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  • Members of AFT 1493 Executive Committee at August 27, 2021 Retreat

  • Members of AFT 1493’s Contract Action Team (CAT) celebrate tentative agreement of new faculty contract (April 2021)

  • AFT 1493ers at 2021 May Day Labor March in SF

  • Faculty, students call for fair contract at 2/26/20 Board meeting

  • Faculty jam Nov. 20, 2019 Board of Trustees meeting

  • Some of over 90 faculty who attended Nov. 20, 2019 Board meeting

  • Faculty wear AFT T-shirts to support union negotiators

  • More faculty wear AFT T-shirts to support union negotiators

  • Even more faculty wear AFT T-shirts to support union negotiators

  • AFT 1493ers at 2016 CFT Convention

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

  • AFT 1493 fights for part-time faculty seniority rights

What’s New?

  • WRITE TO LEGISLATORS NOW: SMCCCD PROGRAMS & SERVICES MUST NOT LOSE FUNDING!
  • MOU REACHED ON NEW DISTRICT MASKING FRAMEWORK
  • UPDATE: CHANGES TO DISTRICT MASKING POLICY
  • MAY 2022 ADVOCATE
    • - How AB 1705 would reduce course offerings and hurt community college students
    • - AFT 1493 Teach-In exposes truths about District’s inequitable budget decisions

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

ADVOCATE – May 2022 (Issue 45, Number 6)

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In this issue:

  • How AB 1705 would reduce course offerings and negatively impact community college students
    Assembly Bill 1705, a proposed bill currently being considered by the state legislature, has the stated goal of improving transfer rates, but would, in fact, “result in severe negative impacts for students who need these resources the most.”
  • AFT 1493 Teach-In exposes truths about District’s inequitable budget decisions
    The May 12th Teach-In, which was a collaboration between AFT’s student interns and the Contract Action Team (CAT),  focused on the power and influence of our district’s funding decisions on our students’ education
  • How does SMCCCD adjunct instructional pay compare to neighboring districts?
    A detailed look at how actual pay-per-class compensation for SMCCCD adjuncts compares to the five other districts between San Jose and Marin
  • As Covid cases increase, Chancellor to propose lifting District mask mandate
    AFT Health and Safety Committee reps encourage all faculty, especially those who have particular concerns, to complete the District survey on mask requirements and express their views at the May 25 Board of Trustees meeting
  • AFT and District negotiating teams hold first bargaining session for 2022-25 faculty contract
    Negotiations report on May 4 bargaining session
  • Review of information on the new workload point system:
    •  Why we are piloting the workload point system
    •  New Workload Pilot Project FAQs
  • AFT 1493 reps attend CFT’s conference and lobby day supporting “Equity for Contingent Faculty”
    AFT1493 members went to Sacramento to strategize and lobby for improved benefits and rights for adjunct faculty
  • “Week of Action” launched campaign for new faculty contract
    Review of multiple actions held April 18 – 22 to kick off the campaign to win the new contract we all deserve!
  • AFT 1493 annual scholarship awarded to Skyline student Win Shwe Yee
    AFT’s scholarship recognizes an exceptional student who demonstrates a commitment to social justice, especially worker justice.
  • Brief items:
    •  Adjunct faculty reminders: Apply for unemployment benefits & submit medical reimbursement forms
    •  CFT’s Voter Guide provides recommendations for June primary
    •  Join AFT 1493’s Summer Book Club
    •  CSM & Skyline Film Studies instructor premieres new documentary

 

AFT1493 Updates

  • WRITE TO LEGISLATORS NOW!: SMCCCD PROGRAMS & SERVICES MUST NOT LOSE FUNDING!

    Jun. 17, 2022

    Dear faculty colleagues,
    PLEASE join our Local in supporting necessary amendments to SB 893 (Becker), a bill that would give SMCCCD—and only SMCCCD—additional flexibi…

  • MOU ON EFFECTS OF NEW MASKING FRAMEWORK

    Jun. 17, 2022

    MOU reached on effects of new SMCCCD masking framework
    AFT and the SMCCCD held negotiations on June 13th and 14th and were able to arrive at a Memorandum of Understanding con…

  • JUNE 6TH CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS REPORT

    Jun. 10, 2022

    Report on June 6 Faculty Contract Negotiations Session
    Summary:
    On June 6th bargaining teams representing AFT 1493 and the District arrived at a Tentative Agreement on word…

  • MAY 26TH CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS REPORT

    Jun. 03, 2022

    AFT May 26th Contract Negotiations Report
    After coming to agreement on two articles last session, AFT and District negotiators continued discussing a number of contractual ar…

  • UPDATE: CHANGES TO DISTRICT MASKING POLICY

    May. 27, 2022

    Changes to SMCCCD Masking Policy

    This Wednesday evening, the SMCCCD Board of Trustees voted on Chancellor Mike Claire’s policy for a new framework dictating when masks ar…

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In the News

Recent articles related to community college faculty issues, labor and SMCCCD, selected from local, state and national news sources.

6/20/22 — I supported the push to reduce remedial classes in community colleges but this new bill goes too far (EdSource)

6/16/22 — Oakley resigns as state Community College Chancellor to head foundation (EdSource)

5/31/22 — More than half of California community colleges refuse to drop remedial courses (L.A. Times)

5/28/22 — San Mateo County Community College District eases mask policy (San Mateo Daily Journal)

5/24/22 — Since 2010, SMCCCD sees 31% enrollment drop (San Mateo Daily Journal)

5/24/22 — Part-Time Faculty Conference empowers through learning (California Federation of Teachers)

5/13/22 — Billions more for California schools, colleges under Newsom’s revised budget (EdSource)

5/11/22 — Health care funding for community college adjuncts expected in revised budget plan (EdSource)

5/8/22 — CCSF lays off 38 faculty members, expects to cut hundreds of classes (S.F. Chronicle)

5/5/22 — Lawmakers want strict rules so students avoid no-credit remedial courses (EdSource)

5/4/22 — Part-time faculty power up for change (California Federation of Teachers)

5/4/22 — Turnover, Burnout and Demoralization in Higher Ed (Inside Higher Education)

5/2/22 — Proposal could solve health insurance problem for community college adjuncts (Cal Matters)

4/12/22 — Former college chancellor arrested at SFO (San Mateo Daily Journal)

4/8/22 — Former SMCCCD Chancellor Ron Galatolo charged (San Mateo Daily Journal)

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Happy Juneteenth from our Local and the California Happy Juneteenth from our Local and the California Federation of Teachers!
Thanks to everyone who joined our Contract Action Thanks to everyone who joined our Contract Action Team picnic today! We were especially happy to celebrate our two amazing AFT interns, Shannon and Cat, who are both transferring to UC Berkeley this fall!
Join AFT 1493 to help James Coleman win the primar Join AFT 1493 to help James Coleman win the primary in Assembly District 21! We will be co-hosting a Zoom phonebank for James Tuesday, 5/31 at 5 pm. Stop by for as short or long a time as you can! Students especially welcome, and since the Assembly affects all of us, we’d love to have volunteers from District 21 and beyond! Sign up at the link in our bio
This Wednesday the SMCCCD Board of Trustees will v This Wednesday the SMCCCD Board of Trustees will vote on whether to make indoor masking optional at our colleges when our county is in the yellow or green CDC levels (right now we’re in the yellow). Do you have perspectives to share on whether the Board should change the masking requirement? Attend the meeting on Zoom and make a comment. Swipe for more
Thank you to the 70+ attendees who made our AFT 14 Thank you to the 70+ attendees who made our AFT 1493 Teach-In on the Politics of Funding Education a success! We especially appreciated working with all of you to think about what a People’s Budget that truly advances equity would look like. And special thanks to our student interns @catstoehr and Shannon Hoang for imagining this event and making it happen. Students—want to get involved in organizing for our shared priorities? Sign up for our Student Organizing Committee through the link in our bio
Congratulations to our AFT 1493 2022 scholarship a Congratulations to our AFT 1493 2022 scholarship awardee Win Shwee Yee! Our committee of SMCCCD faculty and AFT leaders chose Win Shwee based on her dedication to developing sustainable tourism infrastructure in Burma, where she grew up, and her creation of a low-cost tutoring service to provide both education and jobs. Congratulations Win Shwee and all SMCCCD students celebrating accomplishments this month!
Please like and share! Students, staff, faculty an Please like and share! Students, staff, faculty and community members are all welcome to join our Teach-In to imagine a more equitable budget on Thursday May 12 at 3 p.m. @canadaascc @_ascsm @skylineassc @collegeofsanmateolibrary @csmesl @canadacollegelibrary @jamescolemanssf @rod4dalycity
Members of our local joined community college part Members of our local joined community college part-timers from across the state to talk to legislators—including Senator Thomas Umberg, Senator Bill Dodd, and staff for Asm. Kevin Mullin and Sen. Scott Wiener—to talk about why part-time equity matters to us, our students, and our communities. We appreciate their support! ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼
Join us on May 12th for a teach-in to discuss how Join us on May 12th for a teach-in to discuss how well the San Mateo Community College District’s budget reflects our priorities. We’ll ask what a budget that prioritizes equity looks like to you and talk about how we can win it. It’s on Zoom so you can join from anywhere! Click the link in our bio to learn more. Thanks to @catstoehr for creating this Insta post
Congratulations to faculty at Dominican University Congratulations to faculty at Dominican University in San Rafael, who voted to unionize this week! 84% of faculty voted in favor of a union, and they will now join AFT 1493 as members of the California Federation of Teachers. Dr. Thomas Cavanagh, who teaches business at Dominican, took part in organizing the union drive and commented that “Helping to unionize the Dominican faculty has been one of the proudest accomplishments of my life.” ✊🏿✊🏽✊🏼✊🏾
Congratulations to @amazonlaborunion who just made Congratulations to @amazonlaborunion who just made their workplace on Staten Island the first unionized Amazon warehouse in history ✊🏾🔥NYT: “one of the biggest victories for organized labor in a generation”
In response to Chancellor David Martin of City Col In response to Chancellor David Martin of City College of SF’s plan to lay off hundreds of faculty, @aft_2121 is standing strong to preserve the courses students need. As CCSF student Diamond and @cftunion President Jeff Freitas remind us, this administration must listen to students and teachers! No to downsizing CCSF! #heartbeatofccsf
Our local stands in solidarity with the Minneapoli Our local stands in solidarity with the Minneapolis educators on strike for safe and stable schools #mft4kids
SMCCCD students: what has your experience of in-pe SMCCCD students: what has your experience of in-person learning been like this semester? Has it been disrupted in any way by Covid? Our District Trustees and Chancellor Claire need to hear from you about how in-person instruction is going and what would give you the best learning experience this spring. More accessible Covid testing? The option for classes to go remote during the current surge? Other provisions that could ensure you’re able to stay safe and continue your education? Let the Trustees and Chancellor know by making a comment via Zoom at the Board meeting this Wednesday, 1/26 at 6 pm
THANK YOU to everyone who made our press conferenc THANK YOU to everyone who made our press conference for safe campuses yesterday such a success. We had over 300 engagements with our Facebook live video, about 50 in-person attendees, and great coverage from the San Mateo Daily Journal, the Pacifica Tribune, and ABC Channel 7 News. See our link in our Instagram bio for the Daily Journal and Tribune articles and video of the press conference✊🏾
As faculty, we know many students are eager to be As faculty, we know many students are eager to be back on campus—so are we. That’s why it’s so disappointing that SMCCCD hasn’t done nearly enough to ensure our campuses are safe for our community, especially with Covid case rates higher in San Mateo County than the national average. Support our campaign for safe campuses by sharing this post. And if you’re an SMCCCD student, staff, or faculty member, please go to linktr.ee/aft1493 and send a quick message telling our administrators what we need to learn safely (link also in our Instagram bio). Huge thanks to our AFT student intern Cat Stoehr for creating this social media campaign!
Huge congratulations to our siblings at @sbworkers Huge congratulations to our siblings at @sbworkersunited for organizing the first EVER union at a company-owned Starbucks in the US. From John Deere to Kaiser to UC and beyond, workers are coming together for better conditions and winning!
Huge congratulations to our union siblings at UC-A Huge congratulations to our union siblings at UC-AFT, which represents UC adjuncts. They had planned to strike today and tomorrow but just won an agreement that guarantees robust rehiring rights for every adjunct. Adjuncts went from having *no* appointment security in their first 6 years and mostly being employed semester by semester to having a guarantee that their first appointment will be for at least one year, their second for two years, and their third for three years, after which they’ll become eligible for appointment as Continuing Lecturer. Read more at the link in our bio!
Don’t forget to vote NO on the recall today to e Don’t forget to vote NO on the recall today to ensure continued funding for public education at all levels! You must postmark your ballot by today or return it to a polling place no later than 8 p.m. To find a polling place, and for more on how to vote, check out the link in our bio! You might even be able to drop your ballot at a polling place garage like this one!
SMCCCD counselors are being required to hold appoi SMCCCD counselors are being required to hold appointments on campus as soon as next week—without clear information about how the District will ensure their safety, and without consultation between admin and faculty. If you are a faculty member in any role at Skyline, Cañada, or CSM, please sign our petition by 5 pm today to tell the Board of Trustees counselors must have safe working conditions. Link to petition in bio
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