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 tentative agreement on compensation and benefits—the final issue that remained outstanding
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Questions?  Contact: AFT 1493 Executive Secretary Marianne Kaletzky Part-Timer Specific Bargaining Updates Updates: March 25th Negotiations Session March 23rd Negotiations Session March 17th Negotiations Session March 9th Negotiations Session March 4th Negotiations Session February 26th Negotiations Session February 16th
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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 support a 4-year path to part-time parity (at 85% pro rata) and a
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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 inequity, their failure to pay part-time faculty equitably in proportion to full-timers. SMCCCD not
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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 faculty can display during meetings.  We encourage faculty to download and use these backgrounds whenever
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