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  • September 2014

September 2014

The Advocate – 38.1

September 2014 (pdf)

In this issue:

  • AFT survey of deans & managers leads to District commitment to continue practice
  • Our 3.69% pay raise beats price increases
  • What is the purpose of our work?
  • District responds to letter on treatment of part-timers in full-time hiring
  • Flex = flexible: Flex days and part-time faculty
  • Decision in Vergara case overturns teacher rights; is being appealed
  • AFT 1493 awarded Strategic Campaign Initiative grant
  • AFT 1493 is on Facebook
  • Building a strong local union
  • In memoriam: Cal Robinson
  • 2015 health plan premiums

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CLASS CANCELLATION POLICIES – FALL 2022 AND BEYOND

August 4, 2022

On July 27 Chancellor Claire wrote to faculty to share the news that he has directed administrators to allow Fall 2022 sections with enrollment of at least ten students to run—rather than implementing the usual Board Policy that allows deans to cancel classes of less than 20. AFT applauds this decision, which we strongly believe […]

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

June 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 flexibility with the district’s general fund revenue. The aim of SB 893 is to use general fund revenue to make community college free for San Mateo County residents, a goal our Local […]

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Today members of @aft_1493 and @cftunion had the h Today members of @aft_1493 and @cftunion had the huge honor of meeting @amazonlaborunion organizer Chris Smalls to discuss how we can win fair pay, reproductive rights, and a world where no one lives in fear of police violence and mass shootings. And we got to show our support for @reiunionberkeley workers holding their union election on Wednesday! ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼
Members of @aft_1493 were on hand at SF City Hall Members of @aft_1493 were on hand at SF City Hall yesterday to support a ballot initiative to aid SF’s recovery by investing in City College! So great to see @seiu1021 @aft_2121 and other activists turn in more than 20,000 signatures in favor of putting #sfwercs on the November ballot. Thanks SF Supervisors @myrnamelgard7 and @deanprestond5 for being there too!
Workers at the REI store in Berkeley want to union Workers at the REI store in Berkeley want to unionize so they can have a real voice in how their store is run. Sign the petition to tell REI to recognize the union workers want! Link in bio
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!
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