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 flexibility with the district’s general fund revenue. The aim of SB 893 is to use general
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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 concerning the effects of SMCCCD’s new indoor masking framework. The
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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 wording modifications to Article 17 (Grievance Procedure). The parties continue to negotiate over a
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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 articles during the session on May 26. Issues discussed include AFT’s organizational rights as a
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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 are required indoors at SMCCCD. Under Claire’s original proposal, indoor masking would be required
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