AFT 1493 Chief Negotiator Joaquin Rivera addressed the SMCCCD Board of Trustees at their November 16, 2022 meeting, expressing his frustration with the District Chief Negotiator’s lack of movement, his seeming unwillingness to seriously consider any of the union’s proposals and his insistence on district take-backs. Watch Joaquin’s comments below: Upcoming bargaining sessions are scheduled […]

Nov. 21 Negotiations Session Summary: AFT hoped to receive a compensation proposal from the District today, but the District did not come ready to offer one. Instead, they presented an estimate indicating that offering part-timers medical coverage through District plans would cost $20 million—an order of magnitude greater than AFT’s estimate. The District later revealed that […]

Four faculty members made public comments at the Nov. 9 SMCCCD Board of Trustees meeting, raising questions and concerns about the District’s apparent unwillingness to make meaningful progress in faculty contract negotiations. Watch the presentations below:  AFT 1493 VP Katharine Harer reads comments by AFT 1493 President Monica Malamud asking Trustees if they are aware […]

AFT’s negotiators have made virtually no significant progress in contract bargaining due to the District’s flat refusal to show any movement on the following union proposals: Quality, affordable healthcare plans for part-time instructors: AFT has proposed that part-timers with loads of 40% or more get access to medical, dental, and vision benefits equivalent to those offered […]

Since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020, AFT and the District have been negotiating Memoranda of Understanding covering special, Covid-related changes to working conditions. We have been able to negotiate these MOUs according to a process called “effects bargaining,” in which changes to working conditions (like the shift to all-online instruction at the […]