s (68% or 69% parity) on the new, step-and-column schedule.  As contract negotiations near a settlement, here is a review of what we’ve won so far
  • SMCCD faculty express discontent over adjunct inequities in spirited letter-writing campaign
    In just four days, SMCCD faculty members flooded the SMCCD Board and Chancellor’s inboxes with 180 letters focused on the need to establish Part Time Parity NOW.
    Read some of the letters here.
  • SMCCD Enrollment, Faculty & Revenue Trends Over Last Decade
    Over the last decade or so, our district enrollment has declined significantly as have our number of part-time faculty. The number of full-time faculty has increased by about a dozen over the same period. Meanwhile our district’s annual revenues have increased dramatically, from $113.8 million in 2009-10 to $208.2 million in 2019-20
  • Viewpoint: Adjunct equity means much more than just pay parity
    Holiday pay, job security, affordable health benefits are also still needed
  • Support the fight against major cuts at City College of San Francisco
    CCSF recently sent layoff notices to 163 full -time faculty and 400-600 part-time faculty jobs are also at risk.
    A new book, Free City, reviewed in this issue, documents the history of the struggle against cuts at CCSF.
  • We Are Not Your Model Minority: Faculty, staff, and students co-organize a sharing space on anti-Asian violence: Attend the open forum, “Healing from Hate,” Thursday, March 25, from 4-5pm.
  • It’s time for the California Tax on Extreme Wealth!
    CFT-sponsored California bill would implement a 1% tax on wealth in excess of $50 million per household
  • Call on CalSTRS to divest from fossil fuels
    $6 billion of faculty retirement money is invested in fossil fuel companies and environmental destruction
  • Social Justice Organizing in our Communities
    Each issue we are highlighting Social Justice Organizing in our Communities and we encourage faculty to publicize these community groups to their students:
    – Daly City for Black Lives: Advocating for community engagement in South City budget
    – Young people in Coalition Z are organizing for racial justice in San Mateo
  • Next Adjunct Safe Space meeting: April 28

AFT1493 Updates

  • CONTRACT AGREEMENT REACHED!

    Mar. 26, 2021

    Good news! AFT and SMCCD reach agreement on new multiyear contract
    Dear faculty colleagues,
    We write with good news: yesterday, March 25, AFT and the District arrived at a t…

  • AFT 1493 CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS UPDATES

    Mar. 19, 2021

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

    Updates:

    March 25th Negotiations Session
    March 23…

  • 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…

  • 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…

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In the News

4/12/21 — Calif. comm. colleges at critical crossroads as more students opt not to attend (EdSource)

4/9/21 — California Community Colleges chancellor urges caution in reopening (EdSource)

4/9/21 — Gov. Newsom wants schools and colleges to reopen fully by fall. But will they? (EdSource)

4/2/21 — Pandemic Hit Working Class Hard. Colleges That Serve Them Are Hurting, Too. (N.Y. Times)

3/29/21 — Easing the transfer path in California from community colleges to universities (EdSource)

3/22/21 — California schools condemn anti-Asian attacks, offer support to students (EdSource)

3/19/21 — Enrollment declines at California’s community colleges far greater than earlier predictions (EdSource)

3/12/21 — CCSF community outraged over proposed cuts, layoffs (San Francisco Examiner)

3/12/21 — Momentum builds for an internal investigator for San Mateo County Community College District (San Mateo Daily Journal)

3/12/21 — California’s colleges and universities will receive $5 billion from federal rescue plan (EdSource)

3/11/21 — San Mateo County eyes $1 million for free community college (San Mateo Daily Journal)

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

3/5/21 — Instability is a way of life for adjunct professors (AFT Voices)

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

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

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

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

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

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